GOP senators said legislation barring transgender females from participating in women’s sports will receive floor consideration next year if Republicans retake the Senate in November. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) individually expressed confidence on Tuesday that a Republican Senate majority leader would bring such legislation up for a vote. […]
The federal judiciary announced Tuesday a new rule aimed at mitigating so-called judge shopping strategies, a controversial practice where litigants single out a particular judge to hear their case. The practice has come under bipartisan scrutiny in recent years. The Judicial Conference of the United States, the advisory body of the federal judiciary, announced the changes following its semiannual […]
While House Republican leaders forge ahead with a vote Wednesday on a bill to push the Chinese owners of TikTok to divest or face being banned in the United States, the legislation is far from certain in the Senate. Senators on both sides of the aisle are signaling they’re conflicted about the legislation amid concerns […]
Taco Bell locations in Oakland, California, are closing their dining indoors, opting to only serve customers via their drive-thrus due to crime. Out of the five locations based in this city, which is dealing with rising crime, all but one of them have shuttered their indoor dining. These locations are also not accepting cash from […]
NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura are on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s short list to run alongside him on his independent presidential ticket. Both candidates began their careers as celebrities, with Rodgers serving as quarterback for the New York Jets and Ventura having started as a professional wrestler and actor before […]
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) to serve as U.S. representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Maloney’s nomination, which would give him an ambassador title, passed by a 63-31 margin. President Joe Biden nominated Maloney, who lost his swing-district seat to Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) in 2022 […]
President Joe Biden is projected to surpass the 1,968 delegates needed to become the Democratic nominee Tuesday night as voters in Georgia, Washington, and Mississippi cast their primary ballots. While Biden won’t be awarded the nomination until the Democratic convention in Chicago in August, he surpassed the party’s delegate threshold after an early win in Georgia and projection to […]
House Republicans are blasting the Biden administration for working to “federalize” elections by allowing federal work-study funds to support President Joe Biden‘s 2024 campaign, calling on the Education Department to rescind its decision. House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI), House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), elections subcommittee Chairwoman Laurel Lee (R-FL), […]
House Democrats believe special counsel Robert Hur’s testimony brought House Republicans’ agenda to a “dead end” on Tuesday despite Hur’s report calling President Joe Biden an “elderly man with a poor memory.” Hur testified for hours before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday on his investigation into Biden’s mishandling of classified documents. Republicans sought to […]
Los Angeles hopes to woo the world in 2028 when millions of people pour into the second-largest U.S. metro region to attend the Olympic Games, but it faces an uphill battle to reach its goal of becoming a zero-emissions transportation city by then. In 2018, the city launched a 10-year plan to make the region’s […]
