After the Federal Trade Commission voted to block new noncompete agreements for 30 million workers on Tuesday, business groups and the United States Chamber of Commerce have taken action. A lawsuit was filed Wednesday by the Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable, Texas Association of Business, and the Longview Chamber of Commerce seeking to block the […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the $61 billion in aid to Ukraine will greatly help the European country, which is still fighting its war with Russia. The Senate voted Tuesday to pass foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific allies by a 79-18 vote, marking a victory for both Ukraine and the U.S. […]
A nursing student, a truck driver, and a mother are among the 16 people who were pardoned or have had their sentences commuted by President Joe Biden. Biden has made a concerted effort during his administration to grant clemency to people who were imprisoned for nonviolent drug offenses, including Katrina Polk. Polk, 54, of Washington, […]
President Joe Biden‘s administration is trying to ensure airlines offer automatic cash refunds to passengers and protect consumers, more broadly, from surprise fees, according to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “Passengers deserve to know upfront what costs they are facing and should get their money back when an airline owes them — without having to ask,” […]
Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-NJ) died Wednesday after suffering a “cardiac episode” earlier this month and battling a series of health troubles over recent years. The under-the-radar House Democrat died at 65 after suffering a heart attack on April 6. He was on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center since […]
An armed U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris‘s protective detail fought unarmed with other detail agents on Monday morning. The incident occurred at the Washington, D.C.-area Andrews Air Force Base, shortly before Harris arrived, and after the agent suffered what the Secret Service has characterized as a medical incident. The Washington […]
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claims she has a difficult job when answering questions from the press. Jean-Pierre had been asked about video of her dancing with the cast of A Different World, who visited the White House earlier this month. The press secretary explained that she likes to listen to various songs from […]
Residents in a South Carolina county called the sheriff’s office to deal with the “annoying” sound of cicadas on Tuesday. The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office shared on Facebook that it has been contacted by several residents about the noise of cicadas, which are emerging this month across the United States. “We have had several calls […]
President Joe Biden thanked Congress for passing a major national security supplemental bill and promised that equipment would be shipped to Ukraine within two hours. In a speech inside the White House, Biden said Ukraine has a fighting force and the skill to win its war against Russia, and that its soldiers were cheering in […]
Former President Donald Trump has thwarted President Joe Biden‘s momentum in six key swing states as concerns about the economy persist. In a Bloomberg-Morning Consult poll released Wednesday, Trump holds leads over Biden in six of seven swing states. Trump’s leads in Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are larger than in last month’s […]
