Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) attempted to celebrate President Joe Biden’s recent student loan forgiveness plan in an online video. The pair stood outside the Capitol in a video posted to X on Thursday, discussing Biden’s idea to waive accrued and capitalized interest for over 30 million borrowers for the price of […]
The 118th Congress is drawing bipartisan jeers for its lack of legislative accomplishments. House Democrats, in the minority by a slim margin, routinely pan Republicans for their inability to pass routine government spending bills, aid to Ukraine in its defensive war against Russia, and a range of other proposals. That’s not particularly surprising since it’s […]
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign efforts at expanding the 2024 election playing field begin with the rolling hills of North Carolina. The state has been just out of grasp for Democrats since the anomaly of 2008, when Barack Obama clinched victory by less than half a percentage point in his White House win over GOP […]
More than six decades after Norgestrel was patented, the progestin-only birth control pill has debuted on drug store shelves and online as Opill. It’s the first oral contraceptive in the country granted nationwide over-the-counter status by the Food and Drug Administration. Already, retailers such as Amazon, Target, CVS, and Walmart have listed a three-month supply […]
There’s a long history of American presidents pressuring Israel to wind down wars earlier than planned. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower successfully threatened Israel, along with allies Great Britain and France, to back off the Suez Canal. In 2006, President George W. Bush‘s administration told Israel in no certain terms to wind down its […]
BELLINGHAM, Washington — Rather than allowing party-specific primaries, Washington state has one general statewide primary in August. The top two finishers of every race, regardless of party, are placed on the ballot in November. The hopefuls that political handicappers are expecting in the general election for governor are Democratic state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and […]
Malte Elson, a psychologist at the University of Bern, is hoping to chip away at some of the seemingly widespread problem of incorrect or falsified research that is plaguing academia. “When I build my research on top of something that’s erroneous and I don’t know about it,” he told the Chronicle of Higher Education, “that’s […]
While one might not associate bitcoin mining with sustainable development in Africa, some are predicting that the industry will help people across the continent. Africa is the least developed continent on Earth, with millions still without access to electricity. Bitcoin mining, the process of minting new bitcoins, could help to build up Africa’s power grids […]
O.J. Simpson rushed for 11,236 yards as an NFL running back but will be remembered more for the white Ford Bronco car chase during which he was on the run from the law. Millions sat transfixed in front of their televisions as a man who had been broadcast into their homes as a star football […]
Meta announced changes in its Instagram policy concerning nudity to protect teenage users from receiving and sending nude images. This comes as part of the platform’s effort “to help protect young people from sextortion and intimate image abuse, and to make it more difficult for potential scammers and criminals to find and interact with teens.” […]
