Story at a glance Women make up the majority of unpaid caregivers for the elderly, according to a new report. The Wells Fargo report, published Tuesday, found that between 2021 and 2022 59 percent of such caregivers were female. It also found that older women make up a sizable portion of the group, with women...
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a coalition of nine states will file a legal challenge to new regulations requiring public companies to disclose their climate-related risks and direct greenhouse gas emissions. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 Wednesday to approve the climate disclosure rule, which will go into effect in 2026....
A Republican-led Georgia state Senate panel gave the floor Wednesday to a defense attorney who surfaced allegations of a romance between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and a special prosecutor in former President Trump’s 2020 election interference case. Over three and a half hours, defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant described her investigation into Willis’s...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced that National Guard members will now patrol New York City subways. The governor announced a five-point subway safety plan Wednesday “to rid our subways of people [who] commit crimes and protect all New Yorkers.” The plan includes redeploying nearly 1,000 law enforcement members to conduct bag checks in...
A Texas man surrendered to authorities Wednesday over accusations he committed wire fraud by attempting to scam then-Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), actor Danny Masterson and others facing criminal liability. According to a newly unsealed affidavit, Hector Medina Jr. sent texts and videos to Santos’s phone falsely suggesting he could get the congressman’s criminal charges tossed...
Self-described "super mayor" Tiffany Henyard has vetoed a resolution by a local board that called for an external probe to be launched into her alleged misuse of funds.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the question of whether former President Trump is immune from prosecution in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case on April 25.
Washington lawmakers passed three citizen initiatives sponsored by a conservative-leaning group, but ignored three more, meaning they'll appear on the November ballot.