Washington state gov. warns of fourth COVID-19 wave

44 seconds ago | Arizona Daily Star

Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday warned that Washington state was on the cusp of a fourth COVID-19 wave with case numbers and hospitalizations rising.
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Republicans are blowing up their own agenda to 'own the libs'

42 minutes ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement This is "laugh until you cry" type hilarious. Over the last week Republicans have been blocking their own policy goals in order to make legislating more...
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Court-Packing Plan Appeases Left-Wing Dark-Money Groups

2 hours ago | Real Clear Politics

As McConnell recognized, 'This new court-packing commission is not some serious pivot away from Democrats' political attacks on the Court.'
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For 25 Years, Taxpayers Picked Up Polluters' Superfund Bill. That May Finally Change

3 hours ago | The Huffington Post

Fees on oil producers and petrochemical companies once funded toxic waste cleanups. Republicans let them expire in 1995. Democrats want them back.
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Senators to Biden: Waive vaccine intellectual property rules

3 hours ago | My Sanantonio | 2 articles

WASHINGTON - Ten liberal senators are urging President Joe Biden to back India and South Africa's appeal to the World Trade Organization to temporarily relax intellectual...
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Democrats hand their foes a weapon as they weigh a filibuster loophole

3 hours ago | Politico

Chuck Schumer is hatching plans to further evade the constraints of the filibuster - and in the process, he could be teaching Republicans how to do it in the future. Faced with...
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Lawmakers scramble for 'musical chairs' to view Biden's first Capitol speech

3 hours ago | Politico

Which is a hotter ticket: Beyoncé's first post-pandemic concert or President Joe Biden's first address to Congress? Washington is about to find out. Even as life slowly returns...
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How Republicans Will Respond To The Democrats' Aggressive Agenda

4 hours ago | FOX News

Democrats are calling for the addition of four justices to the U.S. Supreme Court for a total of 13. But the Republican Party is calling this move a power grab and an attempted...
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How Democrats Who Lost in Deep-Red Places Might Have Helped Biden

4 hours ago | NY Times

A study by a liberal group found a reverse coattails effect in 2020: Down-ballot candidates may have helped elect President Biden, rather than the other way around.
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Republicans And Democrats Largely Oppose Transgender Sports Legislation, Poll Shows

4 hours ago | NPR

Members of the two parties are split on how transgender students should participate in sports, according to an NPR/ PBS NewsHour /Marist poll. But opposition to legislating the...
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Pentagon says this video taken by Navy is indeed a UFO

The Defense Department confirms this video, taken in 2019, is the real thing: A legitimate UFO. Read more ...

Biden meets with his first foreign leader. Japan's prime minister heads to...

The two leaders are looking to counter messaging from Chinese President Xi Jinping that America and democracies in general are on the decline. Read more ...

Morgan Stanley handily beats first-quarter trading and investment-banking...

Summary List Placement Morgan Stanley 's first-quarter earnings report beat analyst estimates in every major category, but the strong reults were overshadowed by a $911 million... Read more ...

Facing backlash, Simon & Schuster won't distribute book by officer involved...

Johnson & Johnson asked other drugmakers to help it study blood-clot risks...

Summary List Placement Johnson & Johnson privately contacted other drugmakers producing COVID-19 vaccines to join a study into the potential risk of blood clots, but Pfizer and... Read more ...

Iran successfully produces 60%-enriched uranium days after ‘act of sabotage'...

Iran has produced 60%-enriched uranium at its Natanz nuclear facility, country's senior officials have said. The facility was hit by an “act of sabotage” that Tehran blamed on... Read more ...

Iran has successfully produced 60% enriched uranium, top politician says...

Summary List Placement The speaker of Iran's parliament said the country had successfully enriched uranium to its highest level yet. Mohammad Qalibaf tweeted on Friday morning... Read more ...

Paul Pogba reignites feud with Jose Mourinho, accuses former Man Utd boss of...

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has reopened his rift with Jose Mourinho, laying into his former manager by claiming he “goes against” players and treats them "like... Read more ...

Nearly 1,300 COVID-19 cases reported in Massachusetts students, staff

Massachusetts schools are seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases in students and staff. Read more ...

9 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced For 2019 Protests

Nine activists and lawmakers were sentenced to prison terms Friday for their participation in the 2019 anti-government protests. Read more ...