Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19, has no symptoms
Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday evening tested positive for COVID-19 but was without symptoms of illness, a Supreme Court spokesperson said.Kavanaugh, 56, has been fully vaccinated since January, making his a s…
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Alex Jones found liable in two Sandy Hook cases
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was found legally responsible in two lawsuits for damages resulting from his claims about the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, according to court documents released Thursday.A judg…
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Election denialists smacked down by Idaho Secretary of State
Conspiracy theorists pushing misinformation about the 2020 elections took their allegations to Idaho, and Idaho officials pushed right back.Top Gem State election administrators in Secretary of State Lawrence Wasde…
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Ocasio-Cortez blasts Texas abortion law defender: 'Sometimes it takes years' to recognize sexual assault
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday railed against a witness before the House Oversight and Reform Committee who defended the recent controversial, six-week abortion ban in Texas, arguing that “…
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More than half of police killings go unreported, study finds
More than half of deaths at the hands of police went unreported over the past four decades, according to a…
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Merck says COVID-19 pill cuts risks in half, will seek emergency authorization
Pharmaceutical company Merck on Friday said it will seek an emergency authorization for their oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment after the medicine was shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization by 50 percent during clini…
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Manchin throws down gauntlet with progressives
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is in the driver’s seat and letting liberal Democrats in the House and Senate know that he plans to set the terms for the budget reconciliation bill that they hope to use to enact President Bide…
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Schumer feels heat to get Manchin and Sinema on board
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is under increasing pressure to get fellow Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) on board with a massive social spending bill that’s part of …
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Democrats grasping at straws on immigration
A second ruling by the Senate parliamentarian has Democrats grasping at straws over how to include some form of immigration relief in their sweeping reconciliation package, as activists pressure them to do more to change…
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