(Headline USA) Congress approved legislation Tuesday intended to curtail hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
The bill, which the House passed on a 364-62 vote, will expedite the review of hate crimes at the Justice Department and make grants available to help local law enforcement agencies improve their...
(Headline USA) Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, announced Tuesday he is seeking the Republican nomination for governor of New York, potentially setting up a battle with third-term incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
“Giuliani vs. Cuomo. Holy smokes. It's Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier," the 35-year-old...
(Headline USA) Tennessee will become the first state in the United States to require businesses and government facilities open to the public to post a sign if they let "transgender" people use multiperson bathrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms associated with their gender identity.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill...
(Associated Press) A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. because he ignored their commands and endangered at least two of them when he drove his car toward them.
District Attorney Andrew Womble said at a news conference that Brown used his...
(Headline USA) House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that he won’t support a proposal to form an independent, bipartisan commission to study the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol, almost certainly eroding GOP support ahead of a vote and positioning his party as opposed to investigations of the...
(Headline USA) The media's favorite infectious disease "expert" bureaucrat is acknowledging “confusion” after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week said fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks in most instances, even indoors.
Dr. Anthony Fauci tells ABC News, “The problem and the issue is that we...
(Headline USA) Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed legislation to remove legal protections for public schools that let transgender students or employees use multi-person bathrooms or locker rooms that do not correspond with their biological sex.
LGBTQ advocates have decried the legislation as discriminatory.
It's the first bill restricting bathroom use...
(Headline USA) Georgia's lieutenant governor, one of the most prominent Republicans to reject clear evidence of fraud in the November presidential election, confirmed Monday as expected that he won't seek reelection in 2022.
Republican Geoff Duncan was among the most high-profile Republicans to openly oppose widespread evidence, angering many in...
(Associated Press) California won’t lift its mask requirement until June 15 to give the public and businesses time to prepare and ensure cases stay low, state Health Director Dr. Mark Ghaly said Monday.
“This four week period will give Californians time to prepare for this change, while we continue the relentless...
(Headline USA) New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo disclosed Monday that he was paid a $3.1 million advance to write his COVID-19 leadership book last year and under his publishing contract will make another $2 million on the memoir over the next two years.
The Democrat had, for months, declined to say...
(Associated Press) Attorneys for Rudolph Giuliani say a covert warrant prosecutors obtained for his Apple iCloud account in November 2019 and a raid last month by agents who seized his electronic devices show they are treating him more like a drug kingpin or terrorist rather than a personal lawyer to...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will decide whether states can ban abortions when a fetus is viable to survive outside the womb.
The court’s order sets up a showdown over abortion, probably in the fall, with a presumably more...