Month: February 2023

Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on Democratic President Joe Biden to agree to compromises and spending cuts, Reuters reports. The two remain deadlocked over raising the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. McCarthy spoke […]

Nearly 60 hair relaxer lawsuits against L’Oreal, others

Nearly 60 lawsuits are claiming that hair relaxer products sold by L’Oréal and other companies cause cancer and other health problems, Reuters reported. Those dozens of lawsuits will be consolidated in a Chicago federal court. […]

Federal judge says constitutional right to abortion may still exist

Abortion may still be protected by the constitution even after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, POLITICO reports. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., suggested that there may still be a constitutional right […]

Black history booms as states restrict it

This Black History month has seen Republican states limiting Black history lessons in public schools. It also comes at the same time that scholars are producing groundbreaking new works around art, slavery, civil rights, and […]

Biden prepares for State of the Union

President Joe Biden will deliver his annual State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night, Associated Press reported. Biden is ready to offer a reassuring assessment of the nation’s condition rather than roll […]

Google hopes ‘Bard’ will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI

Chatbot wars are upon us. Everyone has begun to play around with new chatbot services, such as ChatGPT, Google and Microsoft. Now Google has unveiled Bard, the AI hatbox it hopes will rival ChatGPT. Google is girding […]

Republicans elevate ‘parental rights’ as top issue to win in 2024

Republicans are making appeals to conservative and far-right voters by hyper-focusing on race and gender issues, as well as education issues, billing them as ‘parental rights.’ However, these messages showed a mixed record in November’s […]

U.S. deploys disaster response team following earthquake in Turkey, Syria

The United States has deployed a team of disaster response specialists after a massive earthquake in Turkey and northwest Syria killed thousands, Al Jazeera reported. The death toll has passed 5,000 in Turkey and Syria, […]

Political science professor says problem with Democrats is ‘messaging’

Prior to the 2024 election cycle, in which they will have to preserve 23 seats, Senate Democrats are having problems communicating with voters, The Hill reported. They claim that they intend to run on the […]

Two neo-Nazi leaders charged for conspiring to attack power grid

The FBI intercepted the neo-Nazi leader’s conspiracy to strike Baltimore’s power grid with the aid of a confidential informant, according to charges filed by the U.S. Justice Department against him and an associate, Reuters reports. […]

Joe Manchin faces biggest GOP threat in 12-year Senate career

Sen. Joe Manchin is feeling the heat in West Virginia. Manchin is preparing for what is expected to be one of the messiest statewide campaigns in recent West Virginia history, Axios reports. The West Virginian Democrat […]

Officials offer to update congressional leaders on recovered classified files

Officials are offering to provide a closed-door briefing to congressional leaders about their review of the trove of classified files at former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, as well as the documents found […]

Marjorie Taylor Greene faces backlash for whining her salary is ‘too low’

Controversial far-right Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is being roasted for complaining about her Congressional salary of $174,000. The extremist Republican is now facing backlash. She said the job and the salary make her “miserable”. […]

Biden offers to brief Trump team on Chinese spy balloons they failed to catch

The Biden administration has offered to brief former Donald Trump officials about the Chinese spy balloons they didn’t shoot down during his administration. Trump denied the Department of Defense’s claims that suspected Chinese surveillance balloons […]

The chairman of the House Select Committee probing the tragic Jan. 6 brawl at the Capitol revealed on Thursday that the panel had subpoenaed four top government officials of Donald Trump's administration, together with Mark Meadows and Steve Bannon.

Koch network indicates it won’t back Trump in 2024

The conservative political network associated with billionaire Charles Koch won’t be backing former President Trump’s 2024 presidential bid, Axios reports. It makes the Koch network the latest GOP megadonor to distance themselves from Trump. A […]

Republican states are fuming, and legislating, over drag performances

Republicans’ latest attack focus is on drag performances. A slew of bills, mostly in Republican states, are looking to restrict or prohibit drag show performances in the presence of children. Legislation moving through several GOP-controlled capitols […]

Women report stunning levels of discrimination

Half of the women from marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. and four other countries said they have experienced racism or discrimination at their current workplace. Three years after many global CEOs pledged […]

Ted Cruz wants two-term limit for senators but a third term for himself

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to limit senators to two terms in office, Business Insider reports. However, the two-term senator also said he sees no problem in running for a third term […]

U.S. military searches for Chinese spy balloon fragments it shot down

Beijing urged Washington to exercise caution on Monday as the U.S. military looking for pieces of what it believed to be a Chinese surveillance balloon that it shot down over the Atlantic, but which China […]

Memphis Police Department to go under review

Local authorities have said that the U.S. Justice Department will take part in a study of the Memphis Police Department following the murder of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was fatally assaulted by […]

U.S. judge rules ban on marijuana users owning guns is unconstitutional

According to a federal court in Oklahoma, a federal statute that forbids marijuana users from owning weapons is unconstitutional because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision from the previous year that greatly increased gun rights, […]

Arctic blast and icy temperatures grip U.S. northeast

A newborn died in Massachusetts on Saturday as a result of the Arctic blast – a hazardous mix of record-breaking low temperatures and strong winds that pounded the United States’ northeast, Reuters reports. A wind […]

China says U.S. downing of spy balloon was ‘overreaction’

China has denounced the U.S. military’s decision to fire down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that was seen flying over the country last week, The Hill reports. The first “high-altitude surveillance balloon” to reach American […]

Prosecutors in Stormy Daniels case ‘getting closer’ to charge Trump

According to the most recent actions of New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg, prosecutors are poised to decide whether to charge former President Trump in relation to a $130,000 hush money paid to adult film […]

Pentagon shot down Chinese spy balloon over South Carolina

A Chinese high-altitude spy balloon was successfully shot down by an American fighter on Saturday, according to a written statement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. “The balloon, which was being used by […]

DNC approves adjusted early presidential primary schedule

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) formalized its desire to exclude Iowa from the early lineup and shuffle the order, with South Carolina going first, on Saturday by approving an altered early presidential primary state calendar, […]

George Santos accused of alleged sexual harassment by ex volunteer

A man who volunteered for one week in Representative George Santos’ office in January with the hopes of landing a permanent position has accused Santos of sexual harassment, Newsweek reports. On January 25, while Santos […]

USDA updates nutrition standards for school meals

In an effort to make school meals healthier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday put forth significant reforms, with a focus on cutting salt and sugar, The Hill reports. The plan, which will […]

Biden praises latest job report

President Joe Biden praised a jobs report released on Friday that indicated 517,000 new jobs were added in January and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.4%, the lowest level in 54 years, as proof that […]

Sixth policeman fired over Tyre Nichols death

Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was assaulted by cops in Memphis, Tennessee, last month, died as a result of their actions, and Memphis police fired a sixth officer implicated on Friday, Reuters reports. […]