House lawmakers are circulating two separate discharge petitions to bring some sort of Ukraine aid bill to the floor, setting the stage for a drawn-out fight as Congress pushes to provide increased funding to the wartorn country. House Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern (D-MA) activated a discharge petition on Tuesday morning as a mechanism […]
The House passed a resolution condemning the Biden administration’s border policies on Tuesday, rebuking President Joe Biden for “refusing” to use executive authority to stop the illegal flow of immigrants crossing the southern border. House Republicans overwhelmingly voted in favor of the resolution, passing it 226 to 193. Fourteen House Democrats voted in support of […]
The View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin predicted Tuesday that voters will “start paying attention” to former President Donald Trump once he becomes the presidential nominee for the Republican Party. The talk show hosts were discussing what a second Trump administration would look like, with Griffin predicting that the former president would secure the nomination once […]
The White House attacked House Republican lawmakers on Tuesday after the conclusion of former special counsel Robert Hur’s hearing on Capitol Hill. Hur, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump to serve as the U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland in 2018, appeared before Congress on Tuesday to answer questions about his investigation into […]
Airbnb is banning indoor security cameras inside properties listed on its rental site. The company previously allowed cameras in common spaces such as living rooms and hallways, so long as the camera was properly disclosed in the listing. Now the company is reversing that rule, citing privacy concerns. “Our goal was to create new, clear […]
Google announced Tuesday it will be restricting its new artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini from answering election-related questions globally. “Out of an abundance of caution on such an important topic, we have begun to roll out restrictions on the types of election-related queries for which Gemini will return responses,” the company wrote in a blog post […]
The British National Health Service on Tuesday issued new guidance permanently prohibiting the prescription of puberty blockers for children for the purposes of gender transition. “We have concluded that there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty suppressing hormones to make the treatment routinely available at this time,” an NHS spokesperson said in […]
Maryland’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will conclude the distribution of its March payments in 11 days. Roughly 13% of Maryland’s population, about 772,700 people, relies on food stamps. The amount received varies depending on income and the size of the household, but the average amount is $180. Distribution of food stamps in the state started last week and will continue […]
Montana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin sending its April payments, worth up to $1,751, in 21 days. SNAP payments in Montana are distributed over five days every month, beginning on the second. April’s payments will begin on April 2. Recipients get their payments on days according to their SNAP case number, account number, Social Security number, or last name. SNAP benefits […]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) accused special counsel Robert Hur of deliberately politicizing his report into President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. Questioning Hur at a House hearing on Tuesday, Schiff said Hur went beyond his responsibilities as a special counsel in his conclusion questioning Biden’s memory. “Congressman, I could have written my report theoretically […]
