North Carolina Republican officials on Wednesday announced a vigil in honor of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, who died last month in an unprovoked stabbing on Charlotte’s transit system. The vigil will be held at the East/West Boulevard light rail station in Charlotte at 8 p.m. on Sept. 22 to mark 30 days after Zarutska’s death. “I […]

A federal appeals court panel reinstated Shira Perlmutter as the register of copyrights on Wednesday as she fights a legal battle over her firing from the position by President Donald Trump in May. The 2-1 ruling by the panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that Perlmutter was […]

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers announced on Tuesday that they will visit China for the first time since 2019. The U.S. congressional delegation to China is organized by Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), according to NBC News, which first reported the trip. Smith is the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. Rep. Mike […]

New Mexico officials announced Monday that it will become the first state to make child care free regardless of one’s income. The universal child care program will build on an existing program that has provided child care at no cost to thousands of children. The expansion will begin in November. “Child care is essential to […]