House Democrats are moving to protect access to abortion pills after a federal judge in Texas blocked the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone, a drug that could be used for abortions and to manage early miscarriages. Reps. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) and Lizzie Fletcher (D-Texas) reintroduced the Protecting Reproductive Freedom Act on Monday,...
French President Emmanuel Macron once again is impetuously chasing national and personal glory in the capitals of autocracies. First, he repeatedly tried appeasing Vladimir Putin at Kyiv’s territorial expense, before and after the start of the Russian president’s “special military operation” in Ukraine. Now, having failed to persuade Putin, Macron appears to be attempting to...
The GOP is ignoring these warnings at its own peril, and is inching closer to becoming a marginal party that only appeals to its most extreme, far-right faction.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) are pressing some of the largest depositors at the failed Silicon Valley Bank to reveal the nature of their relationship with the firm that collapsed last month. Warren and Ocasio-Cortez, two of the most progressive lawmakers in Congress, sent letters to 14 of the bank’s largest...
Audits by top accounting firms failed to identify the failing investments that brought down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Accounting giant KPMG completed its audit of SVB just two weeks before the bank collapsed. While the firm flagged potential losses on loans, it didn’t provide any warnings...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should ignore a Texas federal judge’s ruling blocking its approval of mifepristone, a pill that can be used to induce abortion in early pregnancy. The South Carolina Republican joined several Democrats who have called for the Biden administration to ignore the judge’s...
A majority of Americans are opposed to raising the retirement age for younger Americans to shore up solvency for Social Security, new polling finds. A new poll conducted by left-leaning firm Data For Progress, first reported by Semafor, found that 65 percent of Americans surveyed were against raising the retirement age for Americans currently in...
An Alabama attorney disputed an allegation that Jefferson County redrew its districts illegally. The attorney said the new map reflects the county’s population shifts.
A top Navy leader said last week that artificial intelligence is already being worked into the technology of the Navy fleet, and said it would move slowly and carefully on AI.