Pulitzers rejects Trump demand to revoke WaPo, NYT awards
The Pulitzer Prize board on Monday rejected requests from former President Trump to revoke national reporting awards given to The Washington Post and The New York Times. Trump had repeatedly asked the board to rescind the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes in National Reporting, which were awarded to the staffs of the two outlets for their reporting examining Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The Pulitzer board commi
Read MoreWhite House pushes for health-only budget package post-Manchin
The White House on Monday called for senators to move forward with a slimmed-down, health care-only reconciliation package before their August recess, saying that Democrats are “on the cusp” of beating the pharmaceutical industry. “The president's going to continue to work with Congress to make sure that we're lowering costs for the American families like prescription drugs, for example. And if we are able to do that, we are on the cusp…to making a really winning against one of the wealthiest, special interest groups, which is Big Pharma,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-
Read MoreHouse Democrats tout bill to add four seats to Supreme Court
A group of House Democrats called for legislation on Monday that would add four seats to the Supreme Court, lamenting a “ultra right-wing” branch that just overturned the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights. The eight lawmakers cited recent SCOTUS decisions that rolled back Miranda rights, threw out
Read MorePenguin Random House erects billboards displaying work from LGBTQ writers in response to recent book bans
Story at a glance Penguin Random House erected billboards featuring quotes from books written by LGBTQ authors during Pride month. The billboards were placed in New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Orlando, Miami and Austin. The billboards were specifically placed in some states that have both issued book bans and introduced a wealth of an
Read MoreThe Fed can fight inflation and unemployment — Here’s how
By now, anyone who has been following the financial news understands that the Federal Reserve faces a steep challenge: to achieve a “soft landing” that reduces inflation without spiking unemployment and causing a recession. Engineering this landing has historically proven difficult, especially in cases like today’s where inf
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