Year: 2023

The majority of Republicans and white evangelicals are sympathetic to Christian nationalism, a new study has found. The new study offers unprecedented insight into the breadth and depth of Christian nationalism in today’s politics, helping […]

Letters Detail Florida Education Officials’ Feud with College Board

While the College Board was developing its first Advanced Placement course in African American studies, it was in repeated contact with the administration of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Florida’s education department privately complained for […]

Native Americans Are Protesting Kansas City Chiefs Ahead of Super Bowl

Native Americans are protesting against the Kansas City Chiefs’ appropriation of Indigenous cultures ahead of the team’s face-off against the Philadelphia Eagles at the Super Bowl on Sunday. As fans of the Kansas City Chiefs […]

Jan 6 Rioter with Confederate Flag Sentenced to Three Years

The man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate flag as he stormed the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021 was sentenced to three years in prison. The Delaware man […]

Meta Restores Trump’s Access for Facebook, Instagram

Trump is allowed back on Facebook and Instagram. Meta has restored former president Donald Trump’s access to Facebook and Instagram. It comes after a two-year suspension following the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol. […]

Biden Attacks Republican ‘Dream’ to Slash Medicare and Social Security

President Joe Biden has vowed to protect social security and Medicare. Biden is championing his administration’s achievements, and has insisted that he will further protect the programs. At a speech on Thursday in Tampa, Florida, […]

South Carolina Becomes Ground Zero For Republican Hopefuls

Former President Donald Trump may not be Nikki Haley’s biggest obstacle for the White House. Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is set to officially launch her campaign for the White House next week. It […]

Mike Pence Subpoenaed by Special Counsel for Trump Investigations

The special counsel in charge of the investigations against the former president Donald Trump has subpoenaed former vice president Mike Pence, sources told Fox News. After months of discussions between Pence’s legal team and federal […]

Biden says that Chinese Balloon Wasn’t a Major Security Breach

President Biden said that the Chinese surveillance balloon was “not a huge breach” of U.S. national security and supported his administration’s choice to postpone shooting it down for many days, Fox News informed. Biden stated […]

Google stocks plunge erases $100B after AI chat gives wrong answer

Google’s new rival AI chat to ChatGPT has got off to an embarrassing start, Forbes reports. Promotional material for Google’s Bard contained an error in the response by the chatbot to: “What new discoveries from […]

Republican Party starting to plot against Donald Trump

Republican Party donors and leaders are talking about how best to stop former president Donald Trump from running away with the nomination again in 2024, POLITICO reports. But the GOP and its big donors do […]

SpaceX restricts Ukraine’s use of its satellite internet for drones

SpaceX has admitted to blocking Ukrainian troops from using its satellite technology, POLITICO reports. The service is most notably used to control drones as Ukraine continues to fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion. The U.S. space […]

Texas Conservative judge could ban abortion pill nationwide

The overturning of Roe v. Wade was just the beginning of the dismantling of abortion rights in the U.S., POLITICO reports. A single judge could outlaw the abortion pill nationwide, and experts warn that this […]

Abortion battles in state capitols to watch in 2023

Battles over abortion are heating up across the United States, especially in state capitol buildings as lawmakers wrestle with how much to restrict or expand abortion access, Reuters reports. Several months after the U.S. Supreme […]

Hunter Biden/Twitter hearing backfires on Republicans

The Republican Party had long been looking forward to the House Oversight Committee hearing on the Hunter Biden laptop story and Twitter, Reuters reports. They wanted to show Democrats conspiring with rascally Twitter employees, suppressing […]

Nikki Haley presidential run would sink DeSantis and hand victory to Trump

Former South Carolina governor and member of former president Donald Trump’s administration Nikki Haley is preparing to announce her run for the White House, The Guardian reported. A new poll has found that just one […]

George Santos is a ‘sociopath’, fellow NY Republican congressman says

Rep. George Santos is getting pushback from his fellow colleagues in Congress, including other Republicans, Axios reports. A growing number of people from both sides of the political aisle have called on Santos to quit […]

Putin ‘already lost Ukraine,’ Biden states

Vladimir Putin has “already lost Ukraine,” according to Joe Biden. Speaking after his State of The Union Address, the president added that Ukraine will continue to receive help while under Russian attacks. “There’s no way […]

House votes to drop COVID vaccine mandate for international travelers

One of the last few pandemic travel restrictions still in effect, the majority of international air travelers must now have the COVID vaccine, but the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal this requirement on […]

Republicans turn themselves into props for Biden

Republicans put the spotlight on themselves through extraordinary rudeness during the annual State of the Union address, Reuters reports. Boos, taunts, groans, curses, and chortles came from the GOP, shattering a four-decade ritual where the […]

New ‘Flex Index’ database shows companies’ remote work policies

A company that focuses on hybrid work has released its first report on flexible work trends. A new tool called The Flex Index has launched this week to try and make employers’ flexible work policies […]

Media braces for the robot era with flux of AI tools

The rapid rise of generative AI tools could displace dozens of media companies and journalists, Axios reports. Media companies are trying to figure out how to quickly move and adapt to a new internet reality […]

Is there a safe way to TikTok?

Regulators and lawmakers have been struggling for months to make sense of cybersecurity concerns about TikTok, Axios reported. But experts in technology also are struggling to determine which concerns are overhyped, and which are valid. […]

McDonald’s pledges to protect UK staff after run of sexual harassment claims

McDonald’s employees are standing against sexual harassment in the workplace and the massive fast food chain’s failure to deal with the issue, The Guardian reported. McDonald’s has now signed a legally binding pledge with the […]

Tyre Nichols case highlights police recruiting and retention crisis

The Tyre Nichols death at the hands of police officers has shown not only police brutality, but also massive issues like low standards for police hiring and a lack of experienced supervisors, PBS reports. No […]

Abortion issue gets to high point in Arizona

Arizona is home to one of the most contentious abortion laws in the U.S. Soon tens of millions of sports fans will be turning their attention to the state for Super Bowl LVII, to be […]

Biden delivers State of the Union address

President Joe Biden delivered a strong State of the Union speech at a pivotal moment for his presidency, The Guardian reports. Biden highlighted the policy successes of his administration’s first two years, seemingly laying down […]

Mitt Romney says George Santos shouldn’t have been in Congress

Senator of the United States Mitt Romney said that Republican Representative George Santos, who is in hot water over his membership in Congress, shouldn’t have attended President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech. Before […]

Former Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders responds to Biden’s State of the Union

Responding to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday, Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders (R) urged the establishment of a “new generation of Republican leadership,” The Hill reported. “The dividing line in America […]

February 7, 2023 Maja Popovska

McCarthy calls on Biden to accept spending cuts in debt ceiling fight

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 […]