Former President Donald Trump filed a $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN Monday in Florida federal court, claiming the network has created a campaign of libel and slander against him as of late because it fears he’ll run for re-election in 2024. The ex-president threatened to sue CNN back in …
Read More »Puerto Rico To Get $60M To Prep For Future Hurricanes, Biden Announces
Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden on Monday landed in Ponce, Puerto Rico to survey the damage from Hurricane Fiona and announce $60 million in funding to help the island prepare for future hurricanes. The visit came after the Category 1 hurricane in late September damaged the power grid, …
Read More »Federal Prisons ‘riddled with mismanagement’ Probed By Senate Panel
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in a Thursday hearing grilled the top leader of federal prisons on how the agency would address staffing shortages and reports of abuse of incarcerated people. “The Bureau (of Prisons) has been riddled with mismanagement and, sadly, with scandal,” …
Read More »House Passes 9/11 Victims Bill
The House passed legislation Friday that would give as much as $3 billion in payments to thousands of spouses and children of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks who were left out of previous compensation rounds. The “Fairness for 9/11 Families Act” passed overwhelmingly, 400-31, in the last vote before …
Read More »California Gov. Newsom Proposes Windfall Profits Tax on Big Oil
California Gov. Gavin Newsom called Friday for a windfall profits tax on oil companies that would go directly back to California residents. While crude oil prices are down nationally, big oil companies have increased gas prices in California by a record 84 cents per gallon in just the last 10 …
Read More »President Biden, First Lady, Scheduled To Travel To FL On Wednesday Following Aftermath Of Ian
Diane Rado, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are scheduled to travel to Florida on Wednesday, as the death toll for Hurricane Ian continues to rise. Hundreds of thousands of residents still have no power and the state faces the monumental task of fixing the damage …
Read More »The Supreme Court Is Back In Session, With New Controversial Cases That Stand To Change Many Americans’ Lives – Here’s What To Expect
Morgan Marietta, UMass Lowell Following a dramatic year of controversial rulings, the Supreme Court begins hearing new cases on Oct. 3, 2022, with a full agenda. The court overturned abortion rights and expanded gun rights in June 2022 as the new conservative supermajority began to exert its influence. Some of …
Read More »Abbott, O’Rourke spar over immigration, abortion and Uvalde shooting in debate
James Barragán, The Texas Tribune Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke clashed Friday night over immigration, abortion and gun control in the only planned gubernatorial debate before the Nov. 8 elections. Throughout the debate, Abbott tried to depict O’Rourke as an acolyte of Democratic President Joe Biden …
Read More »New Texts Show USM Had Concerns About Favre’s Grant-Funded Volleyball Facility
Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre met resistance when he tried selling the University of Southern Mississippi on a deal to accept federal grant money to build a volleyball stadium, texts show. “Nancy I spoke with Jon Gilbert this evening and between you and I he is …
Read More »Biden To Battered Florida: ‘We’re Going To Do Everything We Can For You’
Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden addressed the nation Friday afternoon, focusing on uniting the country as Florida begins to survey the damage left by a Category 4 hurricane, while states further up the coast prepare for the impact from Hurricane Ian. “As you all know, the situation in …
Read More »Dept. of Education Reverses Course On Some Student Loan Forgiveness
A change in the White House’s student loan forgiveness plan means millions of Americans no longer qualify. The Education Department announced Thursday it would no longer allow borrowers with privately held student loans to receive debt forgiveness. Previously, people with the loans – known as Perkins loans and Federal Family …
Read More »‘Abortion Absolutely Is Healthcare’: U.S. House Panel Told As GOP Pursues Nationwide Ban
John L. Micek, Pennsylvania Capital-Star A nationwide abortion ban would widen disparities in healthcare and drive up the maternal mortality rate, particularly among Black women, physicians and advocates told a U.S. House panel on Thursday. “Women’s progress has always been inextricably linked with the ability to control our own bodies,” …
Read More »House Sends Stopgap Spending Bill To Biden Hours Ahead Of Shutdown Deadline
House members, mostly along party lines, cleared a spending package Friday that would bolster funding for natural disaster response, though with Hurricane Ian still battering the Southeast, lawmakers will likely need to approve another aid bill later this year. The measure would provide $2.5 billion in assistance for the Hermit’s …
Read More »US Supreme Court’s Approval Hits All-Time Low
Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams More than half of adults in the United States say they lack trust in the federal government’s judicial branch and nearly three-fifths disapprove of the way the U.S. Supreme Court is doing its job, according to survey results released Thursday, as the negative ramifications of opinions …
Read More »President Biden Approves Florida Disaster Declaration
President Biden declared Florida a major disaster area Thursday morning, ordering federal aid to supplement local recovery efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida as a Category 4 storm Wednesday afternoon. The declaration will allow federal aid to go to Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, …
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