Washington — Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at age 65, after he “experienced a physical accident” at his home earlier this month, his office said Wednesday. The April 6 accident required Payne to be hospitalized, and during treatment he experienced “medical complications due to diabetes and high blood pressure that
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) this week demanded Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu resign for his “terrible” response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, calling the Israeli leader an “obstacle” to peace. “We recognize Israel’s right to protect itself. We reject the policy and the practice of Netanyahu—terrible. What could be worse than
Columbia Law School students told their Jewish classmates they should not advocate for the school to bring police to campus to ensure their safety because the presence of law enforcement “makes students of color feel unsafe,” screenshots obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. In one message, second-year law student Aya Hashem admonished her Jewish
Federal regulators on Tuesday enacted a nationwide ban on new noncompete agreements, which keep millions of Americans — from minimum-wage earners to CEOs — from switching jobs within their industries. The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday afternoon voted 3-to-2 to approve the new rule, which will ban noncompetes for all workers when the regulations take
Washington — President Biden on Wednesday granted clemency to 16 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, pardoning 11 of them and commuting the sentences of the other five. The pardon recipients include a woman who has since earned her doctorate, a business owner and community members involved in their churches, while one of the commutation
Student protesters ask participants, ‘Will you be ready to rally for your comrades?’ (Getty Images) Columbia University president Minouche Shafik set a midnight deadline for student protesters to clear the unauthorized tent encampment that has plagued campus—only to push that deadline back twice, first to 8 a.m. and then 48 hours. Late Tuesday night, Shafik
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to consider Thursday whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to sweeping immunity from federal prosecution for conduct that occurred while he was in the White House, thrusting the justices into election-year politics in a historic case with significant ramifications for his legal and political future. Known as