Giorno: 30 Novembre 2023

Kentucky-born country star Tyler Childers to perform at Gov. Beshear’s inauguration

A country music star will perform at Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s second inauguration, while health care workers and public school educators will serve as grand marshals of the parade as details of the daylong ceremonies on Dec. 12 came into focus on Thursday. Other inaugural events in Kentucky’s capital city will include a breakfast reception, […]

CDC Director says ‘no new’ virus out of China despite surge in respiratory illness

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Mandy Cohen said during a Congressional hearing that there’s no reason for the public to be alarmed over a spike in respiratory illness in China. Cohen made the comments during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on Thursday. Chinese authorities from the National […]

NH Democrats lose legal bid against state-level electoral maps

Democratic voters lost an attempt to block New Hampshire’s newly drawn state Senate Executive Council districts after the state Supreme Court ruled that their claims fall outside the jurisdiction of the judicial branch. In a 3-2 decision Wednesday, the court upheld the dismissal of the lawsuit, saying New Hampshire’s Constitution authorizes the Legislature to draw […]

Senate hearing explodes over Democrats’ subpoena of conservative activists: ‘Destroyed’ the committee

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, blasted Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., during a hearing Thursday that ended in Democrats subpoenaing Republican donor Harlan Crow and conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena Crow and Leo after consideration of several judicial nominees. In his opening remarks, Durbin said the subpoenas are “key […]

Foreign-Born US Population of 49.5M Highest in History

Illegal immigration has fueled the U.S. foreign-born population to 49.5 million, a number that accounts for 15% of the population in the country, according to analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) published Thursday. Foreign-born estimates earlier provided by …[#item_full_content]

Sen. Paul Performs Heimlich Maneuver on Sen. Ernst

A medical degree came in handy for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., Thursday when he performed the Heimlich maneuver on Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who was choking on food during a Senate GOP luncheon in Washington, D.C.[#item_full_content]

Meta FTC Suit Calls Child Privacy Case ‘Unconstitutional’

The parent company of Instagram and Facebook has sued the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to stop the agency from reopening a 2020 privacy settlement with the company that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18.[#item_full_content]