South Carolina Senate passes 6-week abortion ban
A controversial six-week abortion ban bill is headed to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's desk to be signed into law after the measure cleared the state Senate Tuesday.
2023-05-24 07:26
IRS whistleblower says tensions flared in meeting between prosecutors and investigators over Hunter Biden
An attorney for an unnamed IRS whistleblower is shedding light on key meetings that exposed divisions between prosecutors and investigators on how to proceed with a criminal investigation into President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, according to a letter to a federal watchdog agency obtained by CNN.
2023-05-24 06:27
Montana first to ban people dressed in drag from reading to children in schools, libraries
Montana has become the first state to specifically ban people dressed in drag from reading books to children at public schools and libraries
2023-05-24 06:21
Family of a 22-year-old who called 911 for help and was shot after displaying a knife announces $19 million in settlements with Colorado municipalities
The family of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old man who was armed with a knife and fatally shot by police last year after calling 911 for roadside assistance, has reached multiple settlements totaling $19 million with Clear Creek County, the town of Georgetown, the city of Idaho Springs and the state of Colorado, family attorneys said Tuesday.
2023-05-24 06:17
Company that allegedly sent billions of robocalls sued by 49 attorneys general
On Tuesday, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 48 states and the District of Columbia sued Avid Telecom, alleging that the company is responsible for billions of illegal spam calls posing as government agencies and large corporations.
2023-05-24 06:15
Recent shark attacks are worrying beach-goers, yet experts say they're very rare
Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in the age-old summer question of whether it's safe to go in the water
2023-05-24 05:56
'Huge backlash': Parties ramp up pressure on Biden and McCarthy to hold the line in debt talks
Last week, the Congressional Progressive Caucus posed a formal ask to its members: were there any proposals they could accept included in the list of GOP demands in exchange for raising the debt ceiling?
2023-05-24 05:51
The debt ceiling is an awkward place to talk about spending
The debt ceiling snafu, which has the potential to wreck the US economy, is a civics lesson in the bizarrely inefficient way the American government spends your money.
2023-05-24 05:26
Lauren Sánchez shares what makes her partnership with Jeff Bezos work
For four years, Lauren Sánchez has been quietly working behind the scenes to help Amazon founder and her now fiancé, Jeff Bezos, strategically give away his vast wealth to a variety of causes.
2023-05-24 04:58
House votes to revoke tougher EPA emissions regulation for trucks
The House voted Tuesday to rescind a Biden administration emissions regulation for heavy-duty trucks.
2023-05-24 04:46
McCarthy tells Republicans he's 'nowhere near' a debt limit deal with Biden as deadline nears
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Republicans during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday that he's not close to a bipartisan deal with President Joe Biden to avoid a first-ever default on the nation's debt.
2023-05-24 04:18
New Chinese ambassador warns of 'serious difficulties' in US-China relations upon arrival in US
China's new ambassador arrived in the United States on Tuesday as both the US and Chinese governments have indicated that they want to put relations between their two nations back on track.
2023-05-24 03:55