Robert Reich, Labor secretary under former President Clinton, urged secretaries of state to refuse to put former President Trump's name on the 2024 ballots, saying that Trump "committed treason." In an opinion piece published in The Guardian, Reich argued Trump violated the Constitution by participating in an insurrection against the country, referencing the Jan. 6...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating fires on two separate American Airlines flights, after two planes over the past week reported engine damage in North Carolina and Ohio. American Airlines Flight 2288 canceled its takeoff from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina last Thursday, due to a possible engine fire, the FAA told The...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that warring military factions in Sudan have agreed to implement a three-day, nationwide ceasefire beginning at midnight local time, after intensive fighting throughout the capital Khartoum that has killed hundreds of people, wounded thousands and prompted the evacuation of U.S. and international diplomats. Blinken, in a statement, said...
President Biden on Tuesday hosted the "Tennessee Three" at the White House, telling the Democratic lawmakers that the Republican efforts to expel them from office were “undemocratic.” Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, the two Tennessee lawmakers who were once expelled from the state’s legislature, and Rep. Gloria Johnson, who was subject to expulsion, sat...
Nearly half of Americans support a potential ban on TikTok, but there are clear divisions between age groups and political affiliation. That was the finding of a new Wall Street Journal poll published on Monday, as momentum is building in Congress to ban the Chinese-owned social media platform due to security concerns. The poll found...
Tucker Carlson’s shocking exit from Fox News deals a blow to the top-rated cable news network, depriving it of its biggest prime-time star and his proven ability to deliver ratings. Fox now will have to figure out who will replace Carlson in what is widely seen as a watershed moment for the network’s editorial strategy....
Some Texas lawmakers want to turn rural hospitals, police stations and other critical infrastructure into backup power plants for their communities. The bipartisan Senate Bill 1212 seeks to stabilize the state’s unreliable grid by taking a different approach than the package passed earlier this month almost entirely by Senate Republicans. In a rare display of bipartisanship, the...
President Biden took aim at GOP education policies during a Monday event at the White House celebrating 2023 Teacher of the Year Rebecka Peterson. Peterson, a calculus teacher at Union High School in Tulsa, Okla., was celebrated at the White House with speeches from Briden, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and first lady Jill Biden. Biden...