Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and Democratic Virginia legislative leaders announced they would hammer out negotiations on the state’s budget with a special session next month. The budget process has been one of several points of tension between the Republican governor and Democratic-led legislature this year over disagreements about various appropriations. The special session will convene […]
The World Health Organization has defined a new set of criteria for infectious diseases spread through the air following significant controversy and confusion during the pandemic about how the coronavirus was spread. Nearly 500 experts, including epidemiologists, physicists, engineers, and public health professionals, contributed to a report published Thursday that provides a concrete breakdown of […]
The U.S. Treasury Department announced a new series of sanctions against more than a dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s drone production following last weekend’s unprecedented attack on Israel. These new sanctions, which the United States coordinated with European allies, are an attempt to cut off Iran’s ability to manufacture its missile and drone […]
In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history six months ago, Democratic state lawmakers have taken action. The Maine legislature passed bills strengthening the state’s “yellow flag” laws, which aim to strip guns away from those suffering from psychiatric health crises. That legislation would have taken the Lewiston shooter’s firearms away after […]
An attorney for former President Donald Trump told him to put away his phone after he reportedly took a call at the defense table during the first hour of his criminal trial on Wednesday. Multiple reporters in the New York County Criminal Court noticed Trump was taking a phone call from the defense table as jury selection […]
More than a dozen of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. family members will endorse President Joe Biden‘s reelection bid during a campaign stop in Philadelphia, on Thursday afternoon. The endorsement is the strongest rebuke yet from his famous family members that Kennedy has faced since launching a Democratic primary challenge against Biden before leaving the party […]
A Texas man was removed from death row after a court ruled he was too intellectually disabled to be executed. Tomas Gallo was sentenced to death in 2004 for murdering and sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter. His defense in 2004 argued that he shouldn’t be executed due to his intellectual disability but was initially […]
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) memoir The Art of Power will be released in August by publisher Simon & Schuster, and will display her viewpoint of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and the home invasion assault on her husband. Pelosi hasn’t released a book since 2008, before her second and most of her first […]
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser traveled to and attended the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, “as part of a sports and economic development visit” on official mayoral matters. The airline flights to and from the tournament were paid with city funds, a spokesperson told DC News Now. The cost of the fights was not […]
Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) is not happy with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s (R-GA) antics, including her threats to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Greene threatened Johnson by filing a motion to vacate before the chamber’s Easter recess, but she did not file it as a privileged resolution, meaning it did not require immediate action. […]
