More criminals may deserve the death penalty than get it, but it is an impractical method of punishment we do not have to use anymore. Alabama is executing a death-row inmate on Thursday with a new method using nitrogen hypoxia gas, a vapor meant to suffocate the inmate. The state tried and failed to execute […]
Alabama is slated to perform an execution using nitrogen gas Thursday night, in what will be the first time this method has been used in the United States. The decision comes after both the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to halt the Yellowhammer State's planned execution of Kenneth Eugene...
Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Biden, decried Fox News host Jesse Watters over a monologue he delivered earlier this week attacking the president for his posture on immigration and issues related to the southern border. "I have heard so many lies about my family, it takes a lot to make me upset. This crosses...
Microsoft is laying off around 1,900 workers in its Gaming unit, extending tech job losses in early 2024. The cuts represent roughly a 9 percent reduction at Activision Blizzard and Xbox from the 22,000 employees. The president of the subsidiary, Mike Ybarra, is leaving the company, according to a post on X, formerly known as...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) appeared to downplay former President Trump's attacks on GOP primary rival Nikki Haley following his win in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, arguing Trump "does what he does." Scott appeared alongside Trump during the former president's victory speech Tuesday, when Trump levied a series of attacks against Haley, the former governor of...
Making the expansion permanent would reduce the incentive for parents to work and marry, all without any positive effect on intergenerational economic mobility.
Republican governors are backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in his standoff against the federal government over border authority. On Tuesday, the Texas National Guard appeared to ignore a Supreme Court decision and continued building razor wire barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, preventing the federal Border Patrol from doing their jobs. In a statement Wednesday,...
Senior House lawmakers met Taiwan’s president-elect in Taipei on Thursday, marking the first congressional delegation to the island after elections earlier this month, in a show of American support amid an intimidation campaign from Beijing. Taiwan president-elect Lai Ching-te said he welcomed deepening ties with the U.S. alongside Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and Ami Bera...
South Korean Rep. Bae Hyun-jin, of the ruling People Power Party, on Thursday became the second politician to be attacked this month, raising concerns about heightened political violence in the Asian nation. Bae, 40, was approached by a young pedestrian who asked, “Are you the lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin?” before he struck the lawmaker in the...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sided with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in his feud with the federal government over razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying Thursday that he would “back him up.” “I stand with Governor Abbott. The House will do everything in its power to back him up,” Johnson wrote on X, formerly...