Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has pushed back on the recent censures of Representatives Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney by the Republican National Committee (RNC).McConnell voiced disagreement with the RNC’s action during a press conference on the afternoon of February 8, 2022, when he was asked about the national GOP censuring Kinzinger and Cheney.A few…Continue Reading
The following is a lightly edited transcript of remarks made by Michael Hurley during a Newsweek podcast debate on NFL overtime rules. You can listen to the podcast here: There’s the old saying, around mixed company, you don’t talk politics or religion. I would throw the NFL overtime rules into there because things can get…Continue Reading
Investigators for the House Jan. 6 committee are scrutinizing rallies and events as far back as a year before the Capitol riot in an effort to identify a broader network of planning and the causes of the attack, according to a half-dozen people helping conduct the committee’s investigation who spoke with NBC News.The committee’s investigators…Continue Reading
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Perhaps no company symbolizes the pandemic stock market more than Peloton, which will attempt a fresh start with a leadership change and significant workforce downsizing.The big picture: Peloton has owned some strategic missteps and weathered a massive stock hit. Now it seems poised to tune out reports of activists and potential acquirers, and is settling…Continue Reading
A handful of news media companies now have more than 1 million followers on TikTok, a testament to how much the viral video platform has become a central place for Gen-Zers to get news. Why it matters: Even though TikTok has done little to court news publishers or make the platform lucrative for them, the…Continue Reading
A number of prominent Republicans are vocally supporting former Vice President Mike Pence after his public rebuke of former President Trump. Catch up quick: Pence said last week that Trump was “wrong” to claim the former vice president could have “overturned” the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021, as he presided over the counting…Continue Reading
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Black women are more widely represented in health care than any other demographic group, yet they’re concentrated in its lowest-wage and most hazardous jobs, according to a study published yesterday in Health Affairs.Why it matters: The study was among several examining racism and health in Health Affairs released Monday in the medical journal’s first issue…Continue Reading