The late Sen. Lindsey Graham is honored in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday morning ahead of his funeral service in Washington, D.C. Graham, who died July 11 at age 71 from an aortic dissection, was a staunch conservative and known war hawk. His dedication to fighting for Israel and Ukraine — including introducing legislation to impose stricter sanctions on Russia — in the nations’ respective wars will be a major part of his legacy. #lindseygraham #capitol #washingtondc #senate
Catholic nuns and health care ministries are suing the Empire State for enacting a new medically assisted suicide law they allege requires them to violate their religious faith.
The administration notified Congress last week that it intends to spend nearly $176 million to replace outdated and undersea telecommunications cables in the Caribbean and Central America.
Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte has announced that approximately one third of the Office of the DNI (ODNI) has been layed off.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has undergone significant staff reductions under Acting Director Bill Pulte, with layoffs reportedly cutting the ODNI workforce by roughly one-third. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte has announced that approximately one-third of the Office of the DNI (ODNI) has been laid off. DETAIL: On Monday, Acting Director Pulte declared that the ODNI had conducted a fourth round of layoffs. The Acting Director described the decision as the “5th and near final round” of layoffs. “We are, this morning, Executing a 5th and Near Final Round of TERMINATIONS, an approximately 30% Staff Reduction from Weeks Ago,” said the Acting Director on X…Open
OPINION: Former Congressmen JD Hayworth and Joe Cunningham join the show to discuss the new report from the Pharmaceutical Reform Alliance, which discusses how and why drug prices in the U.S. have risen so much. #JDHayworth #JoeCunningham #BigPharma About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political…
The U.S. blood supply has reached crisis levels, prompting the American Red Cross and the Surgeon General's Office to urge people to donate. Why it matters: A prolonged blood shortage could delay surgeries, trauma care and other treatments that depend on timely blood transfusions. - The Red Cross says it has "less than a one-day national supply of type O positive blood," which is the most commonly transfused blood type. Due to the shortage, the organization is limiting distribution of type O blood to hospitals. Driving the news: Blood donations fell to a four-year summer low in 2026, the Red Cross said on Monday. - Current supply is not keeping up with the demand for blood, which increases during the summer, the Red Cross says. - The…
AI appears to improve workers' efficiency in a number of sectors. The U.S. has experienced a surge in economy-wide productivity in the last couple of years. But the former isn't necessarily driving the latter. The big picture: Companies are achieving more output per person-hour of labor because they are making better use of existing capital, a provocative new analysis finds — not, at the moment at least, by making major use of AI. - AI advances may be generating substantial micro-level gains in some sectors, but so far are not the driver of one of the most important macro trends of the last couple of years, finds Ernie Tedeschi, chief economist at Stripe. State of play: A surge in labor productivity — after a couple of decades of…
