The House GOP Is About to Jam Senate Dems on the TikTok Bill the restrictions are almost surely headed back to the Senate. “The Chinese have access,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) told The Daily Beast. “I don’t care what anybody says, they do. 04/19/2024 - 7:51 pm | View Link
‘Constitutional authority’ of Senate Dems quashing Mayorkas impeachment trial questioned by experts Constitutional law experts are examining the implications of the precedent set by Senate Democrats on Wednesday, when they killed the impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary ... 04/18/2024 - 4:58 am | View Link
Senate dismisses all impeachment charges against Homeland Security secretary, ending trial WASHINGTON — The Senate has dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over ... 04/18/2024 - 2:35 am | View Link
GOP: Vulnerable Senate Dems will ‘pay the price’ for Mayorkas vote Democrats say the overwhelming GOP opposition to the border deal, which was spurred on by former President Trump, will be a bigger issue in Senate races than votes to dismiss Mayorkas’s impeachment. 04/17/2024 - 1:23 pm | View Link
GOP: Vulnerable Senate Dems will ‘pay the price’ for Mayorkas vote The Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to dismiss two impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but Republicans believe the vote will come back to haunt ... 04/17/2024 - 12:23 pm | View Link
Five migrants including a child have died while attempting to cross the English channel, French authorities said on Tuesday. The news comes hours after the U. K. passed a controversial bill that would allow the government to deport some migrants who enter the country illegally to Rwanda.
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The deaths took place after an overcrowded boat carrying around 110 people set out to cross the busy shipping lane from France to England.
It’s common to meet the idea of intuition with an eye roll. We tend to value reason over everything else, using expressions like “think before you act,” “think twice,” and “look before you leap.” We don’t trust intuition. In fact, we believe it’s flawed and magical thinking, either vaguely crazy or downright stupid.
Israel’s war in Gaza has roiled college campuses across America, as students have set up encampments and rallied against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, sparking free speech debates and creating sharp divisions with members of government, alumni, donors, other students, and some faculty amid accusations of antisemitism.
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Emerging as one of the most prominent and controversial figureheads of the opposition to pro-Palestinian protesters is Columbia Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai, who is Jewish and Israeli American and has recently found himself barred from parts of Columbia’s New York campus amid the latest flareup in tensions.
PEN America has canceled its prestigious 2024 awards ceremony after nearly half the writers nominated for a prize withdrew their work in protest of the organization’s stance on the war in Gaza.
The group, which is dedicated to free expression, announced on Monday the cancellation of the April 29 awards in New York City.
A white family in Atlanta, Georgia today has 46 times as much wealth as a Black family; a racial wealth gap that is exactly the same as it was nationally in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ending the era of legalized enslavement. Over forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines.
The U. S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case on whether Idaho can enforce its near-total abortion ban in medical emergency situations under a federal law that requires most hospitals to treat patients with life-threatening conditions.
The case marks the second abortion-related challenge to come before the Justices this term, following the Court’s decision in Dobbs v.