President Biden will deliver a live, virtual keynote address from the White House to the National Action Network’s (NAN) 2024 Convention in New York City Friday afternoon. Founded by Rev. Al Sharpton, NAN works on racial justice and civil rights issues, dedicated to following the vision of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Polling has suggested...
People who frequently consume seafood may face a heightened risk of exposure to toxic "forever chemicals," a new study has found. Of all species tested — fresh from a market in coastal New Hampshire — shrimp and lobster had the most alarming levels of these PFAS compounds, according to the study, published on Friday in Exposure...
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) called on New York colleges to curb antisemitism following the recent assessment from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that found none of the state's 14 schools included in the report received an “A” grade. The ADL published its “Campus Antisemitic Report Card” on Thursday, in which it examined 85 top liberals arts...
The Interior Department finalized a rule Friday making it more expensive for oil and gas producers to drill on federally owned lands. Several of the provisions in the rule — such as raising the rent the government charges to oil companies for using its land and increasing the government’s share of the profits from that...
An important statistic of the AJC’s State of Antisemitism in America 2023 Report is that 92 percent of U.S. adults believe “Antisemitism affects society as a whole; everyone is responsible for combating it.” Let’s fulfill that obligation by passing the Countering Antisemitism Act.
Michael Steele, former chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), said Thursday that former President Donald Trump's lead in the polls despite facing felony charges is an "abomination." The former president leads President Biden by 0.6 percent in national polling, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ's aggregate of polls. "It says a lot about us,...
Former Vice President Mike Pence has landed a teaching job at Grove City College, a Christian school in Pennsylvania. Pence delivered an address at the Institute for Faith and Freedom Conference at the college Thursday, where he spoke about the Israel-Hamas war and antisemitism. The college announced it was establishing a Center for Faith and...
The State Department has issued updated security warnings for U.S. government employees in Israel, amid warnings that Iran is expected to launch a retaliatory attack on the country. The U.S. Embassy in Israel on Thursday issued a security alert restricting American employees and their family members from personal travel outside of the greater Tel Aviv...
As long as Congress remains impudent in standing up to them and as long as social media companies fight tooth and nail to evade responsibility, victims should drown them in litigation.
A Colorado reproductive rights campaign announced Friday it has surpassed the necessary number of signatures to have a measure added to the November ballot enshrining the right to an abortion into the state's constitution. The Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom coalition announced it had exceeded its goal of collecting 185,000 signatures, securing more than 225,000....
Americans believe both President Biden and former President Trump’s times in office did more harm than good, but they say so for different reasons, a new survey found. The AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs survey found that people think Biden’s presidency hurt the country due to cost of living, immigration and international relations. Those surveyed...
The former director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis S. Collins, revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis and detailed his decision to go public with it in an essay published by The Washington Post on Friday. Collins said he knew his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels were going up, and an increase in those can...
One thing we do know when it comes to 2024 polling is that, to borrow a term from Donald Rumsfeld, there are a lot of known unknowns.
A congressional panel tasked with reviewing quality of life for United States service members released a report Thursday making an array of recommendations to improve pay, child care, housing, access to medical care and spouse support. Among the key recommendations in the Quality of Life Panel Report from the House Armed Services Committee were raising...
Former President Trump’s hush money trial is scheduled to begin Monday in New York City, and security is set to be tight. The U.S. Secret Service, New York City Police Department and New York State Unified Court System released statements Friday saying they are working together to “ensure the highest level” of safety and...
Even a cursory look at artificial intelligence technology shows that nothing whatsoever about it is stable.
The House advanced a bill Friday to reauthorize the U.S.’s warrantless surveillance authority, opening the measure up for debate two days after a band of conservatives blocked a previous version of the legislation from moving forward. The chamber cleared the rule — which governs debate for legislation — in a 213-208 vote, teeing up a final vote...
The Yale conference on “Pinkwashing and Feminism in Palestine” was canceled — or so Yale had us believe. The conference was canceled after its sponsor — the Yale Women’s Center, housed and funded by Yale — received unrelated discrimination complaints. How convenient, given mounting media attention. After I co-authored a piece in these pages about...
An increasing number of renters are worried they will never be able to buy a home, with many pointing to the lack of affordability as the main culprit, according to a survey released Friday by Redfin. Almost 40 percent of renters do not believe they will ever own a home, a double-digit increase from last...
Michael Cohen, the ex-personal attorney of former President Trump, said his former boss should be sanctioned for violating his gag order in the hush money case and calling both Cohen and adult film star Stormy Daniels “two sleaze bags.” Trump’s hush money trial is set to begin Monday. Cohen sat down for an interview with...
President Biden’s reelection campaign on Friday unveiled a video linking former President Trump with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in an attempt to highlight their views on reproductive rights issues. In the video “MAGA Mike,” first shared with The Hill, the Biden campaign complied remarks from both Republicans about reproductive rights. It starts with Trump saying...
Investors should consider whether the clock is running out for the Fed to ease policy this year.
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West was noncommittal when asked late Thursday if his White House bid would help former President Trump in November's election, saying, “We’ll have to see.” “Well, we’ll have to see in real-time, we still got a number of months,” West told CNN anchor Abby Phillip during this Thursday night appearance on...
Nobody needs to be reminded that you spend the majority of your waking life at work. Your job has the capacity to impact your mental health (and by extension, your physical health) as much as — if not more than — any other aspect of your world. This puts your employer in a unique position....
The current way we pay for the newest therapies was developed in the era of Blockbuster Video, not blockbuster science.