The Republican-controlled Arizona House on Wednesday approved a repeal of an 1864 abortion law that would have banned nearly all abortions, sending the measure to the state Senate. The state Senate is set to consider the law on May 1. The 1864 law is set to go into effect on June 8, and it would supersede what
Washington — A law that could lead to a national ban of TikTok cleared the Senate Tuesday night in a bipartisan vote of 79-18, representing one of the most serious threats to the immensely popular social media app’s U.S. operations. Some lawmakers insist they don’t want to actually ban the platform used by roughly 170 million Americans,
Hamas says 40 hostages can’t be located Safety concerns for Gaza aid workers, Israel says Hamas can’t locate 40 hostages 03:02 Washington — President Biden on Wednesday met 4-year-old Abigail Mor Edan, an American girl who was taken hostage by Hamas after both her parents were killed in the group’s Oct. 7 attack. The president
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson was met with loud boos when he visited Columbia University on Wednesday to call for the resignation of the institution’s president as the campus has been roiled with accusations of antisemitism amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests. “I am here today joining my colleagues and calling on President [Minouche] Shafik to resign if she
Washington — President Biden signed into law a long-sought foreign aid package on Wednesday that includes tens of billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with a measure that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S. “It’s a good day for America, it’s a good day for Europe
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
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