The House will again vote Thursday on punishing one of their own, this time targeting Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in one of the U.S. Capitol office buildings in September when the chamber was in session.
He's been a frustrated observer, a confrontational witness and a heated commentator outside the courtroom door. Now former President Donald Trump is poised to return to his civil business fraud trial again, first to watch and then to serve as star witness for his own defense.
A Texas judge on Thursday granted a pregnant woman whose fetus has a lethal diagnosis permission to get an abortion despite Texas’s strict ban. But the state is likely to appeal, and it’s unclear just how quickly the plaintiff, a 31-year-old Dallas woman named Kate Cox, will be able to obtain an abortion. District Court Judge...
A compromise version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) reached by negotiators in the House and Senate dropped an amendment to block the Pentagon's policy providing paid leave to service members who travel for an abortion. A draft version of the NDAA unveiled Thursday by the Senate and House Armed Services committees says...
Staffers at Jewish organizations across the country pressed President Biden on a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in an open letter. “We are individuals who work for a wide array of Jewish organizations across the United States, coming together across the broad range of beliefs, practices, backgrounds and identities...
Reaching out to people, forgiving and expressing gratitude are not just words to live by, but scientifically proven measures to improve health and happiness for ourselves and our communities, and ultimately to flourish.
House Republicans censured Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday after he falsely pulled a fire alarm in a House office building in September, hitting the New York Democrat with a congressional reprimand that liberals derided as “extreme” and “profoundly stupid.” The chamber voted 214-191-5, mostly along party lines, on the resolution to censure Bowman. Three...
GOP hopeful Ron DeSantis wants to keep debates among the 2024 presidential candidates going — specifically in Iowa and New Hampshire — before Republicans pick their presidential nominee. And, the Florida governor is open to taking on former President Trump head-to-head. "I think we’re going to have a debate in Iowa, and I think we’re...
CosMc’s, the new restaurant concept from McDonald’s, is seemingly aiming to attract coffee-drinkers and beverage enthusiasts who might otherwise spend their money at Starbucks or Dunkin’.