Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert lit into House Republicans after the conference, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), were dealt some embarrassing defeats this week. Colbert, in Wednesday night's opening segment of CBS's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," laid out a series of disappointments for the GOP conference this week, including the...
In our last two episodes, The Switch Up talked about the maternal mortality crisis — how it disproportionately affects Black and Brown Americans, the struggle of incarcerated pregnant people and the activists and political leaders who are trying to end this crisis. Today, we’re delving into this crisis just a little bit more — and...
Early in the 2000s, many employers began adding degree requirements to job descriptions — whether they needed them or not — using the degree as a proxy for job preparedness.
A new voter engagement campaign is targeting young voters and voters of color ahead of November’s presidential election. Kairos: Democracy Project plans to mobilize the two groups by highlighting advocacy and the benefits of democracy on daily life. The project will rely heavily on influencer engagement and grassroots organizing. Founded by Michael Blake, a former...
Former President Trump is slated to hold a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments over Trump’s ballot eligibility under the 14th Amendment. Watch the live video above.
NASA launched a new climate observation satellite, packed with cutting-edge technology to gather information on Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, on a SpaceX launch system in the early hours of Thursday. The PACE satellite, short for Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem satellite, took off abroad a SpaceX Falcon 9 system from Cape Canaveral, Fla., just after...
The Senate is expected to vote on another version of the national security supplemental Thursday afternoon that strips the border security deal out of the legislation. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) moved rapidly Wednesday to find a Plan B that would resurrect the package’s bundled provisions to send military help to Ukraine, which says it’s desperately low...
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Thursday as former President Trump's lawyers appear before the justices in an attempt to knock down lawsuits challenging the Republican front-runner's ballot eligibility under the 14th Amendment. The justices will hear from three attorneys during the argument. In order, they are: Jonathan Mitchell, representing former President Trump. Thursday is Mitchell’s sixth...
Another ex-attorney for former President Trump predicted the Supreme Court would rule against his claims of immunity from criminal prosecution. Former Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore said on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” that he believes it is likely the Supreme Court will take up Trump’s immunity case and rule against the former president. “I do...