A U.S. federal district court judge ruled Wednesday that California cannot enforce a law requiring people to undergo background checks to purchase ammunition, holding that the law has “no historical pedigree” and violates the Second Amendment. “A sweeping background check requirement imposed every time a citizen needs to buy ammunition is an outlier that our […]
Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) appeared to hint on Wednesday that death row executions could be making a return to the Pelican State. Executions have been missing as a part of Louisiana justice since 2010, but Landry committed himself during a press conference to maintaining “contractual obligations” between his state and the families of victims following […]
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) renewed her response to criticisms surrounding a federal investigation into her campaign spending on private security. Bush appeared on MSNBC’s The ReidOut Wednesday to respond to the controversy surrounding the money that went to Cortney Merritts, her husband since February 2023. Host Joy Reid included a clip of Rep. Troy Nehls […]
A federal judge will decide on Thursday if Georgia’s highly disputed Dominion voting machines are in violation of voters’ constitutional rights and are vulnerable to hacking, ahead of the swing state’s March 12 presidential primary. The heavily debated case has been in court for six years as state officials hashed out whether the machines were […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin admitted he was wrong to hide his cancer diagnosis and subsequent hospitalization, though he maintained he never directed his staff to hide his trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The secretary was diagnosed with prostate cancer in early December, had surgery to treat it on Dec. 22, 2023, […]
A federal judge in Florida denied a pair of lawsuits seeking an injunction on a memo by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) aiming to shut down pro-Palestinian student groups at state-run universities in Florida. Judge Mark Warner of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida denied motions for injunctions against a memo calling […]
Lawmakers in California introduced several measures to serve as a form of reparation for the state’s black community Wednesday but left out one of the most hotly debated proposals. Several bills were introduced by California’s Legislative Black Caucus addressing areas such as education, criminal justice reform, and civil rights. The 14 measures did not include […]
The El Paso Police Department introduced its new gender-inclusive policies requiring officers to ask all individuals they encounter for their preferred names, pronouns, and gender identity. “Constitutional Policing” is the title of the new policy, and it comes in the wake of previous efforts by the El Paso government to better relations between authorities and […]
Washington Examiner commentary writer Tiana Lowe Doescher expressed some criticism for Congress‘s handling of its hearing on Big Tech, arguing that the hearings are tackling multiple issues at once. Doescher explained that Wednesday’s Congressional hearing was “conflating” three different issues at the same time, including whether social media platforms are responsible for what is posted […]
President Joe Biden honored the three U.S. service members who were killed last weekend in Jordan during the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday. “I spoke with each of the families separately, and [First Lady] Jill [Biden] and I will be there tomorrow at Dover Air Force Base to receive the dignified transfer of their bodies,” […]
