The overwhelming majority of American voters — 86 percent — support keeping in vitro fertilization legal, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll.
The poll was conducted Feb. 28 – Mar. 1 in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that declared the practice illegal because the court deemed IVF embryos are “extrauterine children,” and therefore people under the law. Hospitals and fertility clinics in the state have shut down IVF treatments because they fear prosecution.
Although Trump and some Republican lawmakers have said they support IVF after the decision came out, even speaking...
The poll was conducted Feb. 28 – Mar. 1 in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that declared the practice illegal because the court deemed IVF embryos are “extrauterine children,” and therefore people under the law. Hospitals and fertility clinics in the state have shut down IVF treatments because they fear prosecution.
Although Trump and some Republican lawmakers have said they support IVF after the decision came out, even speaking...
- 3/3/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is facing a rapidly growing number of calls from his Democratic colleagues to resign from office following a damning indictment on charges of corruption and bribery.
On Wednesday, Menendez pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment in Manhattan court.
The indictment, which was made public on Friday, was initially met with widespread silence from Senate Democrats, save for Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman, who on Saturday called for Menendez’s resignation. “Senator Menendez should resign,” he wrote. “He’s entitled to the presumption of innocence,...
On Wednesday, Menendez pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment in Manhattan court.
The indictment, which was made public on Friday, was initially met with widespread silence from Senate Democrats, save for Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman, who on Saturday called for Menendez’s resignation. “Senator Menendez should resign,” he wrote. “He’s entitled to the presumption of innocence,...
- 9/27/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) seemed to be confused during a vote on a defense appropriations bill on Thursday, leading another Democratic senator to intervene.
The incident occurred during a Senate Appropriations Committee session. Instead of voting either “aye” or “nay,” Feinstein started to give a speech to support the bill: “I would like to support a ‘yes’ vote on this. It provides $823 billion…”
About 10 seconds into her speech, an aide whispered something into her ear. Committee chair Patty Murray (D-Washington), then said, “Just say aye.”
“Aye,” Feinstein responded.
A confused Sen. Dianne Feinstein trying to cast her vote for an $823 billion military budget is reminded by colleagues to “just say aye” pic.twitter.com/as1vJHwJCS
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) July 27, 2023
Later, the California Democrat voted against a bill before she was corrected and switched her decision to “yes.”
A spokesperson for the senator said that the day “was a little...
The incident occurred during a Senate Appropriations Committee session. Instead of voting either “aye” or “nay,” Feinstein started to give a speech to support the bill: “I would like to support a ‘yes’ vote on this. It provides $823 billion…”
About 10 seconds into her speech, an aide whispered something into her ear. Committee chair Patty Murray (D-Washington), then said, “Just say aye.”
“Aye,” Feinstein responded.
A confused Sen. Dianne Feinstein trying to cast her vote for an $823 billion military budget is reminded by colleagues to “just say aye” pic.twitter.com/as1vJHwJCS
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) July 27, 2023
Later, the California Democrat voted against a bill before she was corrected and switched her decision to “yes.”
A spokesperson for the senator said that the day “was a little...
- 7/28/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
When Joni Mitchell finally took the stage near the end of an all-star tribute concert honouring her as this year’s recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, she opted to perform a cover rather than one of her own songs.
The 79-year-old music legend, who is the first Canadian and only the third woman to be honoured with the accolade, leaned against the piano Wednesday as she crooned a sultry version of “Summertime”, the popular tune from George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”, an appropriate choice since the award was named after the composer.
But she wasn’t done. The evening’s other performers came to the stage and surrounded Mitchell as she launched into one of her more popular tunes, “The Circle Game”. Graham Nash, James Taylor, Ledisi, Cyndi Lauper, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Mumford, Brandi Carlile and others brought the crowd to their feet...
The 79-year-old music legend, who is the first Canadian and only the third woman to be honoured with the accolade, leaned against the piano Wednesday as she crooned a sultry version of “Summertime”, the popular tune from George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”, an appropriate choice since the award was named after the composer.
But she wasn’t done. The evening’s other performers came to the stage and surrounded Mitchell as she launched into one of her more popular tunes, “The Circle Game”. Graham Nash, James Taylor, Ledisi, Cyndi Lauper, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Mumford, Brandi Carlile and others brought the crowd to their feet...
