EXCLUSIVE — In the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision blocking race-based admissions at colleges and universities, medical school faculty at multiple institutions tried to find ways to circumvent the ruling, records show. Documents obtained through a public records request made by medical advocacy group Do No Harm and obtained by the Washington Examiner show […]
The first Supplemental Security Income payment of the new year, worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to recipients in just over two weeks. The payment will be released in 15 days, on Feb. 1, and they mark the first checks of 2024 because no payment was issued in January. Recipients were […]
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), discounted by his critics, defied his naysayers and late polls in Iowa with a second-place finish behind former President Donald Trump but ahead of one-time U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. But although DeSantis thanked his supporters for helping him punch his ticket out of Iowa, his political […]
The second round of January Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for top earners who retire at 70, went out to the second group of retirees on Wednesday. Retired seniors born between the 11th and 20th of a month should have received their first payment of 2024 on Jan. 17, and those born on […]
Labor unions strongly oppose President Joe Biden‘s potential closure of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intake facility in California, foreshadowing a looming problem for the president heading toward the 2024 election. The Adelanto ICE Processing Center, which is operated by the private GEO Group under a Department of Homeland Security contract that expires in […]
Attorneys representing Northeastern fishermen will make their case at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the 40-year-old precedent most commonly cited to support federal agency regulatory power should be cast into an oceanic abyss. A group of fishermen from New Jersey will see the justices consider their lawsuit against a Commerce Department regulation through the […]
The top-ranking Justice Department prosecutor in Washington, D.C., worked on behalf of Qatar and numerous foreign banks that have been accused of bankrolling terrorism, documents show. As the U.S. attorney in the nation’s capital, Matthew Graves has come under the spotlight for supervising a sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and faced […]
The bipartisan child tax credit expansion proposed Tuesday, if passed, would affect millions of families across the United States, particularly those who earn the least. The plan was announced on Tuesday after weeks of talks between Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR). The legislative plan builds […]
The United States is expected to designate the Yemeni Houthis as a terrorist organization in response to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. The Biden administration removed the terrorist designation from the Houthis in 2021. The Houthis were launched into the international spotlight recently after declaring war on Israel amid the War in Gaza […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) lashed out at former President Donald Trump in his first town hall since coming in second in the Iowa Caucuses. DeSantis spent much of the CNN Town Hall, hosted by Wolf Blitzer, criticizing Trump, whom he had just lost to in Iowa by a historic margin. He explained his loss by […]
