The Senate passed landmark legislation Monday night intended to regulate the Wild West of college sports compensation and transfers, teeing up a vote in the House after the November midterm elections.
Three times more guns are being stolen from cars than a decade ago, according to a new report from gun violence prevention advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. The report, released Thursday, found that the rate of such theft tripled in the last decade in cities that report crime data to the FBI. According to...
A researcher at Arizona State University has been placed on leave as the university investigates a heated confrontation caught on video of him cursing out a woman wearing a hijab. Viral video from the rally shows Jonathan Yudelman, the postdoctoral scholar, approaching a woman, who was wearing a hijab. Yudelman has his arms raised and...
Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) was charged for allegedly lying to the FBI about an illegal campaign contribution, months after an appeals court wiped out his previous conviction. A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Fortenberry on Wednesday on two counts in connection with statements he gave during interviews about a foreign billionaire's illegal...
Vice President Harris in a new interview expressed concern that the Supreme Court and its conservative majority could "undo recognized rights" after its 2022 ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. "This court has shown itself to be an activist court,” Harris told The New York Times. "I worry about fundamental freedoms across the board." The...
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) is getting ready to try on a new role as part of a Capitol Hill fashion tradition — he's one of the co-chairs of National Seersucker Day. The Georgia Democrat will join Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) as co-chair of the June 13 event, Cassidy's office announced Thursday. Warnock is stepping into...
NEW YORK — Former President Trump’s attorney attempted to blight Stormy Daniels’s credibility to Trump’s trial jury by portraying her as money-driven, suggesting Daniels’s career as a porn actor made her experienced in selling fictional stories about sex. In some of the testiest cross examination yet of prosecution witnesses, the defense accused Daniels of changing...
The Senate on Thursday cleared a procedural hurdle as it moved closer to reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ahead of Friday’s midnight deadline. Senators voted 84 to 13 to open debate on the five-year reauthorization, putting them within shouting distance of clearing the complex package. “We hope to get this done today to keep the FAA funded...
A 30-year study found that eating ultraprocessed foods is linked to a higher risk of early death. The study, published Wednesday in the BMJ journal, examined the eating habits of 115,000 people and found that a higher intake of ultraprocessed foods was associated with a slightly higher mortality risk. The results varied based on which...
Megyn Kelly said on Wednesday that former President Trump should pick an “establishment” Republican like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to be his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. In an interview on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Kelly noted that Trump is “not that popular” among a significant...
Republican-led states are asking a court to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rule requiring coal and new gas plants to capture their planet-warming emissions. The 25 states, led by West Virginia and Indiana, filed a legal challenge to the rule. The filing itself does not lay out their arguments, but a press release...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday she thought she would "throw up" while listening to the recent oral arguments in the Supreme Court over emergency access abortion. "I thought I would literally throw up listening to the oral argument before the Supreme Court about whether or not doctors and hospitals and nurses have...
