Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit accusing Snapchat’s operator of illegally marketing addictive design features to minors. Under a 2024 Florida law, HB 3, social media platforms that use “addictive features” are prohibited from providing accounts to children 13 or younger and must restrict access to 14 and 15-year-olds. Snapchat utilizes several of […]
Vice President JD Vance said it was a “blessing” to be one of the last people to see Pope Francis alive while chiding the media for questioning him over Francis’s immigration views. “I’ve thought a lot about that,” Vance said. “It’s pretty crazy, actually. Obviously, when I saw him, I didn’t know that he had […]
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary pointed to the benefits Europe has gained from removing “petroleum-based food chemicals” from its food, which the Trump administration is seeking to do going forward. Makary, along with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., outlined a plan to phase out multiple artificial dyes from […]
Vice President JD Vance‘s half brother Cory Bowman is running for mayor in Cincinnati. Bowman, 36, is the city’s first Republican mayoral candidate since 2009. Bowman is a pastor at River Church Cincinnati, which he started after moving to the city in 2020. Mayor Aftab Pureval is running for reelection after his first term in […]
Vice President JD Vance said the United States could “walk away” if Russia and Ukraine don’t agree to a proposal to end the Russian invasion. “We’ve issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and the Ukrainians, and it’s time for them to either say yes, or for the United States to walk away […]
The Federal Election Commission unanimously dismissed a complaint against NPR accusing it of “clearly and unmistakably” advocating then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. The vote of the four commissioners, made up of two Republicans and two Democrats, was held in February, but the FEC disclosed the dismissal on Monday. NPR’s victory comes as […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments in a high-stakes battle over California’s authority to impose stricter vehicle emissions rules than the rest of the country, a case now shaped by a Trump administration push to roll back state-led climate initiatives. At issue is whether a coalition of energy producers and royalty owners, […]
A massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey, has burned over 8500 acres and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The fire reportedly started around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area in Barnegat Township, New Jersey, according to NBC 10 Philadelphia. Approximately 3,000 people in the area were […]
President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against the country’s elite law firms has sent shock waves through Washington. Defenders of the effort say that’s a good thing. Trump’s threatened or actual executive orders stripping Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Paul Weiss, and other firms of government access, absent pledges from the firms to devote resources […]
As the 100-day mark of President Donald Trump‘s second term approaches, his power struggles with the courts over executive authority have emerged as a defining feature of his presidency. More than 150 lawsuits have been filed by Democratic state attorneys general, advocacy groups, and civil rights lawyers, all seeking to halt or undo Trump’s efforts to reverse Biden-era […]
