President Joe Biden would like the federal government to pay for the reconstruction of Baltimore‘s Francis Scott Key Bridge despite its collapse being caused by a foreign container ship. “I have directed my team to move heaven and earth to reopen the port and rebuild the bridge as soon as humanly possible‚” Biden told reporters in the White House‘s Roosevelt Room Tuesday. “It’s my intention that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge...

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the federal government should front the bill to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ following its collapse. "It's my intention‚ that the federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge‚" Biden said during a press conference. "And I expect Congress to support my effort." When asked if the company that chartered the ship that caused the collapse should be held responsible...

NBC News dumped Ronna McDaniel days after being hired following a staff revolt. You saw the first vestiges when Chuck Todd went on a tirade against the hiring over the weekend‚ saying that the network's credibility was at stake for such a hire. This screed comes from a man who hosted Hillary Clinton fundraisers. As others noted‚ Jen Psaki negotiated her contract with MSNBC while still serving as Biden’s White House press secretary. Did George Stephanopoulos have any journalism experience when...

Ronna McDaniel‚ a former Republican National Committee chairwoman‚ plans to take legal action after NBC News fired her‚ according to conservative political commentator Hugh Hewitt. The network reversed its hiring decision on Tuesday after MSNBC hosts including Rachel Maddow‚ Joe Scarborough‚ Mika Brzezinski‚ Lawrence O'Donnell and Nicolle Wallace voiced their strong disapproval of the move within days of it being announced. McDaniel was...

Anti-abortion activists and elected officials have a backup plan should the Supreme Court reject their arguments for nationwide restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone. In fact‚ they have several. The lawsuit that went before the high court Tuesday challenging federal regulation of abortion pills is just one piece of the movement’s strategy to curb access to the drugs — a conservative goal since before Roe fell and the medication gained popularity. The sprawling...

A California whistleblower will head to trial next week for his lawsuit alleging the Newsom administration pressured him to illegally withhold drilling permits during his time as the head of the state’s oil and gas regulatory agency. Uduak-Joe Ntuk‚ the former head of the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM)‚ filed a lawsuit in September claiming he was pushed to stop issuing new well-drilling permits “without statutory authority or regulations.” Ntuk alleges that he...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is readying an army of bureaucrats to defend the state’s nation-leading climate policies against a potential second Trump administration. Newsom administration officials are keenly aware that deep-blue California is a prime target for former President Donald Trump’s political diatribes and policy rollbacks — and they fully expect he’ll resume his attacks on the Golden State if he wins in November. Trump campaign officials openly acknowledge that they plan to attack...

 Moderna has more to offer beyond its Covid vaccine. The biotech company Wednesday announced positive clinical trial data on three experimental vaccines against other viruses. The company is moving those shots to final stage studies‚ it said. The update brings Moderna a step closer to having multiple products on the market‚ which it badly needs amid plunging demand for Covid shots worldwide. The company’s Covid jab is its only commercially available...

The Supreme Court appeared listless‚ even bored‚ during Tuesday’s oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine‚ the case asking the courts to ban the abortion drug mifepristone. Their frustration with the Alliance case is understandable‚ since they’ve been dealing with it for nearly an entire year. Last April‚ after two lower courts issued decisions that would have effectively removed mifepristone from the market‚ the justices voted...