The Biden administration announced Wednesday the addition of a historic Northern California mine to the Superfund National Priorities List — a federal index that ranks hazardous waste site risk and helps in prioritizing cleanup operations. The Afterthought Mine, located in Shasta County about 200 miles north of Sacramento, produced gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc from...
Candidates such as Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have proposed terrible economic policies that have political appeal due to widespread voter ignorance, such as tariffs, mass deportation, price controls and rent controls, which would cause great harm if enacted.
A suspect was in custody Wednesday after a shooting at a Georgia high school resulted in an unspecified number of casualties, the local sheriff’s office said in a statement, according to The Associated Press. “Casualties have been reported, however details on the number or their conditions is not available at this time,” the statement from...
Director and activist Michael Moore argued Wednesday that President Biden “has been played like a sucker” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “There’s no getting around the awful truth: The United States is the Bank that is funding and arming the slaughter of children in Gaza. Netanyahu is a war criminal. That makes us his...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, will deliver remarks Saturday evening at the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) annual national dinner in Washington, the LGBTQ advocacy organization and Vice President Harris’s campaign said Wednesday. Walz, who has served as Minnesota’s governor since 2019, is a longtime advocate of LGBTQ equality. Under his administration, Minnesota...
A coalition of environmental groups on Wednesday challenged the federal government’s energy regulator over the approval of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Louisiana, alleging it would harm the Gulf of Mexico’s fisheries. In the challenge, filed in the D.C. Circuit, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) argued the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Wednesday. The weather in Washington is showing off this week. Do you think we can trust it or is this the “false fall” season on this chart? Here’s what’s happening today: Trump has a growing problem with female voters. He’s been adjusting his reproductive rights stances, but it comes with some...
The folks at WalletHub have recently attempted to determine the "most fun states in America" through a deep analysis of each state's recreation, dining and nightlife options, among other metrics.
Animal rights groups are calling for a criminal investigation into the recent death of a white beluga whale who became famous amid speculation he could be a "Russian spy." The organizations OneWhale and NOAH said Wednesday they filed a request for a criminal investigation with the Norwegian police, saying the whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir, was killed...
Barron Trump is headed to the business school at New York University (NYU), according to former President Trump. "He'll be going to Stern Business School, which is a great school at NYU," the 45th president said in an interview with Daily Mail released Wednesday. "It's a very high-quality place. He liked it. He liked the school. We like...
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) is leading former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) in the state’s closely watched Senate race, a new poll found. The survey, conducted by Gonzales Research & Media Services, found Alsobrooks leading with 46 percent of statewide voters compared to Hogan’s 41 percent, if the election were held today....
The commander of a Navy destroyer who was photographed firing a rifle whose scope was pointing backward was relieved of duty last week, the service has confirmed. Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of the destroyer USS John S. McCain, was removed on Friday “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command the guided-missile...
A watchdog group is asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to remove Judge Aileen Cannon from overseeing former President Trump’s classified documents case, arguing she has taken “many efforts to undermine and derail the prosecution of this case.” The brief from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) comes as special counsel Jack...
Far from the “independent judiciary” he proclaims it to be, this extreme and corrupt court is McConnell’s greatest triumph and personal pull toy.
The number of available jobs decreased in July and the number of people leaving their current positions increased, as the economy exhibited signs of cooling following a period of elevated interest rates. Job openings were down to 7.7 million from a downwardly revised 7.9 million in June, the Labor Department reported Wednesday in its monthly...
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is suing the Democratic stronghold of Bexar County over a plan to send unsolicited voter registration forms to eligible, but unregistered, voters. Bexar County, the state’s fourth most populous county and home to San Antonio, voted for Joe Biden in 2020 by a margin of 18...
The political action committee founded by George Conway, a conservative lawyer and critic of former President Trump, rolled out a six-figure ad campaign Wednesday featuring prominent Republicans criticizing the former president. The 60-second ad from Conway’s Anti-Psychopath PAC includes former and current Trump allies’ past criticism of the ex-president. Trump’s 2016 campaign rivals-turned-allies Sens. Marco...
Trump’s undisciplined campaign was unable to negatively define Walz in the immediate days after he was selected to be Harris’s running mate.
U.S. Steel warned Wednesday that it may cut staff and move its headquarters from Pittsburgh if the company’s planned sale to Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel falls apart. Nippon Steel announced it would acquire U.S. Steel in December, prompting outcry from lawmakers across the political spectrum who argued the deal could undermine national security and industrial...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said he is not courageous for speaking out against former President Trump, calling other Republican lawmakers who feel the same way but remain silent “cowards.” Kinzinger joined “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tuesday evening, and he was asked by the late night host if other GOP lawmakers feel similarly about Trump and...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) vowed to kill Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, an architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, if former President Trump is elected to a second term in office. Graham criticized the Biden administration’s approach to dealing with Iran and its proxy groups in the Middle East, suggesting in an interview on...
Next week’s ABC News debate takes place in a political landscape that has shifted dramatically since Donald Trump’s last head-to-head, with President Biden on June 28.
Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), said she will not support Vice President Harris or former President Trump in November. Her comment came just hours after her brother, Jimmy McCain, threw his support behind Harris. "I greatly respect the wide variety of political opinions of all of my family members...
Polling numbers show what could be a close race, particularly in battleground states. But the underlying trending support for Democrats is indisputable, suggesting that the race for the White House may not be as close as it appears.
Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump by 16 points among young voters, according to new polling. The survey, published Wednesday from NBC News and SurveyMonkey, shows 50 percent of young voters, ages 18-29, say they would vote for Harris if the 2024 election were held today. Around 34 percent say they would vote...
