According to a new Ipsos survey, 57 percent of Jewish college students in America say they have either witnessed or experienced antisemitism. The locations where the students said they witnessed or experienced an antisemitic incident include on campus, “at a college/university affiliated event” and “[i]n the general public.” Almost a third of Jewish college students...
The state of Alaska is suing the Biden administration over its decision to reinstate protections from logging for a national forest in the state. The Biden administration restored the protections on more than 9 million acres that were rolled back under the Trump administration in January, citing biodiversity and climate change in its reasoning. On...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says he plans to hold a confirmation hearing in October for Monica Bertagnolli, the Biden administration’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The announcement Friday ends a monthslong standoff with the administration over drug pricing. Sanders previously said he would oppose any health agency nominee until he gets...
New York Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat on Friday said that for New York City to better manage the influx of migrants, cooler heads need to prevail. Espaillat, an immigrant New Yorker, rebuffed Mayor Eric Adams' comments Wednesday, where he said the issue would "destroy New York City," but didn't specify if he meant migrants themselves...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Friday that bringing together the world's democracies to counter China's influence is the biggest challenge facing the G20 after President Biden landed in India for the group's weekend summit. Murphy, in an interview on MSNBC, said there is no doubt China is growing in "military prominence and prowess," but emphasized...
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday ordered SpaceX to make numerous changes to its infrastructure and process before being allowed to launch another rocket after its last attempt destroyed its launch pad and caused widespread damage. The agency provided 63 steps SpaceX must take before it allows the company to launch another rocket from its...
House members from three key committees introduced a bipartisan health care bill Friday aimed at addressing price transparency, prescription drug costs and workforce investment, consolidating measures that already have been advanced by the respective panels. Leadership from the House Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means and Education and the Workforce committees introduced the Lower Costs,...
The White House called former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was helping evacuate Afghan women amid the chaotic withdrawal, to scold her for calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office to ask for help, according to a newly released book. Atlantic staff writer Franklin Foer’s “The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden’s White House and the...
The Biden administration on Friday released a new report related to whether a permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline would be canceled — but did not indicate it had come to a decision. In 2020, a court ordered the administration to review the environmental impacts for a portion of the pipeline that crosses the Missouri...
Washington is debating how to fund the Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees many facets of American air travel including air traffic control, but there is one subject that should not be debated: safety. Take it from my pilot colleagues at American Airlines or from Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), who piloted Blackhawk helicopters in Iraq and recently...