Short-term rental lodgers across the United States may be wasting more than $2.3 billion in food each year, a new study has found. An average of $12 worth of uneaten groceries, takeout and restaurant leftovers are landing in the trash on a daily basis, according to the study, published in Waste Management. That sum is about…
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) confirmed he will run for a fourth term in office next year despite some speculation that he may retire. The progressive senator, who has served since 2009, announced his decision in a Thursday post on the social platform X, saying the country is in “a critical moment for our rights, our…
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday he doesn’t think President Trump has completely changed the Republican Party, shrugging off populist sentiment in the GOP as “a minority voice.” “I think President Trump, as presidents should, has changed aspects of the agenda of the Republican Party, but I don’t think he’s changed the Republican Party,”…
President Trump met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Wednesday evening to talk about Senate races, including Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) fraught primary against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), according to a source familiar with the matter. Senate Leadership Fund officials were also present at the meeting. The source said the meeting…
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office poked fun at the suit with a post on X, claiming President Donald Trump is “back to his favorite hobby: blaming California for literally everything.”
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said Thursday that Americans have “legitimate questions” about airplane contrails as his agency launches webpages aimed at combatting misinformation on the topic. Contrails, the vapor trails that follow high-flying airplanes, are the subject of the “chemtrails” conspiracy theory, which baselessly alleges that the trails are actually chemicals that are used…
A poll released Thursday says 46 percent of election officials are worried about politically motivated investigations. The study conducted by the Brennan Center Research Department found that 38 percent of election workers have reported experiencing threats, harassment or abuse because of their job. The survey was conducted after the 2024 election in which President Trump…
Republicans are proposing a $750 million investment in the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to ensure law enforcement officers are properly trained and prepared to protect the American people.
Most Americans said the costs of child care are a “major problem,” and most are in favor of efforts to provide free or low-cost day care, according to a survey released Thursday. The new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that most Americans surveyed, 76 percent, agreed that the cost of child…
Trump’s immigration policies are funding a massive detention and deportation machine, and Congress must lead with a humane and functional immigration system that prioritizes actual threats, rather than migrant workers and families.
