President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign placed Alabama’s recent in vitro fertilization controversy on blast in their latest push Thursday, claiming it was a consequence of overturning Roe v. Wade. Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, targeted former President Donald Trump and his supporters in a statement after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos […]
Astronauts from three countries parachuted down to Earth in a SpaceX capsule off the Florida coast, marking the end of a private three-week mission to the International Space Station. The trio, representing Turkey, Italy, and Sweden, were escorted by former NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, who is now affiliated with Axiom Space, the Houston-based company that […]
Astronomers have discovered evidence of a subsurface ocean under the icy abyss of Saturn’s mini moon, Mimas, which resembles the Star Wars Death Star. After using observations from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and studying changes in Mimas‘s orbit, the French team shared on Wednesday that a secret ocean 12 to 18 miles beneath the frozen surface […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) jabbed President Joe Biden on Thursday over his consideration of issuing an executive order that would make it harder for immigrants to seek asylum at the southern border. The order would close the border daily after 8,500 crossings. “Doing Trump impressions isn’t how we beat Trump,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a post on […]
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson suggested borrowing more than $1 billion to fund affordable housing and other economic initiatives. Shifting away from the city’s current funding methods, the proposal allows for dozens of tax increment financing districts to expire with the goal that revenue will increase the city’s funds. TIFs currently give developers breaks in their […]
It’s more bad news for San Francisco Democratic Mayor London Breed’s reelection efforts. A new poll shows the California mayor is at serious risk of losing her competitive reelection race and that a majority of San Francisco voters hold a negative view of her while her closest competitor, Mark Farrell, would have the most support […]
The hospital system involved in the controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling on in vitro fertilization, or IVF, announced on Thursday that it would suspend all IVF procedures. The Center for Reproductive Medicine at Mobile Infirmary is “pausing IVF treatments to prepare embryos for transfer” effective Feb. 24, it said in a press statement sent to […]
Former talk show host Wendy Williams was diagnosed with aphasia and dementia last year, according to her care team. The announcement on Thursday came “after careful consideration, not only to advocate for understanding and compassion for Wendy, but to raise awareness about aphasia and frontotemporal dementia.” Aphasia is a condition that deteriorates language and communication abilities, […]
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued that President Joe Biden is only running for reelection so that he can “stay out of jail.” Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Tuberville predicted that Biden would drop out of the race within a few months. His only reason for staying in the race for so long, he […]
The majority of teachers said they do not have enough control over what they teach in public schools, according to a survey released Thursday, while the federal and state governments have too much. In a Pew Research Center poll, 71% of K-12 teachers claimed they do not have enough say over what is taught in […]
