American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten bragged that her union's recommended changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on reopening schools had been proven right after testifying before a House subcommittee on Wednesday.
Just days before signing an October 2020 letter baselessly linking the Hunter Biden laptop to Russia, former Obama CIA Director John Brennan condemned the “politicization” of intelligence on the podcast of Mike Morell — the ex-CIA acting director who said now-Secretary of State Antony Blinken “triggered” him to craft it.
The White House rolled out a new argument that lawmakers who vote for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) debt limit proposal are violating a long-held conservative pledge against tax increases shortly before the measure passed, though the organization behind the pledge disagrees.
Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel of the hip-hop group the Fugees was convicted by a jury in a Washington federal court over a lobbying campaign by Malaysian financier Jho Low.
The House narrowly passed Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling bill on Wednesday, handing the Republican leader a key legislative win and setting the stage for him to restart negotiations with the White House before risking a default on the country’s loans.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) raised concerns with CEOs of several tech companies that work with artificial intelligence on Wednesday about the security risks posed by recent industry advancements.
The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to cancel the Environmental Protection Agency's heavy-duty vehicle emissions rule, the latest in a line of similar measures advanced under the Congressional Review Act targeting the administration's environmental regulations.
