Georgia's House passed a bill to add $5 billion to the state's budget for projects such as roadbuilding, building a medical school and a dental school, and giving raises to teachers.
Democrats and their allies are headed to battle stations, aiming to stop the No Labels independent-presidential-candidate effort before it gains traction.
They were warned that criticism of Israel's conduct during its war on Hamas in Gaza could cost them politically. But in the four months since Israel's blistering offensive was ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, progressives in Congress who have called for a cease-fire are seeing record fundraising dollars as they fight to remain in office.
The congressional budget gridlock has led NASA to lay off hundreds of workers in its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which has launched numerous missions to Mars to search for signs of life. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is managed by Caltech, is NASA’s “only federally-funded research and development center,” according to its website. JPL announced...
Former Sen. Al Franken is poised to join the upper chamber again, at least on the small screen — the Minnesota Democrat is playing a senator in a forthcoming Netflix series. The “Saturday Night Live” alum-turned-lawmaker will play a fictional senior senator from Washington State named Aaron Filkins in Netflix’s “The Residence.” The Shonda Rhimes...