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Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joni Ernst choked on food during a closed-door Republican lunch on Thursday and was rescued by fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who performed the Heimlich maneuver on her. Ernst, from Iowa, later said she was okay and confirmed a reporter’s account of the choking episode on X, replying to […]
(NEW YORK) — Harvard University and the New York City Department of Education are now being investigated for complaints of antisemitism and Islamophobic discrimination on campus, joining seven other schools and districts following the growing protests and tensions over the Israel-Hamas war. These investigations have been opened under Title VI, a law that bans discrimination […]
(NEW YORK) — Suicides by firearm have reached an all-time high, increasing 11% between 2019 and 2022, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published Thursday. An estimated 27,024 Americans died of suicide by firearm in 2022, compared to 23,941 people in 2019. All race/ethnicity groups saw firearm […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is no longer set to vote Thursday on a Republican effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The vote was pulled from the schedule Thursday afternoon, according to a notice from Majority Whip Tom Emmer. It’s not clear yet why leadership pulled the resolution. On Wednesday, Greene […]
(PHOENIX, Ariz.) — Lori Vallow, who was convicted of killing two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, has been extradited to Arizona to face charges in connection with the death of her fourth husband. Vallow, 50, was booked Thursday on one count of first-degree murder, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. She […]
(WASHINGTON) — On the brink of possibly being expelled from Congress, embattled Rep. George Santos defended himself during an hourlong debate on the House floor Thursday. Santos, who is facing his third expulsion vote this year on Friday, debated several lawmakers, including fellow Republicans arguing for his removal, calling him a “total fraud and serial […]
(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric Trump and and Donald Trump Jr., and other top Trump Organization executives are accused […]
Dana Jacobs/Getty Images Queen Latifah was given her flowers, Saweetie gently rocked out to the music and Keke Palmer sent the internet into a frenzy when they attended Usher‘s popular — and viral — Las Vegas residency shows. The latest star to appear, and even help Usher put on a show? Victoria Monét. And she said she loved every bit of her time at the […]
Mindy Small/Getty Images Jennifer Lopez covers Elle‘s Women in Hollywood December/January issue, and the singer and Hustlers actress delves into what it took to become a Hollywood hyphenate. She laments that when big-screen stardom came calling, she “came in blind.” JLo recalls “having to fight for different roles” as a Latina, “to be a lead […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If an expulsion vote set for Friday achieves a two-thirds majority, Republican Rep. George Santos would be immediately expelled from the House of Representatives, according to the text of the expulsion resolution. Looking back at the last time a member of Congress was expelled — Ohio Democratic Rep. James Traficant […]
