Politics

Michael Schwartz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former GOP vice president candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will run for Alaska’s at-large Congress seat vacated by the late Rep. Don Young, she announced on her Facebook page Friday. “Today I’m announcing my candidacy for the U.S. House seat representing Alaska,” Palin wrote. “Public service is a calling, […]

Megan Varner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While many mainstream Republicans look toward making waves in the midterm elections, some are still clinging to the past. After GOP Rep. Mo Brooks’ recently confessed that former President Donald Trump repeatedly urged Brooks to “rescind” the results of the 2020 presidential campaign, some Republicans are exploring — even publicly vowing […]

ilbusca/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A California task force’s decision to limit reparations for slavery to people who can trace their lineage to free and enslaved Black people living in the U.S. during the 19th century has drawn criticism from task force members and experts who say the decision makes eligibility difficult to prove and narrows […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New cars in the U.S. will need to meet stricter fuel economy standards, the Biden administration announced Friday. The rule will require passenger cars, trucks and vans produced for the model year 2026 to average 49 miles per gallon, the Department of Transportation said. It will also increase fuel efficiency 8% […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans on Capitol Hill appeared frustrated with the weeklong controversy sparked by Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who made unsubstantiated claims in a recent interview that some of his colleagues invited him to sex parties and used cocaine. “It’s pretty clear to me that Madison must have a far more active social life […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it is officially ending Title 42, the controversial policy implemented by the Trump administration restricting migrants from coming into the country under the auspices of a public health emergency. The policy was first enacted at the beginning of the pandemic and has […]

Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is expected to tout the nation’s economic recovery when he delivers remarks from the White House on Friday. U.S. employers added 431,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.6%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. Though the March report […]

Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A lawsuit has been filed against the State of Florida over the newly signed Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law by critics, just three days after it was signed. “Through H.B. 1557, Florida would deny to an entire generation […]

Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Arizona and Kentucky are moving forward on 15-week abortion bans before a Supreme Court decision in June could decide the fate of the procedure in the United States. In Arizona, Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill into law Wednesday after it passed the Arizona legislature last […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence announced Thursday a multi-pronged policy agenda for the Republican Party, the latest in a series of indicators he’s planning to mount a run for the presidency in 2024. Pence sees his “Freedom Agenda” as “focused on the future” and said it “offers a clear […]