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The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted Thursday morning to advance President Donald Trump’s pick to head the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. The vote was strictly along party lines, 12 votes in favor and 11 against, but with the committee having one extra Republican member in the majority,…
A new third-party app store is launching for iPhone users in the European Union that describes itself as being “built specifically for mobile gamers.” Skich is the latest in a short list of alternative app marketplaces to take advantage of Apple’s App Store restrictions being loosened by the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), including AltStore…
There is no clear path right now to avoid a government shutdown at 12:00:01 a.m. ET Saturday. However, circumstances often accelerate matters just before a deadline on Capitol Hill. With Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., opposing the GOP plan, Republicans need at least eight Democrats to help break a filibuster on the House-passed bill. SENATE REPUBLICANS…
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into funding and operations at two Manhattan hotels being used as migrant shelters, according to several reports. Federal prosecutors sent subpoenas to the Roosevelt Hotel, which was converted into a migrant shelter and intake center, as well as the Stewart Hotel, which was transformed into a migrant…
WhatsApp is working on a feature that will group replies to specific messages into a thread, making it easier to keep track of conversations. Instead of scrolling through chats to see scattered individual replies, the feature will create a dedicated view showing every quoted message connecting back to the original message that started the thread,…
In a TikTok video from CNN that has been viewed more than 3 million times since late February, the voice of a voter in Roswell, Georgia, pierces through a town hall event held by Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA). “Tyranny is rising in the White House, and a man has declared himself our king,” the woman…
President Donald Trump is continuing to push for a “gold card” visa that would allow foreign nationals to buy their way into the U.S., replacing a controversial visa scheme that has been dogged for years by concerns about potential abuse by China. Trump again touted his plan for the gold card, which would allow people…
Country star Warren Zeiders never planned to become a singer, but a series of college lacrosse injuries took him down an unexpected path to success. Zeiders grew up in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where he enrolled in a lacrosse program around the fourth grade. “The biggest thing about me is that I have this thing about me:…
“South Park” has had a joke-hold on America for over a quarter-century, and writer Pam Brady was responsible for many during the hit show’s formative years. Over the past 26 seasons, countless lists from Buzzfeed to IMDB and everywhere in between have been compiled, ranking the show’s most offensive jokes that crossed the line. Wikipedia…
Polls often present a false choice: you either believe in God, or you don’t. But belief is more complex. The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, embodies this tension. It is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where God is never mentioned, and no overt miracles occur. It is based on the Book of Esther, found in the Jewish and Christian Bibles. Scholars say that…