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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate has voted 84-9 to begin debate on the Laken Riley Act, moving the immigration bill forward to consider changes before actually voting on the bill. Originally rejected by the Democrat-controlled Senate in the 118th Congress, sponsor Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., reintroduced it as a closed-rule bill attached to […]
American women have had to fight for their right to an education. Well into the 20th century, women were discouraged from pursuing higher education, as it was a popular notion that too much education would make a woman unfit for marriage. Women of color and poor women also experienced other structural impediments to their education […]
The United States ambassador to China, R. Nicholas Burns, said the Biden administration is making a last push to try to persuade China to stop transferring equipment to Russia for the war in Ukraine. Mr. Burns, in an interview at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, asserted that nearly 400 Chinese companies have supplied Russia with […]
Snow fell across northern Texas, including in Plano, Texas, Thursday as a major winter storm began moving across the southern U.S. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images Sleet and snow began to fall across much of the southern U.S. Thursday and more is expected Friday as the second major winter storm […]
Jimmy Carter was the first American president to describe himself as “born again,” now a somewhat quaint term for experiencing a rebirth through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It was a process rather than a singular experience, according to the former president, who spoke frequently and fluently about his Christian faith throughout his life […]
In one of the most important cases of the social media age, free speech and national security collide at the Supreme Court on Friday in arguments over the fate of TikTok, a wildly popular digital platform that roughly half the people in the United States use for entertainment and information. TikTok could shut down the […]
Snow and sleet blanketed parts of northern Texas, Oklahoma and western Arkansas on Thursday as forecasters warned that “heavy snow and disruptive ice” would pile up across the South through the end of the week. On Thursday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport where over 1,400 […]
For more than a year, U.S. Steel pursued an ambitious solution to its mounting challenges. Once a symbol of American industrial might, it had agreed to a takeover by Nippon Steel, a Japanese rival, in a bid to ward off obsolescence. Citing the need to finance a costly modernization of its mills, U.S. Steel warned […]
From the moment his grandfather woke up in the morning to the moment he laid his head at night, his life was a testament to the goodness of God, said Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter’s eldest grandson, as he took the lectern to deliver a eulogy to his late “Papa.” Jimmy Carter, known to most Americans […]
by Sharelle Burt January 9, 2025 Best wishes to U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery Vanessa Roberts Avery, Connecticut’s first Black woman to serve as U.S. attorney, announced her resignation effective Jan. 17, CT News Junkie reports. Avery was appointed by President Joe Biden in May 2022 as the 54th U.S. Attorney and first Black woman […]