Congressional Democrats slam oil executives over gas prices

by admin | May 23, 2024 | Politics

Grace Cary/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Congressional Democrats on Thursday accused oil companies of inflating the cost of gasoline and vowed to investigate them, pushing back on who’s to blame for rising prices hurting President Joe Biden’s reelection...

Senate again fails to advance border security bill in election-year showdown vote

by admin | May 23, 2024 | Politics

J.Castro/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — For the second time in three months, an immigration and border security measure negotiated earlier this year by a bipartisan group of lawmakers failed to advance in the Senate.The legislation fell well short of the 60 votes...

GOP lawmakers grill Northwestern, Rutgers and UCLA leaders on college protests, alleged antisemitism

by admin | May 23, 2024 | Politics

Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers on the GOP-led House Education Committee grilled more university leaders on Thursday, insisting they defend their handling of pro-Palestinian protests and respond to allegations of antisemitism on campus.As in...

Why Louisiana is pushing to classify abortion pills in the same category as opioids

by admin | May 23, 2024 | Politics

Fotosearch/Getty Images(BATON ROUGUE, La.) — Louisiana is moving closer to classifying the abortion pill regimen — mifepristone and misoprostol — as a “controlled dangerous substance,” putting them in the same category as opioids and...

Garland calls Trump’s false claim of Biden DOJ plan to potentially assassinate him during FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search ‘extremely dangerous’

by admin | May 23, 2024 | Politics

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday slammed former President Donald Trump for insinuating President Joe Biden authorized his potential assassination during the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022...