A federal appeals court upheld Florida’s ban on children attending sexually explicit performances, including drag shows, as lawful, tossing out rulings from lower courts that had found the ban unconstitutional. Florida lawmakers passed the Protection of Children Act in 2023, which made it a misdemeanor to allow minors into live performances that feature nudity, sexual […]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will refer Dr. Anthony Fauci to the Department of Justice for contempt of Congress after a committee vote slated for Thursday morning. The move by Paul, chairman of the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee, effectively sidesteps a vote before the entire chamber on whether Fauci inappropriately invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination […]

Several top Senate Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to explain its approach to regulating access to advanced artificial intelligence models, arguing that the current strategy is creating uncertainty for both the tech industry and national security. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Mark Warner (D-VA), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent […]

A former U.S. soldier was indicted by a grand jury in New York on Tuesday on charges of plotting an arson attack on the federal building that houses an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office. A federal grand jury indicted Army veteran Andrew Arrabaca on charges that he “used a flammable liquid to ignite a […]