The Trump administration threatened to cut federal support to the Smithsonian Institution, as debate continues over whether the country’s leading cultural center is guilty of political activism in how it portrays the U.S. and its history. Executive departments and agencies could cut off relations with the cultural center if Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and White […]
One of Florida’s most vulnerable incumbent Democrats is running a new ad distancing herself from “extreme partisanship,” a rhetorical appeal to the Right after her district was redrawn to favor Republicans. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), who has represented the Tampa area in Congress since 2007, tells voters in the 30-second commercial that she’s “fed up […]
The Supreme Court denied a last-ditch effort on Friday by a group of New York healthcare workers who challenged its denial of religious exemptions to the Empire State’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The high court denied a bid to rehear the case Doe v. Hochul in an orders list, months after the justices rejected the initial […]
Rep. Young Kim (R-CA), the subject of past financial scrutiny surrounding her disclosure filings and how she characterized her business interests to voters, has not reported any income for her husband since she first ran for Congress despite local records stating that he did earn money through a South Korean nonprofit organization. The recently discovered […]
EXCLUSIVE — Air traffic controllers are accusing the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration of prioritizing efficiency and cost-cutting over public safety, a shift that workers warn has driven morale to an all-time low and placed the flying public at heightened risk. Air traffic controllers shared those dynamics following an August interview with FAA Administrator […]
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is guilty of inappropriate conduct during her roughly one-year tenure in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, the department’s watchdog concluded. Chavez-DeRemer had an “inappropriately close and unprofessional relationship” with someone on her security detail, regularly drank on the job, and generally oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment, the agency’s […]
The Massachusetts judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Friday dramatically gave her defense attorney one hour to make an emergency appeal for a stay before he declares a mistrial. Judge William Sullivan, who is overseeing the murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, made the decision after the 12-member jury spent seven days deliberating and […]
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Lawyers for the Federal Communications Commission are asking a federal judge to throw out Disney and ABC’s lawsuit seeking to block the agency from continuing its early review of the network’s broadcast licenses. In a filing Thursday, FCC lawyers argued that Disney’s lawsuit is premature because the agency has not yet decided whether to take […]
DORCHESTER COUNTY, South Carolina — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first stops in South Carolina on Thursday had gone largely according to plan. In Hardeeville, the Democratic governor was welcomed warmly with a standing ovation. The reception remained friendly in Beaufort, where another enthusiastic crowd sweated it out at the former Penn School, one of the […]
