There has been no shortage of responses to the stunning moment at Sunday night’s Academy Awards, when actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock, who was presenting on stage, for a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.
President Joe Biden released his $5.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2023 on Monday, including significant funding for the police, in an effort to set himself apart from progressives in his party who have advocated for defunding the police. Biden also called for more defense spending and a new minimum tax targeting the rich.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will impose four-year term limits on school board members and subject most material in district schools’ libraries and classrooms to governmental oversight and approval practices.
Tesla founder Elon Musk suggested that a new platform is needed to compete with Twitter amid the platform's recent suspensions of users for tweeting out their opinions.
Scores of workers who got fired for refusing to comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates are eager to sue Mayor Eric Adams over his decision to exempt local pro athletes and performers, lawyers said Thursday.