- 3/2/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
For decades, a major restaurant lobby has devoted millions of dollars to stomping out bills that would improve the lives of the industry’s workers — including attempts to raise state and federal minimum wages to 15 per hour. As it turns out, the workers who stood to gain from those legislative efforts had unwittingly funded the restaurant lobby’s war on them. Now, a group of Democratic senators are demanding answers to find out how workers came to fund a fight against their own interests.
The demands come in a letter,...
The demands come in a letter,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Katie Porter (D-ca) announced on Tuesday that she is running for the U.S. Senate in 2024.
Porter, who has gained a media profile for her hard-hitting questioning of House committee witnesses, while often using a whiteboard to explain complicated topics, is seeking the seat currently occupied by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-ca). Feinstein, 89, who has served in the Senate since 1992, has not yet revealed her plans, but there has been widespread speculation that she will not run again.
“California needs a warrior in the Senate—to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy,” Porter said in an announcement video she posted on Twitter.
Porter served on the natural resources and oversight and reform committees in the last Congress. She chaired the natural resources subcommittee on oversight and investigations. She was elected to Congress...
Porter, who has gained a media profile for her hard-hitting questioning of House committee witnesses, while often using a whiteboard to explain complicated topics, is seeking the seat currently occupied by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-ca). Feinstein, 89, who has served in the Senate since 1992, has not yet revealed her plans, but there has been widespread speculation that she will not run again.
“California needs a warrior in the Senate—to stand up to special interests, fight the dangerous imbalance in our economy, and hold so-called leaders like Mitch McConnell accountable for rigging our democracy,” Porter said in an announcement video she posted on Twitter.
Porter served on the natural resources and oversight and reform committees in the last Congress. She chaired the natural resources subcommittee on oversight and investigations. She was elected to Congress...
- 1/10/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — Nearly five months ago, a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, attacked police officers, chanted about hanging then-Vice President Mike Pence, and tried to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. At one point on that day, January 6, 2021, insurrectionists spilled onto the floor of the Senate where they posed for pictures and ransacked the senators’ private desks. On Friday, Republican senators stood on that same ground and voted to block the creation of a bipartisan commission to understand what happened during the January 6th Capitol Riot...
- 5/28/2021
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-n.Y.) is calling for a strong response to the attack on the Capitol that President Trump fueled. She wants Congress to act to remove Trump from office, bar him from holding federal office again, and block him from pardoning himself. She has also said Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Josh Hawley (R-Iowa) should resign for their role in trying to overturn the election.
“Every minute and every hour that [Trump] is in office represents a clear and present danger, not just to the United States Congress, but,...
“Every minute and every hour that [Trump] is in office represents a clear and present danger, not just to the United States Congress, but,...
- 1/10/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
With declines in advertising revenue devastating news organizations across the country because of the coronavirus pandemic, 14 U.S. Senators have signed a letter urging Senate leaders to specifically “include payroll support for digital-native news professionals in the next Covid-19-related legislation.”
The letter is endorsed by the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, and the WGA East, which represents staffers at online news outlets such as HuffPost, Salon, Slate, Vox Media and Vice Media.
“The Covid-19 pandemic’s economic devastation has rippled out to the news industry,” the senators wrote today in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Charles Schumer. “Initial reporting estimated a 51% decline in spending on advertisements over March and April. When Americans stopped shopping, retailers stopped advertising. When Americans quit traveling, airlines and hotels quit advertising.
“This pause in advertising has hurt digital-native news outlets in particular. These organizations rely primarily on advertising revenue to pay the bills.
The letter is endorsed by the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, and the WGA East, which represents staffers at online news outlets such as HuffPost, Salon, Slate, Vox Media and Vice Media.
“The Covid-19 pandemic’s economic devastation has rippled out to the news industry,” the senators wrote today in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Charles Schumer. “Initial reporting estimated a 51% decline in spending on advertisements over March and April. When Americans stopped shopping, retailers stopped advertising. When Americans quit traveling, airlines and hotels quit advertising.
“This pause in advertising has hurt digital-native news outlets in particular. These organizations rely primarily on advertising revenue to pay the bills.
- 6/9/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
This story appears in the June 2020 issue of Rolling Stone.
Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, flanked Donald Trump at the podium in the White House briefing room. It was February 29th, the day of the first reported U.S. death from the coronavirus, and the president fielded an urgent question: “How should Americans prepare for this virus?” a reporter asked. “Should they go on with their daily lives? Change their routine? What should they do?”
In that moment, America was flying blind into a...
Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, flanked Donald Trump at the podium in the White House briefing room. It was February 29th, the day of the first reported U.S. death from the coronavirus, and the president fielded an urgent question: “How should Americans prepare for this virus?” a reporter asked. “Should they go on with their daily lives? Change their routine? What should they do?”
In that moment, America was flying blind into a...
- 5/10/2020
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney does not mince words when it comes to his thoughts on conversion therapy.
Last week, the New York Congressman introduced a federal bill which would restrict attempts to treat the sexual orientation or gender identity of Lgbtq youth as a mental illness. Comparing conversion therapy to archaic medical practices like leeches and bleeding, Maloney calls it “medieval-style nonsense,” in addition to “outrageous,” “barbaric,” and “cruel.”
“It’s been thoroughly discredited by every professional organization of any repute,” he tells Rolling Stone. “It has no basis in science or in mental health.
Last week, the New York Congressman introduced a federal bill which would restrict attempts to treat the sexual orientation or gender identity of Lgbtq youth as a mental illness. Comparing conversion therapy to archaic medical practices like leeches and bleeding, Maloney calls it “medieval-style nonsense,” in addition to “outrageous,” “barbaric,” and “cruel.”
“It’s been thoroughly discredited by every professional organization of any repute,” he tells Rolling Stone. “It has no basis in science or in mental health.
- 4/2/2019
- by Nico Lang
- Rollingstone.com
Washington state officials passed a bill to rename a post office near Jimi Hendrix‘s hometown of Seattle to honor the guitar god.
Both of Washington’s U.S. senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, supported Rep. Adam Smith’s bill to rechristen Renton Highlands Post Office as the James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix Post Office. The bill was signed into law last week after it passed unanimously.
The post office, located in the Seattle suburb of Renton, is less than a mile from the Jimi Hendrix Memorial in the Greenwood Memorial Park cemetery,...
Both of Washington’s U.S. senators, Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, supported Rep. Adam Smith’s bill to rechristen Renton Highlands Post Office as the James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix Post Office. The bill was signed into law last week after it passed unanimously.
The post office, located in the Seattle suburb of Renton, is less than a mile from the Jimi Hendrix Memorial in the Greenwood Memorial Park cemetery,...
- 12/30/2018
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court battle has turned into one of the most contentious nominations in our nation’s history. President Trump’s nominee has been accused of past sexual assaults and of being dishonest before the Senate.
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
Despite testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote on September 28th. Following an unaccountably incomplete investigation by the FBI, Kavanaugh’s nomination cleared a key procedural hurdle, setting up a final vote this weekend.
On Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-me) delivered...
- 10/5/2018
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Twitter was divided on Thursday as people voiced their approval — or disappointment — over Sen. Al Franken’s resignation amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Much like Franken himself did in his emotional Senate-floor speech, many tweeters pointed out the irony that the Minnesota Democrat was forced to resign over his alleged actions while other politicians who have been accused of sexual misconduct — including President Donald Trump and embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore — have not faced consequences. (Trump and Moore have denied the allegations against them.)
Actress Ellen Barkin showed support for Franken while decrying Democrats for their part in his resignation,...
Much like Franken himself did in his emotional Senate-floor speech, many tweeters pointed out the irony that the Minnesota Democrat was forced to resign over his alleged actions while other politicians who have been accused of sexual misconduct — including President Donald Trump and embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore — have not faced consequences. (Trump and Moore have denied the allegations against them.)
Actress Ellen Barkin showed support for Franken while decrying Democrats for their part in his resignation,...
- 12/7/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Facing a surge of pressure from his female counterparts in the Senate, Sen. Al Franken has resigned amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Franken, a Democratic junior senator from Minnesota, announced his resignation in an emotional appearance on the Senate floor on Thursday.
In the coming weeks, “I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate,” Franken said.
He added that “some of the allegations against me are simply not true. Others I remember very differently.”
