Democrats looking to keep Arizona blue are counting on abortion rights to carry them this fall, a bet that might not pay the same dividends it did two years ago. Across the state, abortion rights activists are gathering signatures to place a measure on the ballot putting abortion protections in the state’s constitution. In doing […]
Former President Donald Trump touted his social media platform Truth Social, which is set to inject a stream of income for the former president as he battles multiple court cases. “Truth Social is doing very well. It’s hot as a pistol and doing great and it’s going public, and the New York Stock Exchange wants […]
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the case of Nicholas Sandmann, a former Kentucky high school student who sued several news outlets for allegedly libelous coverage of his viral encounter with a Native American activist in 2019. Justices decided not to take up Sandmann’s petition against several outlets, including ABC News, The New York Times, Gannett, and others, […]
A transgender teenager in Pennsylvania was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the murder of a 12-year-old girl. Ash Cooper, who was born Joshua Cooper, pleaded guilty on Thursday to third-degree murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, […]
President Joe Biden‘s campaign is underscoring the importance of abortion access before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in a case to decide whether to restrict access to one of the two drugs required to terminate a pregnancy chemically. Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez described the Supreme Court case, Food and Drug Administration […]
Gov. Mark Gordon (R-WY) vetoed part of the Wyoming budget Saturday, protecting diversity, equity, and inclusion programming at the University of Wyoming. While Gordon protected the programming, he decided to keep the legislative language defunding the DEI office at the school. The bill sent to Gordon’s desk stripped the school of $1.73 million, cut from […]
A judge in New York sided with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg at a hearing on Monday and set a trial in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump to begin on April 15. Judge Juan Merchan found Bragg violated no discovery rules after Trump had asked the judge to dismiss the case […]
Election night 2022 brought a lot of hope among Washington Republicans that the new GOP majority would result in major victories. But since that night, the House has instead stumbled through speaker fights and policy differences, prompting the No. 1 scorer of Republicans to call it a failed period. “Despite the presence of more opportunities […]
Vice President Kamala Harris will welcome the president of Guatemala on Monday as part of her strategy to address the “root causes” of illegal immigration. Harris and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo will meet Monday afternoon inside the White House, after which the vice president will host an immigration-focused roundtable discussion that will be closed to […]
New home sales fell in February as the housing market felt the effects of higher mortgage rates, which have remained at multiyear highs for months. New home sales fell 0.3% from January to 662,000, according to a Monday report from the Census Bureau. Nevertheless, the number of new home sales is nearly 6% higher than it was in February […]
