The relationship between patients with mental illness and the practice of medical assistance in dying is a slippery slope that is likely to get even more slippery over time.
Black women are six times more likely to be killed than white women, a new report has found. The study, published in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday, analyzed homicide rates of women 25 to 44 years old in 30 different states between 1999 to 2020. It found that Black women are more likely to...
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation advanced a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill Thursday tackling issues including accessibility and foreign aviation safety measures. "This bipartisan bill delivers improvements to aviation safety and consumer protections that Americans have been demanding,” said Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Commerce Committee, in its press release...
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) shared a photo online with his “doppelgänger,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who is in Washington for a White House meeting. “Wer ist wer?” Coons posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The English translation is “Who is who?" Coons, with a U.S. flag lapel pin, is on the left...
Congress has passed a law that is impossible to enforce or at least impossible to do so constitutionally. That’s not unusual. Congress has a habit of passing such laws. But what is unusual is that Congress is now impeaching a Cabinet secretary over his failure to do the impossible.
The State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information about the identity or location of the leaders of a global ransomware gang, known as Hive, the agency announced on Thursday. It is also offering up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of anyone involved with...
A Utah State Board of Education member is facing pressure from the Legislature and the governor’s office to resign over a post she shared on social media that appeared to insinuate a high school girls basketball player is transgender. In a since-deleted Facebook post, conservative board member Natalie Cline falsely suggested that a 16-year-old student-athlete...
Former White House aide and CNN contributor David Axelrod on Friday criticized President Biden for snapping at a reporter for the network who earlier asked about concerns regarding his memory and age. "Donald Trump is a gaffe-machine himself, but because he is energetic these questions are not as profound for him," Axelrod said Friday. More...
International media outlets are criticizing President Biden following Special Counsel Hur's report and the president's gaffe-riddled press conference defending his mental clarity.