Google is facing backlash from workers and activists after firing 28 employees who staged a sit-in over a contract with Israel. On Tuesday, employees staged a sit-in in Google’s Silicon Valley and New York offices, demanding an end to the controversial Project Nimbus — a $1.2 billion contract between the Israeli government and Google and […]
Police identified Max Azzarello, a conspiracy theorist, as the man who set himself on fire outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump was being tried in his hush money case. Azzarello resides in St. Augustine, Florida, and traveled to New York, without his family knowing, in the last week, police said in a press […]
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) found a way to repay a Capitol Police officer who protected her and other legislators at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021: her endorsement. Pelosi endorsed Harry Dunn in the Democratic primary for Maryland’s 3rd district, along with Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX), on Friday. “I saw Officer […]
House Republicans are split on whether to appreciate Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) tenaciousness in crafting a foreign aid package or criticize him for betraying the conference, as recent GOP-led bills have passed with a majority of Democratic votes. Those sentiments were on full display on Friday following the procedural rule vote to bring the four-pronged […]
Several of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s former colleagues at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a climate activist group, are calling on the independent presidential candidate to drop out of the race. Kennedy previously worked as a lawyer for the NRDC and has touted his experience as an environmental lawyer in his third-party candidacy, which both […]
EXCLUSIVE — A group of House Education and Workforce Committee Republicans, led by Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), raised concerns on Friday about whether the Biden administration’s student loan consolidation scheme is illegal. In a letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner, Foxx and 12 Republicans demanded answers from Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about the legality […]
Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke was nominated Friday for a Daytime Emmy in the Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series category. Van Dyke, 98, appeared on Peacock‘s Days of Our Lives last year, playing Timothy Robicheaux, a man who was suffering from amnesia. He is up against actors Linden Ashby, Ashley Jones, Alley Mills, […]
A New York judge chose five jurors on Friday to serve as alternates in the hush money case against Donald Trump, marking the conclusion of the jury selection phase of the former president’s trial. The process, which began Monday in Manhattan, wrapped up more quickly than some legal experts had anticipated but still featured its […]
One Democratic House representative has filed legislation that would block convicted felons from being protected by the Secret Service — which would affect former President Donald Trump if he is convicted in his trial. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) introduced legislation on Friday that stated Secret Service protection would “terminate for any person upon sentencing following […]
Retired soccer star Megan Rapinoe has traded sports for Hollywood as she will soon release a television series centered on lesbian athletes. Rapinoe and her partner Sue Bird’s production company, A Touch More, will create the series based on the novel Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner. The story centers on two players on the same […]
