President Biden on Friday offered support for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) after the senator called for new elections in Israel and criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war with Hamas. Biden told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with the prime minister of Ireland that Schumer gave senior White House staff a...
The Ukraine War offers a compelling moral reminder of a wronged people’s determination to resist naked aggression. From a more practical perspective, it has delivered a powerful technological message about the potential for unmanned systems in modern warfare. Deployed at scale, drones are fundamentally changing the character of combat. On the other side of the...
MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann called on Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney prosecuting the election interference case against former President Trump and his allies, to resign from the case. A judge ruled Friday that Willis or Nathan Wade, a prosecutor on the case with whom she had a romantic relationship, must step down given...
Dozens of college swimmers and volleyball players are suing the NCAA over its transgender policies, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. The lawsuit alleges the athletes' rights granted from the Title IX gender equity law were violated when transgender woman Lia Thomas was allowed in the 2022 national championships. Thomas was on the men’s...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new rules Thursday requiring cable and satellite television providers to clearly display their “all-in” prices, as part of the Biden administration’s effort to crack down on so-called “junk fees.” Under the new rules, providers will have to include the total cost of video programming, including any additional programming-related fees,...
The story of Israelis slaughtering Palestinians Arabs in response to the slaughter of Israelis is the latest chapter in rivalries going back through the ages.
Morel mushrooms have been linked to a deadly outbreak in Montana last year, a study in the Center for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report said Thursday. According to the study, between March and April of last year, 51 people reported “mild to severe gastrointestinal illness” in the wake of eating at a restaurant...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) will eliminate its standard 5 percent to 6 percent sales commission as part of a $418 million settlement with home sellers. The powerful realtors organization agreed to pay $418 million in damages to settle several lawsuits from home sellers, it announced in a press released. The lawsuit alleged that...
The Biden administration announced Friday it is looking to take action against junk fees for college students and student loan borrowers. The White House said it is targeting four kinds of junk fees in its initiative: student loan origination ones, college banking junk fees, automatic charges for textbooks, and colleges keeping leftover money in...