The Small Business Administration said it received 500 loan applications after Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last week. The funds could be distributed in two weeks to support small businesses that are out of operation as the Port of Baltimore remains closed. Baltimore is home to about 50,000 small businesses, employing 500,000 people. “The […]
The New York state Senate approved lawmakers’ repeal of a century-old law that makes adultery in the state a crime on Wednesday. Initially passed in 1907, the goal of the law was to drive down the divorce rate. At the time, adultery was the only acceptable reason to grant a divorce in the state of […]
On NATO’s 75th anniversary, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) praised Democrats for their work on the alliance after former President Donald Trump “weakened” it. “After being deeply weakened by the former President, we’ve rebuilt this critical alliance, but its continued strength relies on us keeping our word and renewing aid to Ukraine,” Warner stated. Under the […]
Israel‘s civilians need not take dramatic new precautions against the prospect of a major retaliatory attack from Iran, according to a senior Israel Defense Forces official. “There is no need to buy generators, store food and withdraw money from ATMs,” IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari wrote on social media. “As we have done until […]
Border Patrol agents on the southern border saw an unusual reprieve in the number of migrants crossing from Mexico in March compared to prior years, a trend that bucks the springtime surge that follows pent-up demand from a winter slowdown in travel. Border authorities apprehended 137,000 migrants at the 2,000-mile southern border in March, according […]
The avian flu spread to an Ohio dairy farm for the first time. Ohio had never reported a case of the flu, which is typically hosted by birds, in any of its livestock operations, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture. On Thursday, it confirmed that infected cows from Texas arrived in the state on […]
A Washington, D.C., legal panel on Thursday found former Trump administration Justice Department senior official Jeffrey Clark violated at least one attorney ethics rule during a bid to enlist the agency to examine alleged election irregularities in 2020. The finding is preliminary and came on the eighth day of testimony over Clark’s attempt to use […]
A male was shot at the Brookland-Catholic University of America Metro stop in Washington, D.C., on Thursday afternoon. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the shooting and is advising anyone with information to call 911. Photo evidence shows a male victim being treated on the platform. The victim was a teenager, died, the Washington Post […]
Hearings began in New Jersey’s federal lawsuit against its neighbor New York in one of several lawsuits surrounding New York City’s new congestion pricing. New Jersey’s lawsuit hinges on environmental concerns and burdens placed on the Garden State due to the new rule, which was approved last week. Starting in June, cars entering Manhattan below […]
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) proposed legislation aimed at repealing the 16th Amendment, which allows the government to tax people’s income. The congressman brought up his legislation in an interview with Just the News, No Noise on Wednesday. Among the four co-sponsors are Reps. Mary Miller (R-IL) and Ronny Jackson (R-TX). “Originally the country didn’t have […]
