Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the site of a mass shooting that saw 17 students killed in 2018, is set to be demolished Thursday. The building will be demolished piece by piece, according to the Associated Press, since a controlled implosion would have been too risky for the surrounding buildings. “I want […]
Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) introduced a bill to eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government. The wide-ranging Dismantle DEI Act was co-sponsored by 20 other Republicans in Congress. If passed, it would not only eliminate all DEI programs in the federal government, but also rescind executive […]
With President Joe Biden physically drained by one long European trip and now off to southern Italy for the annual Group of Seven economic summit, expectations are growing that he will return for a long Camp David rest to prepare for the first 2024 debate on June 27 with former President Donald Trump. Some are […]
Democrats are feeling good about an overperformance in a special election for a Republican-dominated Ohio congressional district, but Republicans are not seeing the result as a reason to panic. Republican Michael Rulli defeated Democrat Michael Kripchak for former Republican Rep. Bill Johnson’s seat after the ex-congressman resigned in January to become the president of Youngstown […]
R&B superstar Usher met with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) on Wednesday on Capitol Hill, where the two discussed screening for Type 1 diabetes. The musician’s visit to the Capitol to talk about diabetes hits close to home for him as his child was diagnosed with the disease in 2014. In the 10 years that have […]
Tax analyst Drew Johnson won the Republican primary in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District and will face Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) in a pivotal contest for control of the House. The Associated Press called the race for Johnson at 1:38 a.m. EDT. With 91% of the ballots counted, Johnson led with 32% of the vote. Johnson […]
Alabama is planning to conduct another nitrogen gas execution months after the state carried out the United States’s first execution via nitrogen hypoxia. The attorney general’s office has requested the Alabama Supreme Court approve an execution date for Carey Dale Grayson, who was found guilty of Vickie Deblieux’s murder in 1994. Grayson was one of […]
In-N-Out has raised prices in California in response to the state’s new minimum wage increase. “On April 1st, we raised our prices incrementally to accompany a pay raise for all of the Associates working in our California restaurants,” the fast food chain said in a statement to KTVU. “The price increase was also necessary to […]
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill that will honor the death of a Washington, D.C., mayor similar to how states’ governors are honored when they die: with the president ordering flags to be at half-staff. The move is expected to be “part of a series of bills to ensure equal treatment for the […]
Blaze Pizza is the latest restaurant chain to move out of California, and it plans to relocate its headquarters to the East Coast. The pizza chain, owned partly by Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron James, will move its headquarters from Pasadena, California, to Atlanta by September. The move comes after California mandated a $20 minimum […]
