Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is calling on Congress to pass federal legislation protecting Black hairstyles after a Texas judge ruled teachers did not violate legal protections when they punished a student for wearing dreadlocks.  “This is a pathetic, wilful and anti-Black misinterpretation of the CROWN Act,” Pressley posted on X on Thursday. “Black folks deserve to show...

A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report   © Associated Press Feds investigating nationwide AT&T outage Federal authorities are investigating a massive cellphone network outage that affected millions of customers for most of Thursday. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and...

President Biden is wrestling with taking executive action on how asylum claims are handled at the southern border, a move that has triggered anger from some Democrats but one in which the White House is under pressure to take action. The tougher measures could benefit Biden politically by allowing him to point to actions he’s...

A robotic spacecraft is expected to touch down on the moon's surface Thursday night, in what will mark the United States's first uncrewed commercial moon landing. The autonomous lander, called Odysseus, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 last Thursday. It was created by the company Intuitive Machines and is...

Immigration advocates and progressives are raising alarms over reports that the Biden administration plans to use executive action to restrict asylum applications along the U.S.-Mexico border. The reports, sourced to unnamed administration officials by a handful of media outlets, come as advocates were telegraphing a thaw in their relations with the White House after butting...

Vice President Harris on Thursday bashed the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are people as hypocritical and placed the blame on former President Trump. “Think about that, individuals, couples, who want to start a family are now being deprived of access to what can help them start a family,” she said. “So on...

Cast members of the “Real Housewives of Orange County” filmed a cameo video trolling Republican businessman Eric Hovde after he launched a Senate bid in Wisconsin this week against Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Hovde's California ties have already become a source of attack by Democrats. A website created by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin...

The Teamsters, one of the largest blue-collar labor unions, earmarked a maximum donation to the RNC shortly after meeting with former President Trump.

Chairman James Crawford of Wisconsin's Forest County Potawatomi tribe called Thursday for bipartisan legislative solutions to human trafficking, affordable housing, and other issues.

A former FBI informant arrested last week on charges of lying about the Bidens’ business dealings was re-arrested Thursday after a judge deemed him a flight risk.