A group of progressive staffers on Capitol Hill are pushing their bosses for a 32-hour work week, saying it will reduce “burnout” and “improve worker satisfaction.” The Congressional Progressive Staff Association wrote a letter on Thursday to House and Senate leaders asking that members of Congress adopt the shorter work week, without reducing staffers’ pay.
DeSantis chief of staff James Uthmeier to replace Moody as Sunshine State’s top cop Newly appointed Florida senator Ashley Moody with Gov. Ron DeSantis at a press conference (FirstCoastNews/YouTube) Florida governor Ron DeSantis tapped his attorney general, Ashley Moody, to succeed secretary of state nominee Marco Rubio in the Senate, the Republican announced on Thursday.
Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist syndicated by the Washington Post Writers Group for nearly 20 years, was arrested Wednesday in California for possession of child pornography. In a search of Bell’s home, authorities discovered over 100 videos and photos of child pornography, including computer-generated material, linked to an account owned by Bell, according to
Amy Wax, the tenured law professor who was sanctioned for her controversial remarks about racial issues, sued the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday for breach of contract and race discrimination, putting a dispute over tenure and academic freedom that has dragged on for almost three years into the hands of a federal court. The complaint
Warns the demise of ‘fact-checking’ could lead to ‘oligarchy’ (Getty Images) A very sleepy President Joe Biden bid farewell to the nation on Wednesday in a low-energy Oval Office address. It was an utterly forgettable speech, written by the celebrity historian Jon Meacham and read from a teleprompter (with considerable difficulty) by an 82-year-old man
JERUSALEM—Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire on Wednesday that would bring home at least 33 of the 98 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The agreement, mediated by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, is broadly similar to a three-phase framework long pushed by
Trial set to wrap on Friday as Navy vet Zachary Young seeks 10-figure payout Katie Bo Lillis testifies in a Panama City, Fla., courtroom. (Free Beacon) PANAMA CITY, Fla.—CNN reporter Katie Bo Lillis conceded she was intentionally vague when she messaged Navy veteran Zachary Young about his efforts to evacuate Afghans fleeing their home as