Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) avoided endorsing President Joe Biden or Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley when asked in an interview Monday who would be a better president. “Well, I’m not going to say who would be a better president,” Manchin told CNN’s Kasie Hunt. “I know that Nikki Haley is in the fight, and I […]
President Joe Biden will reportedly sit for an interview with late-night talk show host Seth Meyers on Monday, continuing a string of celebrity spots while shunning sit-downs with news reporters. Though the White House has not confirmed the interview, media outlets have reported it, and Biden visited NBC Studios during his trip to New York […]
The Supreme Court appeared skeptical of arguments Monday by the states of Florida and Texas that they are justified in regulating social media content moderation in a landmark case with major implications for speech on the internet. The court heard oral arguments for two major speech-related cases on Monday: NetChoice v. Moody and NetChoice v. […]
For the first time since polling on the topic began, a majority supports the construction of a border wall on the border with Mexico. The previously fringe idea, popularized as a campaign pledge by former President Donald Trump, has gained traction amid a spiraling crisis at the border, with record numbers of immigrants crossing daily. […]
Academics are sounding the alarm that new rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could threaten important research oversight of the programs. CMS announced earlier this month that “growing data security concerns” prompted the agency to begin limiting Medicare and Medicaid patient data for private-sector researchers in universities and think tanks. Starting in […]
The son of Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), Michael “Patton” Guest, was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Patton Guest, 20 years old, was charged with disorderly conduct, underage drinking, and assault of a police officer. The arrest occurred in downtown Nashville on Broadway, a street lined with multistory bars […]
West Virginia has notified six banks that it could ban them from state contracts because it appears they are engaged in “boycotts” of fossil fuel companies. Riley Moore, the West Virginia state treasurer, notified the firms and said they would be added to West Virginia’s restricted financial institution list in 45 days unless they can […]
The media have been on a rantfest lately, warning that former President Donald Trump will end democracy and execute his enemies. Just consider what Bob Costas said over the weekend. “You have to be in the throes of some sort of toxic delusion in a toxic cult to believe that Donald Trump has ever been, […]
Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) is calling on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Republicans to support his effort to block President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address before Congress. “We need to use every single point of leverage, every single point … including the spending, and certainly including an address to the people […]
San Francisco is following other California counties in charging drug dealers connected with fentanyl deaths with murder in the latest attempt to curb the fentanyl epidemic in the state. In tandem with San Francisco Mayor London Breed and District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) office announced in October that a task force had […]
