Full Story MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow openly criticized her network for canceling the shows of two non-white prime-time hosts, including Joy Reid. Reid’s final broadcast of “The ReidOut” aired earlier in the evening, marking an emotional farewell joined by Maddow. “There is no colleague for whom I have had more affection and more respect than…

As an illegal strike across dozens of New York prisons enters its second week, officials announced a 61-year-old inmate at one of the impacted facilities died over the weekend. The death occurred at Auburn Correctional Facility, where U.S. National Guard troops are deployed. The troops replaced corrections officers who walked off of the job in…

Texas authorities believe they thwarted a mass casualty attack against police officers. The Houston FBI posted a message to X on Monday, Feb. 24, detailing the arrest of a suspect allegedly planning an attack on police “similar to the 2016 Dallas ambush.” What have investigators said about the arrest? The FBI Corpus Christi and Corpus…

The Trump administration has scrapped a key Biden-era policy that tracked how U.S. weapons are used abroad, ending a requirement to report potential violations of international law. The policy, known as National Security Memorandum-20 (NSM-20), was signed by President Joe Biden in February 2024, and required the U.S. government to assess whether allies, including Israel,…

New airspace restrictions tied to President Donald Trump’s travel are causing major disruptions at Washington’s Reagan National Airport, according to The Washington Post. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) imposed stricter airspace controls following a midair collision on Jan. 29, between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet, which resulted in 67 fatalities.…

Full Story Elon Musk is doubling down on a warning he sent to federal employees, which was to respond to an email with a recap of accomplishments from the last week, or be fired. Hours after the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told agencies that responses to the recap email were optional, Musk again…

For the first time in half a century, a volunteer botanist discovered a new plant species at one of America’s national parks. The plant, dubbed the “wooly devil,” was first spotted in 2024 in Texas’ Big Bend National Park. The plant was unlike anything anyone had ever seen at the park before, so park officials…

Earthlings can breathe easier, the chances of a “city-killing” asteroid striking Earth have dipped to 0.001%, according to the European Space Agency on Tuesday, Feb. 25. That number is down from the highest probability ever recorded by NASA at more than 3% on Feb. 18. Why were space agencies concerned? Space agencies around the globe…

Denny’s is the latest in a chain of restaurants across the U.S. to increase the price of eggs on its menu due to an ongoing egg shortage. The nation’s continuing bird flu outbreak is decimating chicken flocks throughout the country. The diner chain has reportedly joined a growing number of restaurants adding a surcharge to…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said a newly discovered coronavirus in bats is not a cause for concern. The agency announced on Monday, Feb. 24, there is no current threat to public health and no infections have been found in humans. The CDC stated it’s “aware of a publication about a new…