Loudoun County Public Schools is facing new legal accusations that it retaliated against two high school boys who objected to a transgender classmate using the boys’ locker room, escalating a clash already drawing scrutiny from federal authorities. Attorneys for the boys and their families filed an amended complaint Wednesday in Virginia federal court that adds […]
The Trump administration has dramatically reduced the number of refugees it will admit into the country in the coming year, from 125,000 last year to 7,500 this year. The federal government published an announcement in the Federal Register on Thursday that disclosed it would cap refugee admissions at 7,500 in fiscal 2026, which began in […]
The Democratic leader of the Maryland Senate is facing pressure, ridicule, and even a call for his ouster from members of his own party after he torpedoed a bid to draw new congressional lines to combat national Republicans. Citing perceived legal and political risks, Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson informed state lawmakers this week that […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday threw her support behind the state Democrats’ ballot measure to redraw California’s congressional map. Proposition 50, the ballot measure designed to approve the Democrat-led agenda to redraw California‘s congressional map, appears likely to pass in the special election next week based on polling data. Harris released a video of […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said that she is moving toward launching a Texas Senate run if Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) loses his competitive Republican primary. “I’m going to be flat out with you and tell you that I don’t think that there’s a Democrat that can take out Cornyn,” the representative told Politico, “I think […]
Pope Leo XIV suffered one of the greatest insults of his pontificate this week, though the heresy was not theological. Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, gave the pontiff, a high-profile fan of the Chicago White Sox baseball team, customized memorabilia of the organization’s crosstown rivals. “I had the joy […]
Texas judges will no longer face penalties if they opt out of performing same-sex marriages if the practice violates their religious beliefs, the state’s highest court ruled. The Texas Supreme Court added a comment to the state’s judicial conduct code declaring that judges who “publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely […]
SAN DIEGO, California — California Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) thinks Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) ambitious plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections is a lesson in political greed. Kiley, a former high school English teacher whose district would be carved up under the new map, described the redistricting battles sweeping […]
A federal appeals court handed the Trump administration a win Wednesday evening, pausing a lower judge’s order mandating daily court appearances for a top Border Patrol official to give updates about immigration operations in Chicago. The move came shortly after the Justice Department sought what’s known as a writ of mandamus to strike U.S. District Judge […]
Comedian Theo Von admitted that the hate he received for being in a Department of Homeland Security video was “scary” and caused him to be “paranoid.” Von, whose real name is Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski, discussed the video aftermath in an episode of his podcast, This Past Weekend, that aired on Wednesday. He explained to […]
