Alyssa Farah Griffin to replace Meghan McCain on The View: reports
Former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin will replace Meghan McCain as a permanent host of ABC's "The View," according to multiple reports. Griffin has periodically served as a co-host on the show since leaving Trump's White House. She also has served as a contributor to CNN and has written a book about her experience working for the former president. When contacted by The Hill for comment
Read MoreWhy some Supreme Court justices are supremely unpopular
Most people who pay attention to approval ratings are aware that the Supreme Court’s ratings plummeted to unprecedented lows even before the landmark decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Unlike presidents, however, on whom pollsters have been collecting popularity figures since the Truman era, individual Supreme Court justices, who never face the electorate, have been spared such ratings of their favorability — until recently. Traditionally, Americans have tended to pa
Read MoreSmoking linked to severe COVID-19 complications, study finds
Story at a glance For the study, researchers used data on U.S. adults from 107 hospitals across the country who were hospitalized with COVID-19 between January 2020 and March 2021 from the American Heart Association’s COVID-19 CVD Registry. Researchers found that people who reported smoking were 45 percent more likely to die and 39 percent more likely to be put on ventilators when compared
Read MoreShopify to cut 10 percent of its workforce by end of day
Shopify announced on Tuesday it would be laying off 10 percent of its workforce by the end of the day, as the company says its “bet didn’t pay off” in its projections following the pandemic. Tobias Lütke, the CEO of Shopify, sent out a company-wide memo saying jobs would have to be cut in recruiting, support and sales roles. Other positions that seem like duplicates or not directly involved in sales enough will also be in jeopardy. Shopify saw a huge boost in sales at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many stores shut down and people moved online for their s
Read MoreMore than 175 environmental groups urge Buttigieg to reinstate emission regulation rule on state departments
More than 175 environmental organizations sent a letter Tuesday to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging him to reinstate a federal rule that requires state and city transportation departments to measure and set standards for their greenhouse gas emissions. The letter, signed by national groups such as Sierra Club, US Public Interest Research Group (US PIRG) and Transportation for America, thanked the Biden administration for taking the first step toward implementation of the emission rule but, urged them to adopt it as quickly as possible. "The transportation s
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