Last year, Texas became the flashpoint during the fight over election integrity, with the Democrats in the state House fleeing Austin in order to delay the vote on a bill for election integrity. The Republicans accused the Democrats of ignoring the bureaucratic inefficiencies in our elections. The Democrats accused the… Read More
Merrick Garland makes big change in Trump investigation
Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel on Friday to oversee the Justice Department’s investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Sponsored: Bezos &… Read More
Sarah Palin to lose Alaska… again
After nearly five decades years without a change in leadership, Alaska’s sole House seat has become a hot potato this year. Don Young, a Republican, died in March after 49 years of representing Alaska in the House. In September, Democrat Mary Peltola faced former Gov. Sarah Palin in a special… Read More
Popular songwriter finally snags Oscar after 13 nominations
Diane Warren was in the recording studio with Sofia Carson to work on her new song “Applause” when she got an unexpected phone call earlier this year. It was David Rubin, the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and he had some good news: She… Read More
US News & World Report faces huge blow to relevance
The University of California, Berkeley’s law school on Thursday joined the law programs at Harvard and Yale in pulling out of U.S. News & World Report’s rankings over concerns that they punish efforts to attract students from a broad range of backgrounds. Deans of all three law schools said the… Read More
Ocasio-Cortez ally passes on chance to replace Pelosi
Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), took herself out of the running Friday for Democratic leadership in the next Congress by announcing a bid for a second term to lead one of the largest groups of lawmakers in the party. In a letter to her progressive… Read More
The end of Twitter?! Musk deals with mass resignations Thursday
Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers on Thursday, after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance pay. Some outgoing employees spoke to The Verge reporter Alex Health. A few employees made the situation sound downright apocalyptic. “You cannot… Read More
Biden asks SCOTUS to reinstate his plan for debt…
The Biden administration plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the president’s student debt cancellation plan, according to a Thursday legal filing warning that Americans will face financial strain if the plan remains stalled in court when loan payments are scheduled to restart in January. The Justice Department is… Read More
Ticketmaster cancels Taylor Swift sale due to unprecedented demand
Ticketmaster says it is canceling Friday’s planned general public sale for Taylor Swift’s upcoming stadium tour because it doesn’t have enough tickets. The decision came two days after a presale event caused the site to crash and left many fans without tickets. The ticketing company said in a statement Thursday… Read More
Webb Telescope spots early galaxies hidden from Hubble [Pic]
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now were hidden from view, including one that may have formed a mere 350 million years after the cosmic-creating Big Bang. Astronomers said Thursday that if the results are verified, this newly discovered throng of stars would beat the… Read More
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