Taxpayers in 12 states are now able to file their taxes for free, thanks to the IRS’s new online tool. Direct File is an attempt to compete with commercial companies, such as TurboTax, for direct filing. “We will be working closely with the 12 pilot states in this test run, which will help us gather […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to challenge what he called voting restrictions implemented by Republican lawmakers that he said were “discriminatory, burdensome, and unnecessary.” Garland spoke alongside Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday in Selma, Alabama, at the city’s 59th anniversary of the 1965 civil rights event dubbed “Bloody Sunday,” the day when Alabama police […]
Outdoor clothing and gear giant The North Face is offering customers a 20% discount if they complete a digital course on racial inclusion and allyship. Titled “Allyship in the Outdoors,” the course seeks to help customers all over the world understand the challenge people of color face when it comes to “accessing the outdoors” and […]
Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, filed a lawsuit against former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson alleging she defamed him. Bobulinski’s lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Monday alleges that Hutchinson mischaracterized a meeting between himself and former White House chief of staff […]
Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking hundreds of classified Department of Defense documents, has agreed to a plea deal that could have him spend the next 16 years in prison. Teixeira was in court on Monday and pleaded guilty as laid out in the deal, according to court documents. He “callously […]
Former President Donald Trump embraced the Supreme Court‘s decision to keep him on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot, a decision stopping other Democratic-led states, such as Maine and Illinois, from removing him as well. “I want to start by thanking the Supreme Court for its unanimous decision today,” Trump said Monday from his Mar-a-Lago resort in […]
The European Union’s nearly $2 billion fine against Apple is the latest legal action taken by the bloc against the Big Tech company. The EU announced on Monday that it was fining Apple 1.8 billion euros, or $1.95 billion, for the company using iOS’s dominant role to prevent other music streaming services from succeeding. For […]
France became the first country to enshrine abortion rights into its constitution on Monday. “We’re sending a message to all women: Your body belongs to you, and no one can decide for you,” French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal told members of parliament and senators at a historic joint session of the French legislature at the Palace […]
An artificial intelligence company monitoring election and voting misinformation flagged two factually accurate stories regarding noncitizen voting published by the Center Square. Logically, the U.K. company hired by the Washington secretary of state’s office, was part of an AI program to track election and voter misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation on social media causing “harmful narratives.” […]
University of Maryland officials announced Friday the suspension of fraternities and sororities on its campus in College Park, Maryland. The announcement, cosigned by the Department of Fraternity & Sorority Life and the Office of Student Conduct, arrives on the heels of numerous allegations of misconduct from chapters within the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council that […]
