Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back on claims that Hunter Biden’s plea agreement reflects a double standard of justice that favors Democrats and insisted he was not involved in the case involving the president’s son. At a press conference in Sweden, Garland quickly shot down a question from a reporter asking about GOP claims that...
By engaging in stakeholder capitalism and using ESG to shape how companies operate, regardless of the impact on their bottom line, these institutions are breaching their sacred fiduciary duty.
Regulators have approved “lab-grown” meat to be sold in the United States for the first time ever at restaurants and eventually in supermarkets. The Agriculture Department approved two California companies, Upside Foods and Good Meat, to sell chicken made from animal cells instead of slaughtered animals on Wednesday. Companies have been working to try to...
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) is opening up about his mental health journey, after saying he had a “huge concern” for years about facing stigma from his colleagues in Congress or his constituents. “I first had a [major] anxiety attack in 2005 that lasted five months. Throughout that process, and then again in 2013, I thought,...
The House advanced a resolution Wednesday to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.), overcoming a procedural hurdle that blocked a similar measure targeting the Democrat last week and teeing up a final vote later in the day. A motion to table the measure was rejected 218-208 on party lines, with Republicans rejecting the Democratic-led effort to...
Democrats in both chambers of Congress on Wednesday resurrected a proposal to extend federal nondiscrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans, vowing to pass the landmark civil rights legislation that in the past has failed to garner enough bipartisan support. The Equality Act would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlaws discrimination based on race,...
University of Kentucky swim star Riley Gaines slammed a queer activist for denying the biological advantages of male athletes in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.
The Michigan Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear a case pertaining to the Legislature's controversial throttling of a minimum wage increase slated to take effect.