Former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Steele on Monday predicted former President Trump will soon violate his extended gag order in his hush money criminal case. Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing his hush money trial in New York, issued a ruling Monday night to expand the former president’s gag order to include remarks about the...
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. Grijalva, who has represented Arizona’s 7th Congressional District since 2003, said in a statement that he had sought treatment for a persistent cough several weeks ago. Though initially diagnosed with pneumonia, Grijalva said further testing discovered cancer. “This diagnosis has been...
President Biden’s campaign is doubling down on courting former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s supporters, targeting a potential weak spot for former President Trump going into the general election. Haley’s supporters and Trump’s critics have pointed to the 40 percent of the vote she won in the South Carolina primary as evidence of cracks in...
A group of Senate and House Republicans are raising deep concern over President Biden’s upcoming bilateral meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, opposing the meeting over Iranian influence in Iraq. The Republican lawmakers also criticized that the upcoming meeting, set for April 15, undermines U.S. support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s war...
A band of unseasonable spring storms is set to dump snow on much of the upper Midwest and Northeast and bring a significant threat of tornadoes to the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys starting Tuesday, putting millions of Americans at risk of severe weather. The National Weather Service (NWS) declared a level 4 of 5...
The number of mpox cases in 2024 is already nearly double the number of cases that were detected in all of 2023. The most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recorded 582 cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, across all U.S. states and territories in 2024 to date....
A coalition of Maryland civil rights, religious and political leaders is calling on outgoing Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) to use his clout as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) to end the U.S. embargo on Cuba. In a letter to Cardin Tuesday, more than 100 groups and individuals made the case that U.S....
The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a final rule Tuesday increasing the minimum size for train crews to two people, a longtime ask for rail worker unions, which nearly led to a strike in 2022. Under the final rule, all large freight railroads will be required to maintain crews of at least two people per...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. Did anyone fall for any April Fools' Day pranks? This year felt muted to me. Here’s what is in today's edition: Former President Trump has been barred from attacking the judge’s daughter in the upcoming hush money trial. The Hill’s Jared Gans has a fascinating read about how Robert F....
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is scheduled to hold the daily briefing Tuesday. President Biden, whose administration has recently been focusing on women’s health issues, released a statement in opposition to the Florida Supreme Court’s upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban. That decision will also allow a six-week ban authorized by Florida Gov. Ron...
Just as it already has in 15 states, polluting, air-poisoning coal will soon come offline in the Granite State.
Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers rejected a proposal Tuesday to ban transgender student-athletes from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity, calling the Republican-led legislation “hateful and discriminatory” and part of a broader attack on transgender rights nationwide. “I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to codifying discrimination into...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Florida has become the new battleground for the fight over abortion rights, after the state’s Supreme Court paved the way for a six-week abortion ban in a ruling Monday. The court upheld the state’s 15-week abortion ban, triggering a provision to implement an already-passed six-week ban starting May...
Florida officials don't know why some fish are spinning themselves to death.
A group of House Republicans want to rename Washington Dulles International Airport after former President Trump. “In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump,” Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), the sponsor of a bill introduced Friday to name the Virginia airport the “Donald J. Trump International...
The Tegan and Sara Foundation published an open letter with more than 400 Canadian artists publicly disavowing anti-trans legislation in their country. The open letter was released Sunday, when people across the globe observe Transgender Day of Visibility, and was signed by artists originally from Canada or who live there now. The list included Alanis...
A tugboat pushing a fuel barge became the first vessel to use a temporary channel to avoid the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which has closed the main shipping port in the Patapsco River. The barge supplies jet fuel to the Department of Defense and was being brought to Dover Air Force...
Comedian Jon Stewart said Monday that Apple wouldn’t let him interview Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan for his former podcast. “I gotta tell you, I wanted to have you on a podcast, and Apple asked us not to do it,” Stewart said during an interview with Khan on “The Daily Show.” “They literally...
More than 200 artists — including Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj and the Jonas Brothers — are calling for tech companies, artificial intelligence (AI) developers, and digital music services to cease the use of AI over concerns of its impact on artists and songwriters, according to an open letter published Tuesday. The artists warned that the...
Members still must do more to ensure that congressional staff reflects the diversity of our nation — especially among top positions such as staff directors, chiefs of staff, legislative directors and communications directors.
After weeks of basketball, the men’s and women’s Final Four brackets have taken shape and like many Americans, the White House brackets are mostly busted. President Biden, Vice President Harris and former President Obama each had big misses in their Final Four predictions. For the men’s tournament, No 1. UConn is slated to face No....
A federal district court judge has granted final approval to a multi-billion-dollar settlement between public water suppliers affected by “forever chemicals” and the company 3M, the parties announced Monday. Per the terms of the agreement, the Minnesota-based chemical manufacturer will pay these utilities between $10.5 billion and $12.5 billion, depending on the extent of contamination and...
North Korea test fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile over waters off its east coast Tuesday, according to South Korea’s military. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the missile was launched in an area close to North Korea’s capital Pyongyang, The Associated Press reported. From there, it went about 372 miles before landing...
Georgia's top election official couldn't curb his enthusiasm over his state's role the final season of Larry David's popular HBO show. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger penned a letter to David poking fun at a critical plot point in "Curb Your Enthusiasm": David, who plays an exaggerated version of himself in the show, was arrested...
The owner and management company of the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week asked a federal judge Monday to limit its legal liability for the deadly bridge collapse. In a joint “limitation of liability” filing Monday, Singapore-based Grace Ocean Pte. Ltd., the cargo ship's owner, and Synergy...