New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he’s “not comfortable” supporting Columbia University, his alma mater, due to the rise of pro-Palestinian protests over Israel’s war in Gaza. In response to the Columbia demonstrations, Kraft shared a statement on Monday on why he is withdrawing his support for the university. “It was through the full […]
A progressive group founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Our Revolution, will host a town hall on Monday looking to stall the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s efforts to fund elections across the country. The town hall will feature “Squad” members Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), among others. The […]
Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Monday that the Biden administration has finalized the first-ever minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. The move comes after the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw advocates for the elderly reporting poor living conditions for residents in which they’d go hours without meals and water and were not kept properly clean. […]
A judge accepted Donald Trump‘s $175 million bond in his civil fraud case after the former president and Attorney General Letitia James reached an agreement to modify the conditions of the bond during a hearing in New York on Monday. Judge Arthur Engoron said that so long as Trump gave Knight Specialty Insurance, a small […]
President Joe Biden will speak to the nation from Triangle, Virginia, to commemorate Earth Day at 2:15 p.m. Biden is expected to announce $7 billion in grant funding for solar power under the Inflation Reduction Act and new steps toward highlighting his administration’s Climate Corps — a program popular with youth climate groups. Biden launched […]
Eight years before he and his wife Ethel were executed in the electric chair at New York‘s notorious Sing Sing prison, Soviet spy Julius Rosenberg pleaded with federal officials to keep his job with the Army Signal Corps. In a secret two-page memo to officials who had just suspended Rosenberg, he claimed he was wronged […]
In the 118th Congress, House Republicans have been riddled with party infighting and chaos since being sworn into office earlier in 2023. After 15 different votes to elect former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, disagreements over sending aid to Ukraine during Russia’s war, and a failed bipartisan border bill, this Congress is set to […]
Nike is set to lay off at least 740 employees from its Oregon headquarters as the sportswear giant prepares for an anticipated revenue drop in the first half of fiscal 2025. Layoffs deemed the “second phase of impacts” in a Friday letter would start in late June, according to a report citing a legally mandated […]
NEW YORK — Donald Trump on Monday sat quietly facing forward as prosecutors recited the 34-count hush money indictment to a jury in the first criminal trial against a former president. A 12-person jury in Manhattan listened to the opening statements by prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, who used his time to lay out a comprehensive narrative […]
In California, there are 47 gigawatts of solar power installed atop rooftops, equaling out to over a quarter of the state’s energy. However, during the middle of sunny spring days, the energy produced exceeds demand, meaning prices for electricity will go negative, and solar power is thrown away. Solar energy waste is most prevalent in […]
