PETA scored a big win this week when Congress finally voted to end the 42-day government shutdown. Deep down in the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, was a provision pushed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to end sunscreen testing on animals, which can cause scarring and vision issues in bunnies and other test […]
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Attorneys for the Justice Department urged a federal judge on Thursday to reject an effort by former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to dismiss criminal charges against them, calling their challenge to the prosecutor who brought the cases a misreading of federal law and “at best, […]
Sen John Fetterman (D-PA) has been hospitalized out of “an abundance of caution” after a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” caused him to fall outside his Braddock home. Fetterman has faced a variety of health challenges after a stroke during his Senate campaign in 2022. His latest health scare occurred during an early morning walk on Thursday. […]
(The Center Square) – The former director of a nonprofit faith organization that worked to help prisoners reenter society pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from the group. Attorney General Dave Yost said in a release Thursday that Thomas Ostrosky, 52, was the executive director of The Lazarus Experience in Sylvania, and he stole $207,000 […]
(The Center Square) – One side of the Ohio General Assembly continues to push legislation for two-parent households in the state, while the other wants to revamp how the state handles children in broken homes. The Ohio House of Representatives is moving ahead with legislation that would give tax breaks to employers who offer paid parental […]
(The Center Square) – An Illinois congressman is pushing to expand testing options at U.S. service academies, a move experts say could revive academic rigor and expand access for classical students. U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Illinois, introduced legislation that would require the nation’s military academies, including West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force […]
Rep. LaMonica McIver’s (D-NJ) charges for allegedly assaulting law enforcement outside a federal immigration facility earlier this year will go forward, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, denied McIver’s motion to dismiss the case on claims of vindictive prosecution and denied her bid to […]
Podcaster Joe Rogan said several of President Donald Trump’s legal battles against press outlets, such as the BBC’s “crazy” edit of Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, 2021, “seem to be legitimate.” Two BBC executives resigned after a report showed that the outlet spliced together two clips of Trump’s speech that were 54 minutes apart, making […]
Former heads of the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday called on the agency to repeal the “news distortion” policy invoked by the Trump administration this year. The policy, which had not been invoked for decades prior to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr mentioning it in discussions surrounding an allegedly deceptively edited 60 Minutes video and an […]
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on Thursday announced that the embattled nation’s government will conduct a comprehensive audit of public companies in the energy sector to fight corruption allegations worrying the European Union. The audit applies to the state-owned nuclear power company Energoatom, among other Ukrainian entities. Energoatom is accused of being at the center […]
