Interior Secretary Deb Haaland confirmed in a Friday memo that National Park Service (NPS) staff will be permitted to participate in LGBTQ Pride Month activities in uniform, reversing an NPS memo from earlier this month that sparked fierce backlash. In the memo, shared with The Hill, Haaland did not directly name Pride Month but wrote...
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus's campaign arm will make its first major general election ad buy on Wednesday, dropping $1.1 million on Spanish broadcast, radio and digital ad reservations for September to support Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) in his Senate bid. The ad buy is the single largest purchase in the history of Bold PAC, the...
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is calling for major changes to BuzzFeed — from adding new board members to cutting staff to bringing in right-leaning talent — after acquiring an activist stake in the company. In a letter to BuzzFeed’s board of directors on Monday, Ramaswamy argued that the company “has lost its way”...
Public action combined with private energy is urgently needed to save iconic religious properties and all the good works their leaders, members and volunteers do for needy people of all faiths (and of no faith).
The White House on Tuesday indicated an Israeli strike that killed dozens of Palestinians in Rafah did not cross a "red line" that would lead to a change in U.S. policy. Multiple administration officials in press briefings on Tuesday described the images out of Rafah as “heart-breaking,” “tragic,” and “horrific.” But there was no sign...
Explaining Nigel Farage to a non-British audience is challenging, because understanding him accurately involves nuances of uniquely British social class and outlook.
Government-backed mortgage securitizer Freddie Mac is considering whether to broaden out its portfolio from first-time mortgages to become a purchaser of home equity loans, a move that could offer borrowers more favorable terms than those of private credit markets. Public comments closed less than a week ago on the proposal, which is getting praise from...
Children who consume peanut products in the first five years of their lives are less likely to develop a peanut allergy, even as they approach early adolescence, according to a study published Tuesday. The new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), is a follow-up to an earlier study that showed a...