CPI: Ajit Pai and the FCC’s Rationale on Net Neutrality ‘Shallow at Best and Ridiculous at Worst”

When Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai decided to scrap net neutrality, he claimed that Obama-era regulations were slowing down the nationwide deployment of broadband services. A new analysis from the Center for Public Integrity, published Tuesday, calls Pai’s reasoning ‘shallow at best and ridiculous at worst.’ The conclusion shouldn’t come as a shock—Pai’s decision


Paul Ryan Promises Immigration Bill That’d Save Dreamers and Build Trump’s Promised Wall

A Tuesday meeting between moderate Republicans and House Speaker Paul Ryan could culminate in the release of a new immigration bill, intended to circumvent a Democrat-led discharge petition. Created after weeks negotiations between Ryan, centrists and the right-wing Freedom Caucus, the endeavor remains endangered by political uncertainty. Nevertheless, optimism seems on the rise in conservative


CDC Issues Warning about Pre-Cut Melon Amid Multistate Salmonella Outbreak

For your Father’s Day cookout this Sunday, you may want to skip the pre-cut melon. According to a recent recall issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), certain containers of pre-cut melon has “been linked to a Salmonella outbreak” that has already sickened more than 60 people throughout eight states.




$1M Lawsuit Filed Against Martina McBride and Husband Over Retaliation Claims

Country star Martina McBride, her husband, John McBride, and their recording company Blackbird Studios recently came under in a lawsuit filed by a former employee. According to the former employee, Richard Hanson, the “defendants unlawfully terminated him in an act of retaliation after he reported alleged illegal activity about the company’s internship program.” As a result, he is seeking $1 million in damages.



Moderate House Republicans Sit Down with Ryan to Determine Future of Dreamers in America

Moderate House Republicans are plying their more conservative counterparts with a new deal to shield Dreamers from deportation. Discussions are set to take place in House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office throughout Tuesday night. Some two-dozen Republicans are expected to be in attendance, most from swing districts with immigrant-heavy constituencies. The potential defectors have already threatened