House GOP members and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) leaders attacked the Biden administration’s broadband policy at Thursday’s FCC oversight hearing. After two years without a fifth commissioner, FCC Democrats have started the process to reinstate Obama-era net neutrality rules. The 3-2 vote reinstated the policy that brings internet service providers under the jurisdiction of the...
SPOTTED: Dave Chappelle smiling for snapshots with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle while paying a visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday. The standup comic met with Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) while touching down at the Capitol. “Chapelle is interested in politics and his meeting with members delved into this interest along with...
Govs. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) are set to square off Thursday in a televised debate hosted by Fox News. Sean Hannity will moderate the so-called "Great Red vs. Blue State Debate," a culmination of months of rising tensions between the political rivals. While DeSantis will be the sole 2024 presidential candidate on stage, stakes are...
A Trump spokesperson said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is “so desperate for attention” that he’s debating a “Grade A loser” like California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday. “Ron DeSanctimonious is acting more like a thirsty, third-rate OnlyFans wannabe model than an actual presidential candidate,” Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement. "Instead of...
The country’s largest publisher and four bestselling authors are part of a lawsuit filed Thursday against Iowa’s law that bans public school libraries and classrooms from having nearly any book that depicts sexual activity. Penguin Random House and authors Laurie Halse Anderson, John Green, Malinda Lo and Jodi Picoult, as well as parents, educators and...
The mother of one of the three Palestinian American college students shot in an attack in Burlington, Vt., over the weekend said in an interview that she has “no doubt” the incident was a targeted hate crime. Tamara Tamimi, the mother of Kinnan Abdalhamid, told NBC News on Thursday that her son and his friends,...
A rioter at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally at the Capitol said he was “manipulated” into participating in the riot and requested an early release in a filing Monday. Mitchell Todd Gardner II said he was influenced by “powerfully influential people” and “outlets” like Fox News that “encouraged” his actions at the Capitol insurrection in...
A former server at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., has filed a lawsuit against the club alleging that she was sexually harassed by her boss and then pressured to sign a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) by former President Trump’s current attorney. Alice Bianco filed the complaint Wednesday in the Superior Court of New...
Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is pursuing legal action against two compounding pharmacies for allegedly offering contaminated copycat versions of the drug semaglutide, found in weight-loss medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy. The company said it had conducted tests on the compounded drug being sold from two Florida pharmacies and found one sample from Wells Pharmacy...
Presented by Novavax — Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci has agreed to testify before House Republicans in early 2023 {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Fauci to testify before Congress for first time since exit Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci has agreed to testify before House...