Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) has dropped the bachelor’s degree requirements for staff members in her office, following similar steps from several governors who have lifted the requirements for state government employees. “No career trajectory should be defined by a piece of paper — it should be determined by work ethic, life experience and ability to...
A Democratic Arizona state representative apologized on Wednesday after she was caught hiding Bibles in the state Capitol. “The intent was never to be destructive, to never desecrate or to offend,” state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D-Tucson) said from the Arizona House floor. Security camera footage from the lawmakers’ lounge shows Stahl Hamilton hiding Bibles...
The parents of a man killed by U.S. Park Police in Northern Virginia in 2017 will donate their $5 million civil settlement to causes opposing qualified immunity for police, they said Friday. Bijan Ghaisar was shot and killed by two U.S. Park Police officers in Fairfax County, Va., after he began driving away from the...
President Biden is facing pressure from within his own party to send fighter jets and longer range missiles to Ukraine, as Russia continues to inflict daily death and destruction through aerial attacks. Members of congress from both parties have called on Biden to supply Ukraine with long-range rocket artillery, called ATACMS, and modern F-16 fighter...
Abortion access has been a patchwork of policies across the U.S. since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. New restrictions are taking effect in some states, while others are increasingly taking actions to strengthen access. Here's some of what's happened this week. North Dakota bans almost all abortions Republican Gov. Doug Burgum...
ExxonMobil recorded its highest-ever earnings in the first three months of 2023. The company announced on Friday that it made $11.4 billion between January and March, more than double its $5.5 billion profits from January through March of 2022. Still, it's lower than the profits the company reported last quarter, when it made about $12.8...
A woman who served time in prison for her involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection embraced former President Trump at a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Thursday before later saying that former Vice President Mike Pence and "every single" member of Congress who certified the 2020 election should be executed. After QAnon supporter Micki...
The Kentucky Supreme Court has overturned a lower court's rulings to remove the John Breckenridge Castleman monument from Cherokee Triangle due to a violation in due process.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has signed four new gun control bills after a mass shooting occurred at a local LGBTQ nightclub. The bills are aimed at quelling rising gun violence.