For institutions that charge tens of thousands of dollars each year in tuition and that leave college students significantly in debt under the guise of providing them with a proper education, colleges and universities should not be able to get away with many of the things described as classes on campuses. These range from courses […]
The Senate on Thursday passed a two-step stopgap to keep the government funded into March, as lawmakers try to quickly tie up their funding work ahead of a looming shutdown deadline and forecasts of inclement weather on Friday. The Senate voted 77-18 to pass the bill on Thursday afternoon, sending the legislation to the House, which is...
At a New Hampshire campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.), former presidential candidate Andrew Yang claimed that if President Biden becomes the party’s nominee, he will “deliver to us Trump the sequel.” Yang complimented Phillips’s efforts to find a younger, new candidate to represent the Democratic Party in 2024, and said...
If you're sick of winter, there's some good news in the latest seasonal outlook released Thursday by national forecasters – at least for the residents of all but one state.
The U.S. and nations across the world have demonstrated that we can grow healthy and fresh seafood sustainably in our waters. Now is the time to harness the potential to grow a rapidly expanding industry here at home.
President Biden is slated to deliver remarks Thursday afternoon in North Carolina, where he is set to announce $82 million in new investments to connect homes and businesses in the state to high-speed internet. Biden will go to the Raleigh-Durham area in the critical battleground state to make the announcement, alongside Gov. Roy Cooper (D). The funding...
A federal judge will require special counsel Jack Smith to seek permission before making any additional filings in former President Trump’s case for election interference, a small victory for the former president as the court otherwise declined to advance a filing designed to hold prosecutors in contempt. The effort from Trump to censure prosecutors came after...
A new national hotline to prevent potential mass shooters from carrying out acts of violence was launched by a group of Florida advocates Thursday. The new hotline will be monitored 24/7 by staffers who have been trained to talk with potential mass shooters leading up to a planned shooting. Sean Cononie, an advocate who runs...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) will investigate the environmental impact of idled “zombie” coal mines in response to an October request from several congressional Democrats, a GAO spokesperson confirmed. In October, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and seven House Democrats wrote to the GAO to ask for a probe into such mines, which often qualify as...