Trump congratulates Nancy Mace on primary win after backing her opponent
Former President Trump congratulated Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) Wednesday after her victory in Tuesday night's primary against state Rep. Katie Arrington, whom Trump had endorsed. Trump, who endorsed Arrington in February, made Mace one of his primary targets after she
Read MoreNorth Carolina charter school cannot force girls to wear skirts, appeals court rules
Story at a glance A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that a North Carolina public charter school may not require its female students to wear skirts as part of its uniform policy. The court’s majority opinion stems from an ACLU lawsuit filed in 2016 against the North Carolina Day School on behalf of three female students. An attorne
Read MoreGeorge Washington University scraps 'Colonials' moniker after student pressure
George Washington University (GWU) has announced plans to retire its “Colonials” moniker by the 2023-24 academic school year following years of pressure from its student body. In a news release on Wednesday, the school said its Board of Trustees has opted to replace the “Colonials” moniker with a new one, based on a special committee’s recommendation on the matter. The board established a “Task Force on Naming” in November 2019 amid growing concerns from the school’s community members about
Read MoreFed hikes rates by 75 basis points for first time since 1994
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it would hike interest rates this month at the fastest pace in nearly 30 years after a discouraging May surge in inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of Fed officials responsible for setting interest rates, said it would raise the bank’s baseline interest rate range to 1.5 to 1.75 percent, an increase of 0.75 percentage points. It is the first 0.75 percentage point rate hike issued by the Fed since 1994. The Fed’s unusually large interest rate hike follows a tumultuous four-day stretch for
Read MoreHeat wave bakes one-third of Americans, highlighting urgency of climate legislation
There have always been heat waves. They typically showed up in July or August, covered a limited area and were gone in a few days. But as we wrote a year ago when the Pacific Northwest blistered under record-shattering heat, this is not your grandparents’ climate. A look at this week’s national heat map can’t leave any but those in deepest denial feeling sanguine about the climate crisis. As more than
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