Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia effectively chose to walk away from a high-profile lawsuit over its transgender pronoun and bathroom policies, agreeing to allow judgment to be entered against the district rather than continue defending its rules in federal court. Jane Doe, the former Fairfax County student represented by America First Legal, accepted the […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pushed back on House Republicans‘ criticism over getting “rolled” by House Democrats over a provision of the annual defense authorization bill, saying that “all of that is false.” Johnson’s remarks follow Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), chairwoman of House Republican leadership, blasting him for allowing Democrats to remove an amendment to […]

Retailer Costco is suing the Trump administration over tariffs, anticipating that the Supreme Court will rule against President Donald Trump’s emergency powers. While Trump is promising $2,000 tariff dividend checks to Americans, Costco is seeking a full refund of the tariffs it has paid to the Trump administration for its foreign products, with interest, before […]

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to withhold federal funding from Minnesota and decertify the state’s commercial driver license program on Monday after a September audit found that the state vaguely complied with federal laws. The audit alleged that the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Driver and Vehicle Services issued nondomiciled CDLs that extend beyond the […]