A federal appeals court upheld Florida’s ban on children attending sexually explicit performances, including drag shows, as lawful, tossing out rulings from lower courts that had found the ban unconstitutional. Florida lawmakers passed the Protection of Children Act in 2023, which made it a misdemeanor to allow minors into live performances that feature nudity, sexual […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will refer Dr. Anthony Fauci to the Department of Justice for contempt of Congress after a committee vote slated for Thursday morning. The move by Paul, chairman of the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee, effectively sidesteps a vote before the entire chamber on whether Fauci inappropriately invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination […]
Several top Senate Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to explain its approach to regulating access to advanced artificial intelligence models, arguing that the current strategy is creating uncertainty for both the tech industry and national security. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent […]
A former U.S. soldier was indicted by a grand jury in New York on Tuesday on charges of plotting an arson attack on the federal building that houses an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office. A federal grand jury indicted Army veteran Andrew Arrabaca on charges that he “used a flammable liquid to ignite a […]
Iranian experts put the total economic losses from just Operation Epic Fury at $280 billion, not counting damage from follow-up operations and the naval blockade. The figure was stated by Hossein Nouhi, a certified construction expert in Tehran’s municipality, during an event hosted by the University of Tehran’s Faculty of Urban Planning, Iran International reported. […]
Republican senators are rallying behind Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) after he publicly accused his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), of abusive behavior, adding to pressure on the Ohio representative as he faces a looming deadline to remain on the November ballot. Moreno made on-camera remarks Tuesday about the contentious divorce and child custody battle […]
Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., dropped criminal charges against three remaining people accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, days after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office abandoned a felony case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn. The dismissals came the same week that President Donald Trump publicly criticized Pirro’s decision to drop the Hearn case and continued […]
Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong distanced herself from past rhetoric on policing, saying she no longer believes police exist to uphold white supremacy and rejecting calls to abolish law enforcement. “My views have only become stronger in that I’m serious about public safety. And I will not abolish the police,” Hong said on the […]
A coalition of Democrat-led states warned the Supreme Court this week that lifting a block on President Donald Trump’s mail-voting executive order would cause “extreme” changes as states prepare to send out ballots for the midterm elections. The group of 22 Democratic states, as well as the District of Columbia, sued the Trump administration in […]
A video has emerged from Ukraine showing a Russian drone hunting and attempting to kill a civilian at a local market in Kherson. Ukraine’s National Police released the footage on Tuesday, which shows a 53-year-old man at an outdoor farmer’s market frantically attempting to escape as the unmanned aerial vehicle circles around him. The drone […]
