Critics of the legislation argue that animal testing has helped advance research that supports veterans with disabilities. The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) will end testing on dogs, cats, and nonhuman primates by 2026. Congress approved the bipartisan measure included in the VA’s 2024 fiscal spending bill, which was signed into law last month. “VA
A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was taking place, witnesses said. A witness on the scene said he first heard the man throwing pamphlets into the air, then saw him douse himself from a can and light himself on fire. “At that
World leaders weigh liquidating frozen Russian assets to assist Kyiv. Members of the Group of Seven (G7) have discussed using seized Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine’s infrastructure, which would be a “critical” tool following Moscow’s invasion, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday. While speaking to reporters at a G7 meeting
The new rule overturns the Trump-era rule on how schools respond to complaints of sexual misconduct. The Biden administration finalized its rule overhauling Title IX on Friday, leaving schools and colleges across the country a few months to update their policies on how to handle sex discrimination complaints based on a new, broadened definition of
‘When you take off access to our resources … this is the energy insecurity that we’re talking about,’ Rep. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said. The Biden administration took action on Friday to restrict new oil and gas drilling on more than 13 million acres of land in the western Arctic region. The U.S. Department of Interior
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar says numerous issues, including the crisis at the southern border, are not being addressed under Johnson. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) on April 19 signed on to a motion to strip House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of the gavel. He is the third Republican to back what is called a motion to
‘Instead of a lecture, I went to file a police complaint,’ Yoseph Haddad said L: Yoseph Haddad (Twitter) R: Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) An Arab-Israeli journalist was forced to cancel his Thursday speech at Columbia University after campus agitators pushed him, punched him in the face, and told him to kill himself.