Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny for the first time in public while claiming victory in a managed election for his fifth term in the Kremlin. “As for Mr. Navalny. Yes, he passed away. This is always a sad event,” Putin said after the polls closed in Russia. “But we’ve […]
The Supreme Court weighed a historic First Amendment dispute on Monday between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat social media posts on subjects including COVID-19 information, election security, or possible threats. Oral arguments before the high court on Monday centered on a high-profile lawsuit filed […]
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) offered President Joe Biden rare praise in an op-ed on Monday, but it was on a topic that Democrats have steered away from touting out of fear it would divide the voter base. Manchin claimed that Biden should be proud of the “record-breaking” energy production that is happening in the country, […]
Tuesday marks the 45th birthday of C-SPAN, and to celebrate, the public service cable team has pulled together a highlight roll of its history-making since then-Rep. Al Gore announced from the House floor that the C-SPAN was live on March 19, 1979. “What does TV coverage of the House mean for America?” C-SPAN said. “For […]
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is getting ready for the release of her latest book. No Going Back details how she says the Republican Party cannot go back to the party it once was in the 2000s and how the GOP can navigate the future of the United States going forward. The book’s description is likely […]
The Alaska Department of Revenue will issue checks from the Permanent Fund Dividend to another swath of residents who have yet to receive their payments from the program in three days. The latest batch of PFD payments will go out on Thursday to those who had the “Eligible-Not Paid” status as of Wednesday and have yet to get their checks from the state […]
A former special prosecutor on the case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia canceled a national television interview at the eleventh hour over the weekend, citing a family emergency. Nathan Wade, who resigned from his position with the Fulton County district attorney’s office last week, backed out of the interview late Saturday night, the […]
The FBI announced last week its recovery of at least 22 historical artifacts taken after the American victory at the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. A deal to return the artifacts to the Government of Japan, Okinawa Prefecture, was arranged via the FBI, and a repatriation ceremony will be held after the artifacts […]
The EPA on Monday announced a federal ban on all uses of chrysotile asbestos, delivering on a years-long federal effort to remove the toxic substance from use in industrial and manufacturing sectors. Though the EPA banned most forms of asbestos decades ago, the use of chrysotile asbestos—or so-called “white asbestos”—has persisted in certain construction and […]
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer criticized his colleagues on the high court over their interpretation of the Constitution. The former justice, who retired in 2022, is set to release a book titled Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism, laying out an argument critiquing the methods used by many Republican-appointed justices to interpret the […]
