Lawyer: House panel has 'no legitimate need' to subpoena Commanders owner
The legal counsel for Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder said in a letter that the House Oversight and Reform Committee has “no legitimate need” to issue a subpoena toward her client in order for him to testify on the allegation of workplace misconduct and sexual harassment against his team. In a letter sent to committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday, Snyder’s attorney Karen Patton Seymour wrote that her client is willing to testify before the House panel voluntarily, adding that there’s “no legitimate need” for a subpoena. Maloney
Read MoreNewsom says 'education is under assault' over banning books, suppressing speech
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said on Wednesday that “education is under assault,” criticizing the banning of books across the country, efforts to suppress speech and “the othering of our students, teachers, parents.” “I do believe education is under assault in ways that I've never experienced in my lifetime. I really believe that. I thought it was bad back in the day when folks were debating the merits or demerits around vouchers,” Newsom said while giving remarks at the National Forum on Education Policy after receiving the Frank Newman Award for State Innovation from the Edu
Read MoreCommon migraine prescription could treat obesity: study
Story at a glance A commonly prescribed migraine medication has shown positive signs for treating obesity. The experimental study found that mice who were given the drug daily consumed less food and lost more weight over the course of a month than mice not given the drug. Researchers tested six prescription tript
Read MoreLawmakers, experts squabble over what’s driving up US housing costs
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday agreed that America is facing a housing crisis, but found little consensus on why, or what to do about it. Republicans blamed inflation, which they say has been fueled by pandemic government spending, while Democrats put the onus on corporate landlords and experts at the hearing highlighted the severe lack of supply. Housing prices for Americans have shot up 5.6 percent over last year, the largest percent increase since 1991, according to governmen
Read MoreAs UK conservatives dump Johnson, most in GOP still embrace Trump’s far graver threat
Winston Churchill, the figure embattled UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims as his role model, once defined a politician as someone who “is asked to stand, wants to sit, and is expected to lie.” Yet in the end, Johnson’s incessant lying was proven was so brazen that even a somewhat truth-challenged UK Conservative Party grew embarrassed, and its more principled leaders forced his pending resignation. In disturbing contrast, leaders of the U.
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