The Powerball jackpot increased to a whopping $1.4 billion for Wednesday night’s drawing — the fourth largest in its history and the sixth largest ever among all U.S. lotteries. While the chances of striking big are notoriously slim, even a lucky jackpot winner should not expect to walk away a billionaire any time soon. In...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will honor the African American men of the 369th Infantry Regiment on Wednesday afternoon during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony. The fighters, known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," were known for their service in World War I. They gained recognition as the unit assigned to fight under the 16th Division of the...
The Trump administration has chosen to let the courts take the lead on the complex issue of copyright and intellectual property as it relates to artificial intelligence, rather than taking any meaningful action itself.
House Republicans on Wednesday approved a measure to show support for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation into matters surrounding the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The measure was unveiled on Tuesday as a clear alternative to a bill from Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to require the Justice Department...
Paul Offit, a pediatrician and vaccine expert who has often criticized health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been blocked from serving on a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory panel. According to a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, Offit was among several FDA advisory committee members whose Special Government...
House Republicans voted on Wednesday to authorize a select subcommittee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and potentially the previous Democratic-run Jan. 6 committee, a move that came more than seven months after the panel was first announced. The subcommittee will be part of the House Judiciary Committee and will be chaired by...
Federal Reserve board member Christopher Waller, one of President Trump's potential picks to chair the central bank, said Thursday the Fed must begin cutting interest rates at its next meeting. In an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box," Waller expressed concerns about how quickly the weakening U.S. job market could fall apart if the Fed doesn't...
Trump's call to downplay the horrors of slavery is a red flag moment, as evidenced by the microhistory of Christmas on plantations, which reveals the continued physical and verbal abuse, slave trading and other horrors of slavery during the holiday season.