U.S. officials have demanded a “thorough [and] impartial investigation” of the Israel Defense Forces airstrike that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza. “The victims of yesterday’s strike join a record number of humanitarian workers who have been killed in this particular conflict,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in Paris. “They have […]
United Airlines is asking its pilots to take voluntary unpaid leave starting next month due to delays in aircraft deliveries — a side effect of Boeing‘s heightened safety concerns following a batch of manufacturing flaws. “We can confirm that due to the recent delays in Boeing deliveries, our forecasted block hours for 2024 have been […]
House Democrats are holding a field hearing on abortion access in Florida on Tuesday, one day after the state Supreme Court ruled a six-week ban could go into effect next month. The field hearing, which began at 10 a.m. in Broward County, is being attended by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Reps. Debbie Wasserman […]
The Interior Department announced the approval Tuesday of a new commercial-scale offshore wind project in Massachusetts, clearing the way for up to 2.6 gigawatts of offshore wind power to be added to the power grid and moving the Biden administration one-third of the way to its target of 30 GW for offshore wind. The Avangrid-owned […]
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will hold a rally in Michigan on Tuesday afternoon in which he is expected to focus on immigration. Trump will travel to Grand Rapids and speak specifically on what his campaign is calling “Biden’s border bloodbath,” a trip that follows an incident last month in which […]
The Libre Initiative Action, a pro-Hispanic interest group funded by Republican megadonor Charles Koch, has endorsed Ohio Republican candidate Bernie Moreno for Senate. Ohio is at the top of Republicans’ list as a prime opportunity to flip a blue seat and take control of the Senate next year. Moreno, a former car dealer, is up […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke about the need for Republican lawmakers in the House to remain united in their slim majority, acknowledging how many of them are frustrated over the party’s congressional leadership. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate in March, arguing that Johnson should not remain speaker. Johnson noted […]
President Joe Biden’s campaign is projecting optimism that he can flip Florida after the state’s Supreme Court this week permitted Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) six-week abortion ban to become law. In a memo, the Biden campaign condemned DeSantis’s legislation, which it said would start “ripping away access to reproductive care before many women know they […]
Louisiana State University women’s basketball Head Coach Kim Mulkey said her team did not miss the national anthem “intentionally” on Monday ahead of its Elite Eight matchup against the University of Iowa. Mulkey’s comments come following criticism from many online who accused Mulkey and LSU of deliberately skipping the anthem. “Honestly, I don’t even know […]
The number of job openings in the United States increased by very slightly to 8.76 million in February, a sign that the labor market still has underlying strength despite higher interest rates that have weighed on some sectors. The new numbers, including openings across all sectors for that month, were released as part of the Job Openings and Labor […]
