Tennessee Senate Republicans passed a bill that would undo reforms enacted after the fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols by police officers last year. The Senate-passed bill was supported by the Statehouse Republicans for weeks. The bill is now headed to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) desk. If signed, it would overturn the ordinance passed...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) became angry when a reporter with Fox Business questioned him on his proposed legislation that would create a 32-hour workweek. “Can I talk to you about the 32-hour workweek?” Fox Business reporter Hillary Vaughn asked Sanders, which prompted him to ask her which outlet she worked for. Vaughn then said that...
A new study found that women who were pregnant as teenagers are more likely to die in early adulthood than women who did not have teen pregnancies. The study, published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open, found that in a sample of 2.2 million female teenagers aged 12 to 19 from Ontario, Canada, the risk...
No Labels, the centrist group gunning for a third-party presidential bid, announced Thursday the process it plans to use to pick a presidential ticket. The group voted last week to move forward with a "unity ticket," even as the race solidifies into a general election rematch between former President Trump and President Biden, who have...
Republican senators and conservative judges are sharply criticizing a new policy aimed at combatting so-called “judge shopping,” which has allowed state attorneys general and advocates to effectively choose their judges in some cases. In letters to about a dozen chief judges across the country, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — along with Sens. John...
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A super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid said it plans to spend “at least” $10 million on ads leading up to the November election. American Values 2024, which is led by co-founder Tony Lyons, will use the ads to clarify Kennedy’s positions and record ahead of the general election. “We probably wind...
Yellowstone National Park has issued actor Pierce Brosnan a fine and is requiring him to pay several fees after he walked through an off-limits thermal area in the park. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the District of Wyoming, Brosnan, 70, was fined $500 for the incident and is required to pay a...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged 17 people for their alleged roles in a $300 million Ponzi scheme that targeted more than 40,000 predominantly Latino investors, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Houston, Texas, on Thursday. The complaint follows the SEC’s emergency action in September 2022 that halted the company accused...