Video of Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) setting off a fire alarm at the Capitol late last month was published for the first time Thursday, shortly after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge over his action. The video, first obtained by news station NY1, shows Bowman approaching a set of blocked doors in the Cannon...
At least 27 people are dead and multiple others are missing after Hurricane Otis made landfall as a Category 5 storm early Wednesday along the coast of Mexico. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced 27 people have died and four are missing in the cities of Acapulco and Guerrero, which is located on Mexico's Pacific...
Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) announced Thursday he won’t seek reelection next year. “[B]efore coming to Congress, I also found great reward in working with nonprofits, volunteering and otherwise contributing to my community,” Sarbanes said in a statement. “That too is a powerful form of public service. For some time now, I have found myself drawn...
It took twenty-two days for the U.S. House of Representatives to elect a new Speaker. For the first time in U.S. history, the House voted to oust their Speaker and the ramifications of that vote are still echoing throughout Washington to the rest of the world. The people’s business had all but stopped on Capitol...
Colleges are seeing their undergraduate enrollment numbers go up for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Three years later, undergraduate enrollment has gone up 2.1 percent this fall compared to 2022, and community colleges saw an increase of 4.4 percent. The recovery...
Relatives of four dual American Israeli citizens Thursday said securing the release of 220 hostages held by Hamas should be the priority agenda for the international community. The family members, who traveled from Israel to visit members of Congress in Washington, thanked President Biden for prioritizing their plight. “I feel it’s upon us to make...
A federal appeals court on Thursday indefinitely stayed an earlier order requiring the Biden administration to hold a November oil lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, though it’s unclear whether the administration will immediately proceed with the sale. The Interior Department is required to hold the lease sale under the text of the Inflation...
House Republicans on Thursday passed a sprawling partisan energy plan, the first funding bill approved on the floor since the lower chamber ousted its Speaker more than three weeks ago. The measure passed in 210-199 vote Thursday afternoon, with just one Republican no vote. It is only the second piece of legislation to cross the...
An infant’s death has prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a warning to medical professionals about giving probiotics to hospitalized preterm infants. The FDA said that one infant developed sepsis and later died after the infant was given a probiotic while in hospital care. The FDA has previously sent a letter to health care...