Education Secretary Miguel Cardona sent a letter to governors on Tuesday outlining recommendations to help increase completion of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms and ease stress on students in the process. The new FAFSA rollout has had a bumpy ride, from getting off to a late start in January to calculation errors...
More Democrats fear former President Trump being reelected than Republicans fear President Biden’s potential second term, according to a new poll. The poll found 66 percent of Democrats are extremely fearful of another Trump term in the White House, according to the results from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. Another 11 percent of Democrats said...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Wednesday. Guess what?! Krispy Kreme doughnuts will be sold at McDonald’s! I was way too excited to make you keep reading to find out that news. Here’s what else is happening: The U.S. Coast Guard called off search and rescue efforts for the six construction workers presumed dead in the Baltimore...
Visceral opposition to the U.S. government’s support of the war in Gaza risks turning young progressives into single-issue voters.
Thousands of people will form a four-mile human chain in Nashville on Wednesday to honor the anniversary of the Covenant school shooting and demonstrate their support of gun law reform. The event’s nonprofit organizer, Voices for a Safer Tennessee, was created in the aftermath of the shooting by a group of Tennessee moms spurred to...
The NCAA announced Wednesday it will lobby state gambling boards to ban player proposition bets in an effort to curb harassment against individual student athletes. As March Madness tournaments get underway, the college athletics organization said prop bets — those made on the specific stat lines of players, like how many points, rebounds or turnovers...
The city of Mumbai has officially surpassed Shanghai as Asia’s capital with the most billionaires, according to a new Hurun Global Rich List 2024 report. Mumbai, India’s financial powerhouse, now has 92 billionaires, closely edging out Beijing’s 91 and Shanghai with 87. This year's list marked Mumbai's first time in the world’s top three, according...
Nearly every member of Congress would likely declare that they are "pro-innovation," but no member can be pro-innovation without also being pro-IP. For the sake of countless American companies and workers, it's time for Congress to wake up, step up and champion robust IP rights.
Six construction workers are presumed dead after a massive cargo ship slammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge early Tuesday morning, causing it to collapse. The MV Dali container ship struck one of the bridge’s main support columns around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, prompting the entire main span and three adjacent spans to fall into the...
Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) on Wednesday called for “full accountability” following the collapse of the Francis Key Scott Bridge in Baltimore that left six people presumed dead. Moore said on CNN there "needs to be a full and thorough investigation." "What led up to this? What made the ship lose power? What made them...
Disney and the state of Florida have reached a settlement agreement in their lawsuit about who controls Walt Disney World’s governing district, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board announced Wednesday. Members of the board approved the settlement agreement, ending the nearly two years of litigation that were originally sparked by Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R)...
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott called the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge a "devastating tragedy" on Wednesday morning, pledging support for the families of the victims presumed dead. "This is an unthinkable tragedy," Scott said. "And when you think about those families, when you think about those workers who were simply trying to improve transit...
An Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas for 55 days says she was sexually assaulted by militants, becoming the first former hostage to publicly come forward with claims of sexual violence. In an interview with The New York Times published Tuesday, Amit Soussana said she was forced “to commit a sexual act” at...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said the special election victory in Alabama, where a Democratic candidate secured a state House seat by championing reproductive rights, shows “people value their freedoms in the south.” Marilyn Lands secured the win for the Alabama state House District 10 seat in the Tuesday election, drawing significant attention to reproductive rights...
Several U.S. business leaders met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, when he made his case calling for closer ties between the two largest economies in the world. The all-male meeting was held in Beijing and came as the U.S. and China have had a steady improvement in relations in the past several years....
I’ve had to navigate prison politics, lockdowns and violence while trying to learn.
Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), the chair of the New Democrat Coalition, will not seek reelection in November, she announced Wednesday. "As I look to the future, I am excited by the work and opportunities that lie ahead. We all have a role to play in standing up for what we believe in, advocating for a...
President Biden’s approval rating actually increased by 2 points in the wake of this SOTU, better than the average increase of zero.
Lara Trump thinks the Republican Party is past disputing the 2020 presidential election, she told NBC News in a Tuesday interview. Her remarks come despite the fact that her father-in-law, former President Donald Trump, continues to campaign on unfounded claims that he lost the race due to election fraud. “Well, I think we’re past that....
Former President Trump attacked Brian L. Roberts, the Chairman of NBCUniversal's parent company Comcast, after it ousted former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel as a contributor to NBC News this week. "The sick degenerates over at MSDNC are really running NBC, and there seems nothing Chairman Brian Roberts can do about it," Trump...
If Biden wants to capitalize on his opponent’s troubles, he’ll double down on campaigning while Trump is tied up in court. In a race that could be decided by only thousands of votes, Biden will need to fill every moment of Trump’s silence.
The chair of the Libertarian National Committee said its members are “confused” by Robert F. Kennedy’s Jr. vice presidential pick, which he announced Tuesday. “I think that a lot of libertarians are a little bit confused over why he chose Nicole Shanahan. I'm sure she's a lovely person, but she doesn't necessarily fit into alignment...
Former President Trump called independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign “great for MAGA" in a post early Wednesday. “RFK Jr. is the most Radical Left Candidate in the race, by far. He’s a big fan of the Green New Scam, and other economy killing disasters,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I guess this...
Washington is falling far behind in its commitment to this mission, which is set to become a total failure if serious changes are not made.
NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo criticized NBC’s News’s decision to oust former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor. “How is this not a ‘[former President Trump] and his people tried to rig the election, we don’t want ‘em around,’” Cuomo said on his show Tuesday. “‘Cause they’ve had plenty of Democrats...
