Co-parenting with the government?
No one wants to “co-parent with the government,” but many are comfortable with the government restricting other parents’ bad decisions. We see this in perennial fights over book banning,
Read MoreRomney: Allegation that Trump dialed Jan. 6 witness is 'very serious'
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) expressed serious concern Wednesday over the claim by the House select Jan. 6 committee that former President Trump attempted to call one of the committee’s witnesses, who had not yet appeared in its public hearings. Romney called the allegation “very serious” and dismissed speculation that Trump may have pocket-dialed the witness by accident. “I can’t imagine why he’d have a witness on his cell phone making a pocket-dial so that’s not terribly credible. If in fact he was calling a witness, that allegation is very serious,” he said.
Read MoreTop progressives push colleagues to expand social security benefits
Top progressives in the House are trying to garner support for legislation expanding Social Security benefits, pitching the bill introduced last year to colleagues as a chance to "deliver a long-awaited promise to the American people." In a letter to Democratic colleagues, the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), as well as Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Katie Porter (D-Calif.) pushed legislators to get behind H.R. 5723, or Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust, calling
Read MoreTop GOP senator slams HHS for 'disturbing' response to monkeypox
North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr (R) on Thursday slammed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for its response to the monkeypox outbreak so far, bemoaning that the agency was "failing to learn from the devastating effects of COVID-19." Burr wrote in a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra that the monkeypox response was "falling short" despite the country's experience navigating through the pandemic. "The administration has the tools and authorities necessary to combat these threats. Your failures to act are a threat to public health, and especially for gay
Read MoreFDA authorizes Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Novavax's COVID-19 shot for emergency use on Wednesday, adding a fourth vaccine to the U.S. arsenal. The agency cleared the vaccine for adults aged 18 and older. The shot will be administered as a two-dose primary series, three weeks apart. Novavax’s vaccine could appeal to people who have been reluctant to receive one of the mRNA vaccines, as the protein-based shot was manufactured using a fundamentally different process. But about 77 percent of adults have already received two doses of an mRNA shot, so the potential mar
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