Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) vetoed a major bipartisan election reform bill on Thursday, citing the “operational burdens” that would come with implementing the changes so close to November’s elections. “Taken as a whole, the bill would impose significant operational burdens on the administration of Alaska’s elections during an election year in which several statewide……
Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who also served as chair of the Federal Reserve, ripped the Justice Department’s investigation into her successor, Jerome Powell, on Thursday as a “disturbing” attack on the Fed’s independence. “I think what President Trump is doing is unprecedented, and the most recent and most disturbing, in a way, is what……
A 19-year-old man is in custody and as a precaution the site is currently subject of a search. Source link
New York Times White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman on Thursday questioned President Trump’s critical focus on late night host Jimmy Kimmel, pushing back on calls to fire the comedian with the opinion that “people don’t have to like every single joke.” Trump renewed his calls for Kimmel to be removed from the air after the……
A federal judge on Friday postponed the Trump administration’s decision to end temporary legal protections for roughly 3,000 Yemeni nationals, which was set to take effect next week. U.S. District Judge Dale Ho joined a chorus of federal judges who’ve found the administration isn’t following the proper procedures when terminating countries from the temporary protected status (TPS) program, a key prong of President Trump’s……
Cigna is pulling out of the Affordable Care Act exchanges in 2027, the company said, adding to the turmoil facing the individual marketplace after the loss of enhanced federal subsidies. Executives announced the decision on Cigna’s earnings call on Thursday, a day when the company reported a better than expected first quarter, including $1.7 billion…
Overall the UK has received 23% less rain than average according to the official Met Office figures. England has received just over a third of its average April rainfall. Parts of East Anglia and the South East, even less than that. Provisional data for Shoeburyness in Essex for example shows that it has been the…
From burglary to ransom, Oscar-winners like Frances McDormand, Jared Leto, Whoopi Goldberg and Olympia Dukakis have lost their coveted statuettes. Source link
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday accused podcaster Joe Rogan of being “too chicken” to invite him on his show after Rogan described the governor as a “cardboard cutout of a person.” “Joe ‘little guy’ Rogan is too chicken to have me on his failing podcast because he know I’d crush him, so he……
President Trump signed an executive order Friday expanding sanctions on the Cuban government, as the administration ramps up pressure on Havana to address the island’s humanitarian crisis. The executive order expands the scope of the sanctions to target “agents, officials, or material supporters of the Cuban government,” those who support Cuba’s security apparatus, and those……