Franken has been accused of inappropriately touching seven women, including Leeann Tweeden, a morning news anchor on Kabc radio in Los Angeles,...
Franken, a Democratic junior senator from Minnesota, announced his resignation in an emotional appearance on the Senate floor on Thursday.
In the coming weeks, “I will be resigning as a member of the United States Senate,” Franken said.
He added that “some of the allegations against me are simply not true. Others I remember very differently.”
Franken has been accused of inappropriately touching seven women, including Leeann Tweeden, a morning news anchor on Kabc radio in Los Angeles,...
- 12/7/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Has your newsfeed has been flooded with pink today?
Supporters of Planned Parenthood have been sharing selfies, photos and other social media posts splashed with the color pink to voice opposition to political plans to defund the organization.
The Pink Out Day social media campaign has been getting a lot of support from some of Hollywood’s biggest stars: using the hashtag #PinkOut, celebrities — including Charlize Theron, Lily Collins, Elizabeth Banks and Connie Britton — have been sharing their support for Planned Parenthood.
We'll never stop fighting for our health, rights & communities. #IStandWithPP & 2.5Mm who rely on it. #PinkOut https://t.
Supporters of Planned Parenthood have been sharing selfies, photos and other social media posts splashed with the color pink to voice opposition to political plans to defund the organization.
The Pink Out Day social media campaign has been getting a lot of support from some of Hollywood’s biggest stars: using the hashtag #PinkOut, celebrities — including Charlize Theron, Lily Collins, Elizabeth Banks and Connie Britton — have been sharing their support for Planned Parenthood.
We'll never stop fighting for our health, rights & communities. #IStandWithPP & 2.5Mm who rely on it. #PinkOut https://t.
- 3/29/2017
- by Gabrielle Olya
- PEOPLE.com
1. "A Very Murray Christmas" (available December 4) Why Should I Watch It? Because we already told you to! Don't worry. Though it's beyond reason how you could miss out on an Indiewire review (especially one from yours truly), Christmas is a time for forgiveness. So I'll tell you again, without reproach, why you should watch "A Very Murray Christmas": The "Murray" in the title? It's not referring to Brian Doyle-Murray, Demarco Murray or even United States Senator Patty Murray. It's Bill Murray. Bill Murray is hosting a Christmas special. Watch it. Best Episode: Technically, "A Very Murray Christmas" is only one episode. It could even be considered a movie, since it goes beyond the 40-minute minimum for an episode. But if you break it up into the many musical performances sung by famous faces of today and yesteryear, then you've got yourself a ranking; a ranking Indiewire will be publishing very soon,...
- 11/27/2015
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Sen. John McCain (R-az) took some shots at his fellow Republicans during Tuesday's Senate debate over the proposed bipartisan budget deal put together by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-wi) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-wa). Joining the more moderate wing of the Republican Party, McCain declared his strong support for the deal and accused any members of the Gop who plan to vote against it of lacking "intellectual integrity."...
- 12/17/2013
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-ca) is no fan of the budget compromise hashed out by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-wi) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-wa), but she is nevertheless attempting to convince her members to support the move by noting that it is better than a shutdown. According to CNN host Jake Tapper who sat down with Pelosi on Thursday, the minority leader told her members that the deal sucks but they should “embrace the suck.”...
- 12/12/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
On Morning Joe Wednesday morning, former Bush communications director Nicolle Wallace argued with Senator Tom Coburn (R-ok) argued over last night's budget deal between Representative Paul Ryan (R-wi) and Senator Patty Murray (D-wa). Coburn said he opposed the deal, preferring instead to do away with the sequester by eliminating budgetary redundancies, though many are crediting Ryan with working fast to avoid another costly congressional showdown.
- 12/11/2013
- by Evan McMurry
- Mediaite - TV
Former Congressional Budget Office director under President George W. Bush, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, joined the panel guests on MSNBC’s Now with Alex Wagner on Wednesday where he battled his fellow panelists and the host on multiple fronts. He defended Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-wi) budget proposal as a “serious document” and slammed the spending proposals advanced in the budget released by Sen. Patty Murray (D-wa) saying that they “make me cringe.”...
- 3/20/2013
- by Noah Rothman
- Mediaite - TV
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