Canada's assisted-suicide numbers, and shocking stories like Brigitte Stegemann’s, are a warning to America of where the euthanasia movement is headed.
The hosts of ABC’s “The View” slammed a recent ruling on abortion law by the Arizona Supreme Court on their Wednesday show. “What’s the next thing?” co-host Whoopi Goldberg questioned in reaction to the Tuesday ruling by the Grand Canyon State’s highest court. “‘Cause you know, on this, with all of this comes birth control....
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) fired back at former President Trump over his latest remarks about Jewish Democrats Wednesday. Trump said any Jewish person who votes for Democrats or President Biden “should have their head examined” in remarks to reporters after landing in Georgia for a fundraiser. Moskowitz pushed back on the remark and referenced...
A group of House Republicans on Wednesday tanked a procedural vote to begin debate on a bill to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers, leaving the chamber scrambling on how to address the important spy tool before it expires next week. Nineteen Republicans joined Democrats in voting against a rule for legislation to renew Section...
President Biden on Wednesday said that the March report on inflation, which ticked higher, may delay an expected interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. Biden last month predicted the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates, a move that could give the president a boost ahead of November's election while he campaigns on his work...
Mortgage rates jumped to their highest reading since November as the timeline for highly anticipated interest rate cuts stretches deeper into 2024. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 7.29 percent Wednesday, the highest reading since November, according to Mortgage News Daily. The spike followed the release of new consumer price index inflation data for...
A Wednesday House hearing examining the botched rollout of new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms offered the Department of Education an earful as witnesses and lawmakers from both parties lamented on the “crisis of credibility” the department is facing over the process. The hearing dug into the months of delays the...
President Biden encouraged residents of Arizona to vote for his reelection Wednesday in response to a state Supreme Court ruling that upheld an 1864 law and made performing abortion a felony. Biden at a press conference with the Japanese prime minister was asked what he would say to the people of Arizona in the aftermath of the...
Former President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are set to hold a joint press conference Friday focussed on election integrity, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill, an appearance that comes as one of Trump’s close allies is threatening to oust the Speaker from the top job. The press conference is...
Multiple Hollywood stars, including Sean Penn, Barbra Streisand and Mark Hamill, are calling on Congress to act on further U.S. support for Ukraine in an opinion piece for CNN. “[W]e are letting the Ukrainians down,” the wrote in the piece, which was also signed by comedian Kate McKinnon, film director J.J. Abrams and novelist Jonathan...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing next week on several technology policy bills, including a newly unveiled comprehensive data privacy bill and kids online safety bills, the committee announced late Tuesday. Wednesday’s hearing will include discussions of the American Privacy Rights Act, which was released by Committee Chair Cathy McMorris...
The U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reduced its forecast for U.S. coal exports this month by about a third following the closure of the Port of Baltimore due to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. As a result of the closure, the EIA reduced its forecast for April coal exports by 33...
Former CIA Director John Brennan criticized former President Trump in an interview with a Belgian state broadcaster published Sunday, saying Trump isn't qualified to handle national security matters. “I think he didn't believe what we were telling him,” Brennan said in the interview with RTBF, referring to a meeting on national security he had with...
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said at an event Tuesday that he is no longer the leader of the House because “one person” in Congress wanted to avoid an ethics complaint about sexual misconduct. McCarthy was speaking at an event at Georgetown University, where he linked his historic ousting as Speaker to the allegations against...
