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Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a slate of legislation Wednesday targeting the LGBTQ community, including restrictions on transgender health care, content on LGBTQ identities in schools, transgender bathroom use and drag performances in the state. The news comes on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, May 17. What […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he is “confident” the U.S. will avert default, expressing optimism a crisis could be avoided as he left for a foreign trip even as debt ceiling negotiations were coming down to the wire. “I’m confident that we’ll get the agreement […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday has declined to block Illinois’ assault weapons ban from being enforced as a legal challenge continues, handing a win to gun safety advocates at a time when the nation is grappling with a surge of mass shootings and gun violence. The single page order […]
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for World Food Program USA (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for an IRS whistleblower have informed key members of Congress that their client, who claims to have information suggesting the Biden administration could be mishandling the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has been removed from the probe into the president’s son. […]
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden was headed Wednesday for a less extensive-than-desired visit to Asia, cut short by crisis talks with Republicans over the debt ceiling. The truncated trip — during which Biden will visit only Japan — comes as solving a domestic crisis took precedence over Biden’s […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, struggling to keep up with his competitors in early polling for the Republican nomination for president, said Tuesday on “GMA3” that support for President Donald Trump is “inflated.” Asked about a polling average from FiveThirtyEight showing support for Hutchinson at 1% and support for […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An unidentified man entered national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s Washington, D.C., home in late April, prompting a Secret Service investigation, according to an agency spokesperson. Sullivan was home at the time and confronted the intruder, and the incident was over in a matter of minutes, according to […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona agreed at a Tuesday hearing that students face a host of threats in the nation’s schools — but differed sharply on how to tackle a range of culture war issues. “We believe that the secretary is not adhering to the […]
OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It may be springtime in 2023, but it’s election night in America on Tuesday. Kentucky Republicans Tuesday will choose their nominee to try to knock off Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in the state’s gubernatorial race in November, easily the marquee race of the year. Meanwhile, Philadelphia will host a pair of […]
Helen King/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shortly before the 2022 midterms, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign released an ad touting him as a fighter chosen by God. The clip invoked God’s name 10 times in 96 seconds and cast DeSantis as the chosen “fighter” five times. The Florida Republican’s efforts to cast himself as a […]
