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The move comes a week after Amazon took a similar step, committing to reimburse U.S. employees up to $4,000 annually for travel and lodging for medical treatments. Other companies including Yelp, Citigroup and Levi Strauss & Co. are acting in the wake of Politico’s publication last week of a leaked Supreme…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky) said Tuesday that the bill was “particularly radical,” Democrats have acknowledged their bill is certain to fail in the 50-50 Senate, where 60 votes are needed to advance legislation. As when the proposal was put forward back in February, no Republicans are expected to support…

The U.S. has recorded more than one million overdose deaths since 2000, and more than half of those came in the past seven years. “We’ve never seen anything like this,” said Robert Anderson, chief of the mortality-statistics branch at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, regarding fentanyl’s impact on the…

Inflation slowed slightly to 8.3% for the 12 months ending in April, according to the consumer price index. The much-anticipated numbers reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday revealed that inflation is still going strong despite the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes and is near the worst it has been…

The Biden administration has sent multiple arms packages to bolster Ukraine’s defense, most recently on Friday. Joe Biden signed a bill Monday that will streamline the lengthy process of supplying Ukraine with the military equipment needed for the fight against Russia. “I’m signing a bill that provides another important tool…

The shortage is so dire that Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas on Monday called the situation “a national crisis” on Twitter.  “The FDA needs to immediately step up, be transparent, explain how it will get production restarted, and give parents a timeline. And the Biden Administration needs to take this…

2000 Mules, created by conservative political commentator Dinesh D’Souza, began streaming Saturday at noon on Rumble and subscription-based platform Locals. “The movie’s gross sales on Rumble and Locals, which began on Saturday at noon, are good enough to put ‘2000 Mules’ in the estimated box office top ten for the weekend of May 6th…

“No uterus, no opinion” chanted the crowd that vows to return to the Chevy Chase neighborhood again. “You don’t get to take away my bodily autonomy and get enjoy your Saturday at home. You can do one or the other,” said Nikki Enfield who is outraged by the leaked draft…

Russia’s progress in eastern and southern Ukraine is being closely monitored as its forces appear to have escalated assaults on those regions. Having re-focused its attacks away from northern Ukraine and the capital Kyiv, Russian forces are now looking to take full control of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine…

Musk will take on the role of chief executive for “a few months,” reports CNBC. While raising funds for his takeover bid, Musk told banks he has a new CEO lined up for Twitter, according to Reuters, which didn’t report who would take on the role. Parag Agrawal, who took over from co-founder…