The House passed the Republican conference’s marquee energy package on Thursday, with four Democrats and one Republican bucking their parties on the high-profile vote. The package, titled the Lower Energy Costs Act, cleared the chamber in a 225-204 vote. The conference labeled the legislation H.R. 1, signaling that it was their top legislative priority this...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said he is "tired" of hearing former President Trump's grievances in his latest media appearance this week. "I think that no leader who is backward looking is a leader who can be victorious," Christie said on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" on Thursday when asked about Trump. "And I’m...
The cost of attending Ivy League universities is nearing $90,000 a year as high school students are receiving their acceptance letters to the highly competitive institutions. Cornell University most recently announced a hike in tuition prices that brings the school to one of the closest to the $90,000 mark. The university said Monday it would...
The firearm homicide rate in the U.S. surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching its highest level in the country since 1994, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During the pandemic, firearm homicides spiked by nearly 35 percent, according to the CDC report. The increase also widened disparities...
The Department of Defense (DOD) on Thursday launched a website to accompany its "Hack the Pentagon" program in order to scale and provide additional resources for the program, the DOD's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) announced. The program itself, launched in 2016, invites security researchers and "ethical hackers" to test the Pentagon's cybersecurity,...
Congressional Democrats on Thursday plan to reintroduce a landmark resolution to strengthen civil rights protections for transgender and nonbinary Americans amid a tidal wave of state and federal measures that target them. The Transgender Bill of Rights, slated to be introduced by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) ahead of Transgender Day...
A North Carolina General Assembly bill would prohibit trophies awarded to youth sport athletes solely for participating in an event. The bill, proposed in the state Senate, would amend Article 18 of Chapter 160A of the state's General Statutes by adding a new section that would in part read, "Youth sports or other youth recreation...
The Kentucky Senate convicted an ex-prosecutor during an impeachment trial on Thursday. After the impeachment articles were drafted former state prosecutor Ronnie Goldy Jr. resigned.
Nearly two dozen people were arrested and cited for criminal trespassing at the Kentucky Capitol after protesting a bill in the Bluegrass State that would ban transgender procedures for minors.