The EPA on Monday announced a federal ban on all uses of chrysotile asbestos, delivering on a years-long federal effort to remove the toxic substance from use in industrial and manufacturing sectors. Though the EPA banned most forms of asbestos decades ago, the use of chrysotile asbestos—or so-called “white asbestos”—has persisted in certain construction and […]
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer criticized his colleagues on the high court over their interpretation of the Constitution. The former justice, who retired in 2022, is set to release a book titled Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism, laying out an argument critiquing the methods used by many Republican-appointed justices to interpret the […]
The White House is holding a Women’s History Month reception where President Joe Biden is expected to discuss actions to advance “women’s health research and innovation.” The remarks by Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and first lady Jill Biden are expected to begin at 11:30 a.m. EDT. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON […]
Pop singer Olivia Rodrigo is forgoing a plan to allow abortion-rights organizers to pass out emergency contraceptives to fans at her concerts. Various abortion-rights organizations had been distributing Plan B contraception pills and condoms at her recent “Guts” show in St. Louis, Missouri, on Tuesday, drawing the attention of multiple social media users. However, Rodrigo’s team […]
Months of negative coverage of the Supreme Court have left voters skeptical, as a plurality doesn’t have confidence the high court will issue a fair ruling in former President Donald Trump‘s petition for immunity. In a Politico/Ipsos poll released on Monday, only 24% of adults said they trust the Supreme Court to issue a fair […]
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin sent a letter to a federal judge saying the county line is “unconstitutional” and that he does not plan to defend it in court. Platkin said the attorney general’s office does not plan to intervene in the lawsuit brought by Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) against more than a dozen […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) is looking to cut more than $8 million from the budget of a state government watchdog that has given her administration failing grades. The Michigan governor is seeking to reduce the budget of the office of the auditor general, a nonpartisan watchdog that found several problems with state agencies, including the […]
Drew Miller, a retired Air Force colonel who oversees a growing network of survival ranches, was a bit ahead of events when he decided this month to game out the 2024 election year on his new Collapse Survivor app used to test reactions to possible disasters. Not too far into Miller’s 110 “exercise messages,” the […]
President Joe Biden has bragged to his staff behind closed doors when he has a moment he thinks his former boss, former President Barack Obama, might be envious of. Biden, whose aides reportedly felt that Obama did not value Biden’s insight on foreign policy and Congress when he was vice president, would tout that “Obama […]
President Joe Biden is anxious and angry about his reelection campaign as former President Donald Trump shows strength in swing states and nationally. Biden has been “second-guessing” travel and messaging for his bid for four more years amid other frustrations, according to a report from NBC News. The report cites several people familiar with the […]
