(Headline USA) Two years ago, the Vermont Legislature apologized to all Vermonters and their families who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies that started in the early 1900s and led to institutionalizations and sterilizations, targeting Native Americans, French Canadians, disabled and poor people.
Legislators also vowed to do more. Now the state...
(Headline USA) Florida officials are threatening to revoke the teaching license of a school superintendent who criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis, accusing the educator of violating several statutes by allowing his “personal political views” to guide his leadership.
Such a revocation by the state Department of Education could, in turn, remove...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Fat-positivity activist and author Virginia Sole-Smith recently published a book advocating for fat acceptance among young children, encouraging parents to embrace their obese children's unhealthy eating habits.
Sole-Smith did an interview with The Cut to promote her upcoming book, What If You Weren't Scared of Your...
(Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump turned his attention to the general election at a speech in New Hampshire on Thursday, using his first campaign appearance since President Joe Biden launched his own reelection bid to boast of his poll numbers and suggest that he has no need to debate his Republican rivals.
“We...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) State-level representatives of North Carolina unanimously passed legislation preventing China, along with other enemy nations and enterprises, from purchasing farmland and land near military bases.
The authors of the North Carolina Farmland and Military Protection Act argued that state officials must guard farmland from "the potential...
(Headline USA) West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he is running for Democrat Joe Manchin’s U.S. Senate seat in 2024, setting up what could be a hard-fought campaign between two of the state’s most prominent politicians.
Even before that, Justice, a former Democrat, will face a crowded...
(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) A Portland, Oregon, hospital is reportedly ready and willing to schedule sit-downs with very young children to discuss transgender treatment options.
According to a detailed online summary of its gender-related services at the Doernbecher Children's Hospital, "Medical treatment usually doesn’t begin until puberty. This is commonly...
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The Public Interest Legal Foundation discovered that Maricopa County, Arizona, removed more than 200 foreign nationals from its voter rolls since 2015.
Records show that officials found 222 foreign nationals registered in the county's voter rolls since the mid-2010s, with several of those still casting ballots...
(Headline USA) Growing anger at the FBI from both parties in Congress has become a major hurdle for U.S. intelligence agencies fighting to keep their vast powers to collect foreign communications that often sweep up the phone calls and emails of Americans.
Key lawmakers say they won't vote to renew...
(Headline USA) California approved Thursday a first-in-the-nation rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state's latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against so-called climate change.
The move is likely to have resounding effects that further suppress the economy as...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Arguing that alleged Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira should remain in pretrial detention, the Department of Justice has claimed that law enforcement found an “arsenal of weapons” where the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman lives—including AR- and AK-style weapons, and a “bazooka.”
However, the photos the DOJ has submitted...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is under fire after saying before the Senate Armed Services Committee that she wants the U.S. military to adopt an all-electric vehicle fleet by 2030.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, asked if she supported the leftist proposal, to which Granholm replied affirmatively.
“I do and...