A bipartisan pair of senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that seeks to increase the transparency regarding federal agencies’ telework policies, with the senators claiming that government workers may be receiving undeserving amounts of local pay. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the Telework Transparency Act, which would require agencies to make […]
The estate of late-comedian George Carlin has reached an agreement with the co-hosts of the Dudesy podcast who used artificial intelligence to make a comedy special impersonating him. The agreement comes roughly three months after Dudesy co-hosts Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen uploaded an AI-generated comedy special to YouTube titled George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m […]
The Oklahoma Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday about whether public funds can be used to support charter schools with religious affiliations. If the state Supreme Court rules in favor of the school, it could become the first Catholic charter school in the nation to operate with public money. “The U.S. Supreme Court has made […]
Disney CEO Bob Iger fended off an attempt to shake up the corporate leadership on Wednesday when the shareholders voted for the company’s preferred slate of board nominees. The effort to change the board was led by billionaire Nelson Peltz who lost his bid for a seat on the board. Peltz argued for a plan […]
One of San Francisco’s largest housing providers for formerly homeless people “misused” millions of dollars in taxpayer funds, helped itself to fat bonuses, and made sketchy moves that “heightened the risk of fraud,” according to an audit released on Tuesday. “The breadth and magnitude of financial and compliance problems we found at HomeRise is concerning,” […]
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) is blaming Hamas for the deaths of humanitarian aid workers in Gaza, who died in an Israeli strike, instead of Israel. On Monday, seven aid workers from Chef Jose Andres’s World Central Kitchen were killed in an airstrike by the Israel Defense Forces. Following the deaths, the World Central Kitchen […]
The Congressional Leadership Fund announced its first round of “trailblazer” candidate endorsements on Wednesday as the party seeks to expand its majority in the lower chamber in the 2024 election. Considered the top Republican super PAC endorsed by House leaders such as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), the group released the names of 20 House GOP […]
A $1.2 billion taxes and fees bill is stuck in Maryland‘s Democratic-controlled legislature, worrying some Democratic lawmakers that approving it will hand over their narrow U.S. Senate majority to the GOP. U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan, a Republican, is running for a seat that will be vacated by Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) in November. Hogan, […]
The Department of Justice asked a judge on Tuesday to sentence the woman who stole Ashley Biden’s diary to four to 10 months in prison, a tougher penalty than the six months of home confinement that the government had initially sought. Prosecutors for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said […]
President Joe Biden has been briefed on bird flu, the White House confirmed on Wednesday, stressing that the health risk to the public is low and that several government agencies are looking into the situation. “One of the most important things for this administration is the health and safety of the American public,” press secretary […]
