The Supreme Court on Monday weighed whether a Louisiana congressional map that includes two majority-black districts for the first time in decades is a lawful effort to comply with the Voting Rights Act or an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. At the heart of the case is a tension between two key legal standards: Section 2 of […]
Shares of 23andme stocks fell more than 57% Monday after the San Francisco-based genetics company announced late Sunday it had filed for bankruptcy and its chief executive had resigned. CEO Anne Wojcicki, who will remain on the board, has failed multiple times to rescue the flagging business by trying to buy it back. “I remain committed to […]
Comedians gathered Sunday at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony, using it as a forum to take shots at its new chairman, President Donald Trump. This year’s recipient was comedian Conan O’Brien. While he did not directly mention Trump during his acceptance […]
The Trump administration is at the center of an extraordinary national security lapse in which a journalist was added to an encrypted group chat of senior U.S. officials, unbeknownst to them, that included a debate on whether the United States should attack the Houthis. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz, Vice […]
This week’s Liberal Media Scream provides the latest fodder for conservatives calling for an end to taxpayer support of public TV because of its anti-Right bias and disdain for President Donald Trump. In focus is the nightly PBS News Hour program that regularly features guests critical of Trump. For our example, it wasn’t the liberal […]
The Justice Department accused Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University who was detained by the Trump administration and had his visa revoked, of hiding his association with a controversial United Nations agency. Khalil covered up his employment by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East when […]
(The Center Square) – Proponents and critics of a Washington state bill regarding public health continue to argue over the exact impacts it will have on matters such as vaccine mandates or restrictions in response to the outbreak of a virus. Rep. Dan Bronoske, D-Lakewood, is the sponsor of House Bill 1531, which declares that […]
(The Center Square) – As maintenance of North Carolina’s voter registration rolls continues, Republicans are just over 27,000 behind Democrats – narrowing what was already 105,675 on Nov. 5 as a two-decade trend continues. Unaffiliated voters remain and are increasing as the state’s largest voting bloc. Of nearly 7.5 million registered voters, more than 2.8 […]
(The Center Square) – A recent study found that Chicago renters are facing some of the steepest increases in the nation, but one central Illinois community is getting hit even harder. The report by ConsumerAffairs focused on the 70 most-populous cities in the U.S. Researchers found that Chicagoans faced the ninth-highest rent inflation, with a […]
(The Center Square) – Redevelopment of the old Fiesta Henderson Casino site in Henderson, Nevada has been further delayed after the city’s exclusive negotiations with the Woodbury Corp. fell through. Henderson is about 15 miles from Las Vegas. The Fiesta Henderson Casino closed shortly at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and was never able […]
