The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finalized rules to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act on Monday, including a provision that protects abortion as a “related medical condition” to pregnancy. Along with other provisions that align with the intent of a bill that passed with bipartisan support, the new rule means employers could be required to […]
Protesters in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Oakland and on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco disrupted traffic on Monday, with many criticizing Israel just hours after Iran launched a significant but ineffective aerial attack on the country. At least two of those protests are associated with A15 Action, which states on its website it aims […]
The Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit filed by a group of House Republicans challenging the establishment of metal detectors in the House of Representatives following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The rejection comes after three House Republicans, Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), appealed to […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s supporters launched a new website highlighting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “radical” record as the independent candidate appears poised to siphon votes in November. The super PAC Make America Great Again Inc. created the “Radical F***ing Kennedy” website in an effort to steer moderate voters away from Kennedy and draw Democratic support […]
A transgender athlete and Oregon high school student is going viral after flying past the competition Saturday in a blowout win during a filmed heat of a varsity track event. McDaniel High School sophomore Aayden Gallagher, the transgender student-athlete, ultimately came in second place in the Girls 200 Meter Varsity at the Sherwood Need for […]
President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States backs Israel‘s right to security while warning against a broader war breaking out with Iran in the Middle East. The “United States is committed to Israel’s security,” Biden said during an Oval Office bilateral meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani after Iran attacked […]
A coalition of House Republicans won’t let the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act pass without a fight, with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) calling on fellow lawmakers to vote against tabling a motion to reconsider the bill’s passage. Shortly after FISA passed on the House floor, 273 to 147, on Friday, Rep. Laurel […]
A judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial denied prosecutors’ request on Monday that they be permitted to use as evidence allegations of sexual assault against the former president related to the infamous Access Hollywood tape. Judge Juan Merchan said such allegations amounted to “rumors” that would be prejudicial toward Trump, according to reports from […]
Israeli leaders are debating how the country should respond to Iran’s unprecedented aerial attack against Israel that took place this weekend. Tehran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday night local time and into Sunday morning, the vast majority of which were intercepted by Israeli air defense systems and a coalition […]
David McCormick refused to call the 2020 election “stolen” and former President Donald Trump denied him his endorsement in the 2022 Pennsylvania Senate election. That move would cost McCormick, who went on to narrowly lose to Mehmet Oz in the primary. Oz lost to John Fetterman (D-PA) in 2022, and now, with no other notable […]
