I think it depends on what qualifies on background checks. I have a relative who has a non-violent felony from over 20 years ago and he still can't get a permit/license. Yet you have an adult here who didn't show up...
In light of the recent Supreme Court decision on abortion, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, abortion providers in states that have banned abortion, or soon will, are mourning the closing of their...
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Skies over Sioux Falls, South Dakota turned a bright green reminiscent of the Wizard of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West Tuesday afternoon.
The severe weather was a derecho, a powerful storm...
Climate protesters are planning to disrupt the Congressional Baseball Game unless Congress gets legislation across the finish line.
At the annual event, Democrats face off against Republicans in a friendly match to...
U.S. Capitol Police officers arrested a man who had two Molotov cocktails on Wednesday not far from the U.S. Capitol.
Capitol police said in a tweet that they arrested the man at around 3:30 p.m. along...
Senators on the Intelligence Committee asked the Federal Tade Commission (FTC) to investigate TikTok, ramping up scrutiny of the company’s data practices.
Meanwhile, Apple announced on Wednesday that it will be...
President Biden on Wednesday nominated Phil Washington to lead the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) amid a resurgence in commercial flying demand that has made for a chaotic summer travel season.
Washington has...
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A Moody’s Analytics index has tracked the country’s economic recovery since the pandemic began based on 13 metrics, including the value of goods and services produced, employment, retail sales and...
Automaker Toyota has run through its federal electric vehicle (EV) tax credits just before its new all-electric SUV hits the streets, TechCrunch reported.
Most of the company’s tax credits — which offer up to...
FIRST ON FOX: Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia hauled in nearly $7 million in fundraising the past two months as he runs for re-election this year in a rematch against Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey...
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a Democrat who represents Ohio's 9th Congressional District in the House, was on standby to welcome President Biden to Ohio on Wednesday as he arrived in the state to tout a federal initiative to...
NEW ORLEANS — Attorneys hoping to save an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children told a federal appeals court Wednesday that ending the program would...
Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were increasingly anticipating higher inflation, and signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to restrain price...
WASHINGTON — Kate Bedingfield, the White House communications director, will step down from her position this summer, marking the latest departure of a senior adviser from the Biden administration.
Ms. Bedingfield...
Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure — along with the providers who help them — from being prosecuted by...
The head of the FBI and the leader of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency raised fresh alarms Wednesday about the Chinese government, warning business leaders that Beijing is determined to steal their technology...
The Biden administration is trying to help foreign makers of baby formula stay on the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the industry after the closure of the largest domestic plant sparked a...
President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with the wife of detained WNBA player Brittney Griner, who is on trial in Russia, and assured her that he is working to win Griner’s freedom as soon as possible, the White House...
Bans and restrictions on food exports are “counterproductive” against the global food crisis and drive rising domestic prices “even higher,” World Bank directors said Wednesday.
In a blog post, World Bank Managing...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has endorsed Becca Balint, the president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, in what is likely the race to be Vermont's first woman in Congress.
Balint is among the leaders in her bid to...
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In a 2014 report, The Guttmacher Institute found that 75 percent of abortion patients were considered poor or low income.
The average cost of a first-trimester aspiration abortion is $508...
An online petition that calls for the removal of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has attracted more than 1 million signatures.
The petition, titled “Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas,” was created on the public...
Norwegian Cruise Line dropped its pre-boarding COVID-19 testing requirement on Wednesday in a major shift for the cruise industry more than two years after the vacation travel companies began wrestling with...
Every day, nearly 20 veterans take their own life. In 2021, the Army saw its highest suicide rate in nearly a century. Recently, the crew of the USS George Washington experienced five suicides, three suicides in just...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to remain in office Wednesday, brushing off calls for his resignation after two top ministers and a slew of junior officials said they could no longer serve under his...
Gasoline futures fell more than 10 percent Tuesday and are down more than 22 percent since June, raising hopes that the high price of gas across the country might soon fall.
The price of U.S. crude oil fell more...
CLEVELAND, OHIO – President Biden spent Wednesday afternoon in the key swing state of Ohio courting union workers, seeking to convince voters his policies are helping buttress the middle class as polls continue to...
President Biden on Wednesday told a crowd in Cleveland that the Justice Department will take “appropriate action” if an investigation finds that violations occurred in the shooting of Jayland Walker, a Black man who...
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