(WASHINGTON) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her first press briefing on Tuesday, faced a barrage of questions on the administration’s freeze on federal financial assistance programs that congressional Democrats called flatly illegal. Agencies face a 5 p.m. ET deadline to comply with a memo from the White House Office of Management and […]
(KILAUEA, HI) — One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At approximately 1:30 p.m. local time Monday, the volcano released a “small, sporadic splatter foundation,” which then continued to increase in intensity until 6:41 p.m., when the eruptions […]
Photo by Joy Malone/Getty Images Laila! is heading on her very first tour. The Gap Year Tour! will start March 27 in San Francisco. Laila! will also make stops in LA, Houston, Atlanta, New York, DC, Philadelphia, Chicago and Pontiac, Michigan, before wrapping up in Toronto on April 27. “attention passengers ,,, im going on […]
Spring training is still two weeks away but meaningful baseball was played in front of passionate fans Monday night. Leones del Escogido bested Tigres del Licey in a thrilling Game 7 of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) Championship Series. Escogido won their 17th LIDOM championship and snapped a nine-year title drought. Escogido’s first-year […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s rapid reshaping of the federal government continues with executive orders and action from his acting agency heads. Federal departments face a 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday to cease spending on any financial assistance programs, according to a memo from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. More firings of career officials at […]
(NEW YORK) — South Carolina schools are facing a lawsuit over restrictions on what can be taught about racial inequality in K-12 public schools. The state’s Budget Proviso 1.79 states that no state funding should go toward certain “concepts” touching on race or sex — including unconscious racism, sexism or other form of oppression. Among […]
Photo by Robert Okine/Getty Images Pharrell‘s Something in the Water festival has been called off for breach of contract, Virginia Business reports, as it failed to meet requirements regarding ticket sales and the lineup, despite receiving a five-day extension. “While the city values the positive impact and visibility the Something in the Water festival has had […]
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images The teaser trailer for Bowen Yang and Kelly Marie Tran‘s chosen family comedy The Wedding Banquet is here. Based on the 1993 Ang Lee film of the same name, this updated remake stars Yang, Tran, Lily Gladstone and Han Gi-chan as two same-sex couples who navigate cultural identity, family expectations and their […]
To the victors go the spoils, which is something the Kansas City Chiefs know very well these days. It didn’t take long for the AFC to adopt another dynasty following the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era in New England. In fact, Kansas City’s rise to the top began just after Brady’s Patriots won it all for the sixth and final […]
(WASHINGTON) — Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the “Doomsday Clock” has been reset to the closest humanity has ever come to self-annihilation. For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical clock up one second to 89 seconds before midnight, the theoretical doomsday mark. “It is the […]
