The advocacy group Americans for Contraception is launching a new ad campaign that highlights Republican opposition to expanded birth control access and pushes senators to vote for the Right to Contraception Act. According to an announcement from the group on Wednesday, the first wave features two ads running in the D.C. market between now and...
A bipartisan group of senators is demanding the Pentagon reveal military contractors' so-called “price gouging tactics” that they say can cost U.S. military billions of dollars every year in overpayments. In a letter sent to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Tuesday evening, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.)...
Bird flu has been found in alpacas for the first time, marking the latest spread of the current H5N1 bird flu virus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday. The infected alpacas were at a farm in Idaho, where the avian influenza virus was detected in poultry that has since been culled, the National...
There is bipartisan consensus in Congress that permitting reform is needed for energy production in the United States, and we have made significant progress. Now, it’s time to take the next step.
Donald Trump’s fate is out of his hands. A jury of 12 New Yorkers has begun deliberating in the former president’s hush money criminal case, holding the power to make Trump the first American president ever found guilty of a crime – or the first to be acquitted of one. The trial concluded Tuesday with...
Beth Hammack, a Goldman Sachs executive and longtime finance industry leader, will lead the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland as its next president and CEO, the central bank district announced Wednesday. Hammock will succeed Loretta Mester, who steps down June 30. She will officially become the twelfth president of the Cleveland Fed on Aug. 21,...
A pair of leading digital publishers are partnering with OpenAI and Microsoft on a deal that will allow the tech firm to use their content. Both Vox Media and The Atlantic announced deals with the artificial intelligence company Wednesday, signaling a deepening of integration between tech and media that is only expected to accelerate. Vox's...
Nissan is urging owners of nearly 84,000 older model cars to not drive their vehicles due to the risk of exploding air bag inflators. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Wednesday that the warning affects certain Nissan vehicles that have “recalled, unrepaired Takata airbags.” “Due to the age of the vehicles equipped with...
Former President Trump unleashed a social media firestorm ahead of the jury in his New York trial being sent to deliberate on the charges leveled against him.