(Headline USA) The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to uphold voting restrictions in Arizona in a key case that could reaffirm state legislatures' efforts to protect election integrity.
That would make it harder for Democrats to challenge a raft of other voting measures Republicans have proposed following last year's elections,...
(Headline USA) Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday, making it the largest state to end an order intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The Republican governor has faced sharp criticism from his party over the mandate, which was imposed eight months ago, and other...
(Headline USA) Pennsylvania's Republican Party has expressed its disapproval of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey over his vote to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s second impeachment trial, while stopping short of issuing the more serious — albeit still symbolic — censure that some members had pushed for.
The vote counting...
(Headline USA) As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to make a pariah out of Saudi Arabia over the 2018 killing of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
But when it came time to actually punish Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, America’s strategic interests prevailed.
The Biden administration made clear Friday it would forgo...
(Associated Press) The Boy Scouts of America submitted a bankruptcy reorganization plan Monday that envisions continued operations of its local troops and national adventure camps but leaves many unanswered questions about how it will resolve tens of thousands of sexual abuse claims by former Boy Scouts.
The plan was filed Monday...
(Headline USA) Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author's legacy said Tuesday.
“These books portray people in...
(Associated Press) Calls for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation intensified late Monday after a third woman accused him of offensive behavior, saying he'd touched her face and back and asked to kiss her moments after they met at a wedding reception.
Anna Ruch told the New York Times late Monday that...
(Associated Press) CNN host Chris Cuomo told viewers Monday that he “obviously” couldn't cover the stories surrounding his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been accused of sexual harassment by three women.
The prime time host addressed the topic immediately at the start of his show, which airs...
(Headline USA) With a massive scandal involving New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gaining steam, Democrats proved, yet again, that there are exceptions to their once non-negotiable demands to "believe all women."
The sexual harassment allegations by at least two women were beginning to prove too much for Cuomo's fellow leftists---and...
(Headline USA) Democrats' efforts to include a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as Senate leaders prepared to begin debate on their own version of the House-passed aid package.
Top Democrats abandoned a potential amendment threatening tax increases on big companies...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden met virtually Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador---a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus and cooperating on economic and national security issues.
The meeting came as Biden's decision to dial back several of the Trump administration's...
(Headline USA) The Senate voted Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona as education secretary, clearing his way to lead President Joe Biden’s effort to reopen the nation’s schools amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Cardona was one of several deeply controversial nominees due to his radical viewpoints, including his support for critical-race theory,...