Teamsters working for Yellow Corp. could go on strike on July 24 after the companies “failed to fulfill their financial obligations,” the union said in a statement on Tuesday. Yellow Corp. will be kicked out of the Central States Pension fund on July 23, according to a letter from Thomas Nyhan, executive director of the...
A Muslim lawmaker in Connecticut who was attacked outside a prayer service is calling for a hate crime investigation into the incident. “You do need to investigate to see: Has this person had a bias towards Muslims?” State Rep. Maryam Khan (D) told NBC News. “The fact that there was none of that was very...
Wesleyan University announced on Wednesday it would be ending its legacy admissions after the Supreme Court ruled last month to curtail the use of affirmative action in the college admission process. “An applicant’s connection to a Wesleyan graduate indicates little about that applicant’s ability to succeed at the University, meaning that legacy status has played...
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) announced on his podcast Tuesday he is introducing legislation to defund investigations into President Trump led by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Gaetz made the announcement hours after Trump said he'd been notified he is a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack and efforts to overturn the 2020...
Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos condemned President Biden on Tuesday for his latest plan to cancel student loans. “What President Biden is trying to do is just a blatant vote buy. The Supreme Court has ruled it’s illegal. He can’t just with a [stroke] of the pen wipe away over half a trillion dollars in...
Apprehensions at the southern border decreased in June, driven by a substantial drop in illegal border crossings between ports of entry. According to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) figures, border officials encountered migrants 144,571 times at the border in June, down 43 percent from the 206,702 encounters a month prior. While the overall number of...
President Biden has allowed more than 500,000 legal immigrants to move to the U.S. since he took office, which marks a historic total, according to a report.
House Republicans ridiculed President Biden Tuesday for choosing Delaware, home of his 2016 campaign's infamous basement strategy, for his re-election campaign headquarters.
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and his Chinese counterparts failed to reach a climate agreement this week, they announced Wednesday.