Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said she is “conflicted” over the push to vote uncommitted instead of voting for President Biden in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday. Stabenow, who announced her retirement from the Senate last year, responded to protest efforts being made to vote uncommitted in the Democratic primary on Tuesday instead of backing Biden, who carried the state in...
The Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday announced more than $350 million for rural renewable energy projects from the bipartisan infrastructure law funds. On a call with reporters, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said the $366 million would be allocated across 17 projects in 20 states and 30 tribal nations. Twelve of the projects are on...
envoy must be a "Muslim, experienced diplomat, and from the region."
Though the West is fixed on the issue of Afghan women and girls, the world needs to engage with the Islamic Emirate on other issues, including water rights, migration, narcotics trafficking and counterterrorism.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Monday renewed his threat to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress if the department “continues to withhold” subpoenaed documents on the U.S.’s exit from Afghanistan in 2021. McCaul, in a letter to Blinken, claimed the State Department’s After-Action Review (AAR) of the Biden...
Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) said Monday the “horrible” killing of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus should not inform the entirety of U.S. immigration policy. “I think whenever we’re dealing with violent crime, there is a sense of outrage, of sadness and loss,” Porter, who’s running for Senate in California, said during...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ahead of a White House meeting Tuesday called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to “reject the MAGA hard right, which wants a shutdown.” Schumer is ramping up his rhetoric ahead of a Tuesday midday meeting at the White House with Johnson, President Biden, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.)...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is alleging that the pornography giant Aylo, which owns websites including Pornhub, is not following the state's recently enacted age verification law. Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Aylo for violating state law that requires pornographic websites to “use reasonable age verification measures to ensure those viewing their pornography...
Mark Cuban on Tuesday attributed a rise in racist sentiments to social media platforms that Cuban says employs algorithms that connect people with the same extreme viewpoints and ultimately “reward them for hate." “I think racism has become worse on the political edges of American society, which makes it more virulent and impactful to POC...
Macy’s announced Tuesday it will be closing 150 “underproductive locations” over the next three years as sales dip and the company looks to expand its higher-end luxury brands. The department store chain saw nearly a 2 percent drop in sales during the fourth quarter of last year when compared to its fourth quarter of 2022. In 2023...