Crowley, DesJarlais find common ground: Their sons' Naval Academy graduation
A GOP congressman and a former member of House Democratic leadership are bonding as dads of Naval Academy grads. Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) and former Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) both looked on last month as their sons graduated from the Annapolis, Md., military school. Crowley’s 22-year-old son, Cullen, the eldest of his three children, first dreamed of entering the Naval Academy since going to a Navy football game when he was 12. But Cullen’s start at the school came on one of the toughest days of his father’s political career. “The ni
Read MoreEPA lowers safety level for ‘forever chemicals,’ weighs regulating them in groups
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing four new safety levels for types of “forever chemicals” and is considering regulating these compounds in groups instead of individually. “Forever chemicals,” a nickname for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are a class of toxic chemicals that have been linked to illnesses including testicular and kidney cancers and thyroid disease. A Biden administration official told reporters on Tuesday night that the agency was lowering its health advisory — meant to inform the public about how much is consider
Read MoreBannon rips Barr over Jan. 6 testimony
Conservative podcast host and former adviser to President Trump, Steve Bannon, this week blasted former Attorney General Bill Barr for testifying against Trump during the Jan. 6 hearings, calling the former Trump official an "establishment scumbag" and a "liar." During a Monday episode of his podcast show "Bannons War Room," the
Read MoreVirginia Democrat introduces bill to impose 1,000-percent tax on assault-style weapons
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) introduced legislation on Tuesday that would impose a 1,000-percent excise tax on assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines in the wake of several high-profile mass shootings in the last month. Under the bill, a 1,000 percent tax would be applied to the sale of semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices, defined in the legislative text as “a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device, including any such device joined or coupled w
Read MoreEpic fail: Media apathy on attempted Kavanaugh murder shameful
It was one of the biggest and most disturbing stories of the year: An alleged assassination attempt of a Supreme Court justice was thwarted after a man was arrested outside the home of Brett Kavanaugh. If the alleged assailant had been successful, the country would have been further divided over the prospect of President Biden nominating another liberal justice to replace Kavanaugh. It also would have possibly triggered a copyc
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