House Republicans are brushing off concerns that they will be censured for voting down a rule that would bring the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to the floor, with a few taunting, “Go ahead.” On Wednesday, 19 Republicans voted with Democrats to effectively kill the House’s attempts to move a bill forward that […]
Social media parent companies Meta, Alphabet, Snap Inc., and ByteDance are facing a lawsuit from two tribal nations for their alleged contribution to Native youth suicides. The Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin are blaming the use of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube for altering Native youth’s […]
Nearly the entire Republican conference is calling on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to ensure a full impeachment trial is held for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as the House prepares to transmit the articles of impeachment over to the Senate next week. In a letter sent to Schumer, 43 GOP senators led by […]
A Pennsylvania Amish farmer earned a court victory in Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture v. Amos and Rebecca Miller. However, the win could be short-lived, and this case could escalate all the way to the Supreme Court. “Do we get to control our food and decide what goes into our body or does the government,” asked […]
More than 50 aftershocks have been felt across New Jersey after an earthquake uncommonly shook the Northeast. On Friday, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in New York City and as far away as Washington, D.C., with its epicenter in New Jersey. An estimated 43 million people felt the earthquake, one of the strongest in […]
President Joe Biden convened the first-ever trilateral summit between the leaders of the United States, Japan, and the Philippines at the White House on Thursday, where the president vowed a “new era of partnership” between the three nations. The summit itself comes as China continues aggressive posturing in the South China Sea, including frequent incidents […]
Inflation coming in hotter than expected in March poses a major problem for President Joe Biden, as residents of one swing state identified the topic as a major issue heading into November. A report released on Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that inflation rose 3.5% in the year ending in March. North […]
The effort to recall Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has failed, but another attempt from the same group is on the horizon. The Wisconsin Elections Commission confirmed Wednesday that the pro-Trump group’s efforts to recall the Republican leader failed after the group did not gather enough signatures from Vos’s district to issue a recall election. […]
The FBI is aware of and has begun tracking the Venezuelan-based gang Tren de Aragua, a criminal cross-border organization that is said to be more violent than MS-13 and whose member is suspected in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. FBI Director Christopher Wray revealed the information to House lawmakers Thursday during a […]
