Vice President Harris began a seven-state tour for the upcoming month on Thursday, targeting college campuses to court young voters. Her “Fight for Our Freedoms” college tour will focus on issues that especially impact young people, like abortion rights, climate change and LGBTQ rights, the White House said. “This generation is critical to the urgent...
Two California school districts banned the display of LGBTQ pride flags on Tuesday as organizations and municipalities move to limit flags on display, often citing the controversy around them. Districts in the Southern California city of Temecula and the Bay Area small town of Sunol banned the flags this week. Temecula passed a resolution banning...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning drug companies against improper patent filings, saying that they could potentially face legal action for doing so. The FTC issued a statement Thursday saying that brand drug manufacturers could be harming competition in the generic market by improperly listing patents in the Food and Drug Administration’s “Orange Book” — a...
Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell defended his client against a new federal indictment on Thursday, saying new gun charges are not likely to hold up in court. The president’s son was charged with three federal counts, including illegal firearm possession as a prohibited person, by a federal special counsel on Thursday. “It is a unique...
Pressure is mounting on the GOP-majority House to pass a reauthorization of the U.S.'s long-term global HIV initiative, but the lawmaker holding up the legislation is showing no signs of moving. Former President George W. Bush, who launched the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003, called on Congress to pass a...
A Senate subcommittee is kickstarting an inquiry into the mishandling of dozens of reports of sexual assaults and rapes at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations announced Thursday that it sent a letter to Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda L. Fagan notifying her of the inquiry. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),...
The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa should be a holiday paradise. The most southerly territory of Italy lies exactly between that country and north...
Per Axios, President Biden’s border policies have led to “Tens of thousands of Mexican families” have crossed the southern border in recent months, “soaring...
President Biden is planning a high-profile speech on the “ongoing threats to democracy” in Arizona just after the next Republican presidential-candidate debate.