The replies to tweets from Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s highest ranking Black female official, routinely include racist, sexist and graphic messages threatening her safety. A new report finds that hateful tweets directed at Harris are rampant, while Twitter has been slow to respond, and at times failed to …
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The commission tasked with renaming military assets bearing the names of Confederate leaders released new recommendations for nine military installations, with some names honoring women and African Americans. Until now, these posts have exclusively been named for White men. The congressionally mandated Naming Commission issued its initial recommendations for the …
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Seven Navy sailors assigned to the USS George Washington have died by suicide during the time the aircraft carrier has been undergoing a yearslong overhaul in Newport News, Virginia, the Navy said Thursday. The Navy acknowledged Thursday that in addition to the four suicides in the past year that CBS …
Read More »House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday defended Justice Clarence Thomas’ ability to make rulings related to the January 6 committee after a report from CBS News and The Washington Post revealed that Thomas’ wife, Ginni Thomas, texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows after the 2020 election about …
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As the race to recruit female talent in STEM continues moving ahead with steady progress, stunning statistics still wrack the cybersecurity sector: Women working in cybersecurity currently account for less than one quarter of the overall workforce. Megan Rapinoe. Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Shirley Chisholm. Donning jeans and a Ukrainian flag t-shirt, …
Read More »The former conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice hired by the Republican speaker of the state Assembly to review the 2020 election is suggesting that state lawmakers should look at decertifying the 2020 election, even though state attorneys have said that is not legal. Investigator Michael Gableman made the recommendation as …
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President Biden’s forthcoming Supreme Court nominee will have to navigate a fiercely divided Senate to secure confirmation. But the nominee’s first hurdle will be a series of meetings with senators in a Capitol complex teeming with COVID cases. It has long been a tradition for Supreme Court nominees to …
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memo Thursday directing the Defense Department to step up its efforts to prevent civilian casualties in U.S. military airstrikes. The initiative comes on the heels of a RAND Corporation report that found that the Defense Department’s processes lead to systemic undercounting of civilian casualties …
Read More »As the U.S. enters year three of a global pandemic, many businesses have sought to contain its damage by imposing rules to keep their companies running, requiring measures like masking and vaccination for employees and customers. The response in Republican-led states to the rules set by these companies has varied. …
Read More »House Democrats are expected to vote Friday on a new version of President Biden’s social spending plan and the bipartisan infrastructure bill, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Thursday night. Hoyer said the House Rules Committee will meet Thursday night, and the House will reconvene in Friday morning at 8 …
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