A policy voted on in February to keep biological males out of girls sports in Virginia high schools could be ratified this week. The Virginia High School League is set to host its first in-person meeting on Wednesday since its vote to bar transgender athletes from competing on female teams, and the major change to state […]
(The Center Square) – Colorado lawmakers are scheduled in the final days of the legislative session to consider a joint resolution that would require the General Assembly to sue over the state Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. The joint resolution only has until Wednesday to pass, before the General Assembly adjourns sine die. It hasn’t moved in the chamber […]
(The Center Square) – Consent from parents or guardians for minors getting medical treatment will be required before physicians can act, says a bill that next goes to the floor of the North Carolina House of Representatives. In the Rules Committee on Monday evening, the proposal advanced from more than a dozen under consideration. It […]
(The Center Square) – California lost a net 11,600 jobs in March as private sector job losses exceeded taxpayer-funded job gains, the plurality of which came from a single welfare program in which Californians are paid minimum wage to care for family members. The California Center for Jobs and the Economy’s analysis for state and employment for […]
SpaceX owner Elon Musk detailed his push to make the human race mutli-planetary is to provide it insurance, specifically to save it from being “incinerated” by the sun. The world’s richest man explained that his ambitions to travel to Mars are meant to “better understand the nature of the universe,” as well as provide the […]
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said Tuesday that he will not be supporting Ed Martin’s nomination to be Washington‘s top prosecutor, citing the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia’s controversial statements regarding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Tillis expressed concern about Martin’s nomination last week over “some of his public comments … particularly […]
White House Science and Technology Director Michael Kratsios assured the United States is No. 1 in the world for artificial intelligence. In the days after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the Chinese Communist Party unveiled DeepSeek, its own AI model by a company with the same name. This new company has prompted comparisons to American […]
Anthony Tata, the president’s nominee to be the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, apologized for inflammatory remarks he made in the past and promised to be “apolitical” if he’s confirmed to his position. Tata, a retired Army Brigadier General, faced scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation […]
A federal judge on Monday grilled the Justice Department over whether the Trump administration‘s one-day notice for Venezuelan detainees is enough time for them to challenge their rapid removal under the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines, a Trump-appointed judge in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was weighing the case of a Venezuelan man accused by […]
President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are meeting at the White House. The meeting is the first since Carney became prime minister. Relations between the United States and Canada have been at a historic low due to Trump’s taunting of the country and imposition of tariffs. Trump has struck a positive chord […]
