{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. And what a beautiful day it is in Washington, D.C., and another busy day on Capitol Hill. Here’s what’s happening: The likelihood of TikTok being banned is seeming more and more realistic. The House is voting on the bill tomorrow, so the video app's CEO is on Capitol Hill today, and lawmakers...
One test of this that we are all looking forward to is a debate with the outrageous and largely unpredictable candidate Donald Trump.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said that it would provide in vitro fertilization (IVF) for same-sex couples and single veterans, extending the benefit to members regardless of marital status. The VA announced the expansion of the benefit on Monday. VA Secretary Denis McDonough said the expansion has long been a priority of the department...
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is calling on the White House to roll a different way this spring — swapping chicken eggs for potatoes at the annual Easter Egg Roll. In a pun-heavy letter to first lady Jill Biden this week, the animal rights organization said it wants to “respectfully suggest an...
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito briefly extended the pause of a Texas law enabling state law enforcement officers to arrest migrants entering the United States from Mexico. Alito, who handles emergency appeals arising from Texas, had temporarily frozen the law as the high court weighs a request from the Biden administration to block it for...
A group of Senate Democrats led by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) are demanding President Biden comply with the Foreign Assistance Act and cut off military aid to Israel. The senators argued in a Monday letter to Biden that Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act requires the...
A top drug official is urging Americans to pay attention to the kinds of cannabis products teens are using and alert them to the risks associated, after a recent study noting high school seniors reported using the psychoactive substance delta-8 in the past year. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, found roughly...
President Biden has won the Democratic primary in the Northern Mariana Islands, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection. The incumbent is inching closer to the delegates he needs to secure the Democratic nomination after nearly sweeping the states that held nominating contests on Super Tuesday last week, teeing up a rematch with former President...
With the start of Ramadan, millions of Muslims around the world begin a month of introspection, worship, service and renewed commitment to community. But we should not overlook another aspect of Ramadan that has been a tradition through the ages — the holy month as a time for war.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sending a team to Chicago to help support health officials there after the confirmation of several measles cases. "CDC is sending a team of experts to support the local response to the recent measles cases with arrival expected tomorrow. CDC continues to recommend the safe and...
Between the distraction, the potential of confusing food with weapons and the potential for malnourished children and elders to eat items dangerous to their bodies, food airdrops are not the answer.
President Biden's campaign is slamming former President Trump's past comments favorably discussing Adolf Hitler on multiple occasions, calling his remarks “disgraceful but wholly unsurprising.” The Biden campaign said a CNN report quoting former Trump chief of staff John Kelly's remembrances of conversations with Trump “confirmed what we knew” about the former president. In an emailed...
Journalists normally just report the news, but on occasion journalists become the newsmakers themselves.
Chicago Health officials remain concerned that more cases of measles are anticipated at a Chicago migrant shelter where two cases have been confirmed.
Israeli leaders have recognized that the key to long-term stability lies not just with demilitarizing Gaza, but with deradicalizing it into the future.
A passenger aboard a flight from Australia to New Zealand described fellow passengers being thrown from their seats and hitting the roof when the plane suddenly plunged, before safely landing at Auckland Airport. At least 50 people were injured Monday after the LATAM Airlines plane experienced a “strong shake,” according to the Chilean airline. The...
ABC's Oscars broadcast Sunday earned the network nearly 20 million viewers, up from last year's total. With an hour earlier start time, ABC pulled in 19.5 million viewers during the telecast, according to Nielsen Media Research data, up 1 million viewers from last year's awards show. Buzz around this year's Oscars was driven by blockbuster...
Republican strategist Karl Rove dismissed comedian Bill Maher’s “dream” idea of a “unity ticket” featuring President Biden and former GOP primary presidential candidate and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. “Bill Maher's got an innovative mind, but the Democrats are never gonna get rid of Kamala Harris,” Rove said Monday on Fox News’s “The Story” to...
Fox News host Sean Hannity attacked CNN's Jake Tapper after the anchor criticized him over his commentary on President Biden's State of the Union speech last week. "I was supposed to have a message for Fake Jake Tapper. But after my team did a little investigating, this guy barely like, gets over 500,000 viewers a...
Lawmakers on Tuesday are set to grill special counsel Robert Hur over his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents. Hur's report cleared Biden of wrongdoing, but he still drew the ire of Democrats with his comments on the president's memory. He is set to testify before the Judiciary Committee at 10 a.m. Biden-Hur...
It’s clear credit unions no longer serve the underserved, and their original business model is not viable.
An aid ship loaded with 200 tons of food gathered by World Central Kitchen set sail for Gaza on Tuesday. Celebrity chef José Andrés, the founder of charity World Central Kitchen, has called for more access points to Gaza to open a flow of humanitarian aid. The aid is being transported by the Spanish aid...
Staffers for Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) announced progress in their push to unionize Monday. “On the one year anniversary of our request, we are proud to have received voluntary recognition and come to a strong Ground Rules Agreement,” the Massachusetts Democrat’s staff said in a press release from the Congressional Workers Union (CWU). “We look...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ripped former President Trump on Monday for endorsing former House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers’s (R-Mich.) bid for Senate, slamming the former congressman as the “worst Deep State candidate this cycle.” “Donald Trump just endorsed the worst Deep State candidate this cycle. @MikeRogersForMI is a never Trumper, and a card carrying...
Special Counsel Robert Hur will testify as a private citizen before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday after leaving the Department of Justice (DOJ), a source familiar confirmed to The Hill. The source added that Hur will still be bound by DOJ policies and protocols because he is testifying about his work for the agency....
