Big meatpackers must warn chicken growers about the risks of the deals they're entering into, according to a new federal rule enacted Wednesday. The rule is part of a package of reforms the Biden administration has framed as steps to bring transparency and competition back to the meat industry, Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) gave a new jolt to a volatile national political landscape Thursday when he announced that he would not run for reelection to the Senate— and seemed to suggest that he could be on the brink of a presidential run. Both parties are grappling with the ramifications of his decision, in terms...
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) on Thursday made official what his colleagues had privately suspected for months, that he won’t be returning to Washington as a senator in 2025, putting Democrats on an uphill path to keeping their Senate majority in next year’s election. The news that Manchin will walk away from the...
Supporters of changing Puerto Rico's territorial status are turning to the Senate to keep a compromise bill alive as rapidly shifting political dynamics threaten to bury the proposal for a plebiscite on the issue. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Puerto Rico Status Act in the upper chamber Wednesday, leading 21 Democratic co-sponsors on the...
American First Legal filed a complaint with the FEC arguing that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and 51 former senior intelligence officials tried to aid Joe Biden's 2020 campaign.
The Boston-based climate nonprofit Ceres is spearheading a massive public- and private-sector effort to push green energy and net-zero policies nationwide.
Rep. Tony Gonzales believes there is a renewed sense of urgency in Congress to pass at least a partial fix to the ongoing crisis at the southern border,
Former Rep. Will Hurd, who ended his White House bid in October, says some of the remaining GOP presidential candidates need to put "personal ambitions and ego" aside so the 2024 field can consolidate.
Once upon a time in sports, coaches were the absolute monarchs of their teams, exerting total control over every aspect of their clubs while at the same time playing the role of benevolent dictators toward their players. While they sought to provide sage advice to their charges, they also ensured that those they were mentoring knew their places and would never deign to challenge them. When football, baseball, basketball, and hockey went from simply being organized pastimes and developed into multibillion-dollar industries, coaches realized they could no longer hold autocratic sway over players who were making more money than they were, and they adjusted their coaching styles accordingly.