Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill that would restrict drag performances. Supporters of the law say it is needed to protect children from inappropriate entertainment while critics argue the bill unfairly targets an art form associated with the LGBTQ community. NBC’s Antonia Hylton reports.
The House Oversight Committee is distancing itself from a push by Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to bring Tara Reade, who has accused President Biden of sexually assaulting her, in for an interview after Gaetz announced the panel’s chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) had given the green light. But Greene on Wednesday…
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients might soon get bigger monthly payments if the Social Security Administration succeeds in pushing through a proposed change in how benefits are calculated....
Kato Crews, President Biden's nominee for district judge in Colorado, was stumped by questioning from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., over a legal procedure called a "Brady motion."
California lawmakers voted on Thursday to advance a bill that would penalize oil companies for “price gouging” — a first-of-its-kind legislation pushed forward in recent months by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). The SBX1-2 bill, sponsored by state Sen. Nancy Skinner (D), received the approval of the California State Senate in an Extraordinary Session convened to fast-track…
The office of then-Vice President Joe Biden tried to quash a Bloomberg story at Hunter Biden’s firm’s request that painted the younger Biden in a negative light, emails show.
Political consequences of the International Criminal Court’s decision on the warrant for the arrest of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin
US lawmakers grilled TikTok's CEO about the company's ties to China and its content moderation policies, but it did little to change their views.
The leaked draft opinion stopped debate on the case between the justices, CNN's Joan Biskupic reported.
In 1999, guest columnist got a crash course in 'eminent domain' as practiced by Oklahoma's Turnpike Authority and Department of Transportation.
South Carolina's embattled top accountant will step down next month after a $3.5 billion error in the year-end financial report he oversaw, according to a resignation letter written Thursday that was obtained by The Associated Press. Republican Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom's decision to leave the post he has held for 20 years came after intense scrutiny of his performance following the blunder and amid rising calls for him to either quit or be removed. The Senate panel investigating the financial misstatement issued a damning report last week accusing Eckstrom of "willful neglect of duty.”
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a lone dissent on an abortion case stemming from a lawsuit in Missouri involving a pregnant teenager.
AUSTIN, Texas – New legislation is heating up the long-running cold war between Texas’ relatively progressive cities and its GOP-dominated legislature. Local officials across Texas are worried that far-reaching state bills could roll back their attempts to ensure construction workers get rest breaks in Texas’ searing heat, to run no-kill animal shelters and to maintain local water…
Announcing the news, a punchy blog post from the exchange said: "We asked the SEC for reasonable crypto rules for Americans. We got legal threats instead."
The Congressional Integrity Project has asked a Kentucky prosecutor to investigate Jamie Comer's admission that he leaked emails to discredit a rival
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sparred over redacted emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate Finance Committee hearing.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to respond to questioning about payments House Republicans say the Biden received from a Chinese company.
Our view: The Florida Legislature only bolsters the state's reputation as a political petri dish for right-wing extremist bills.
The Navajo Nation announced today the passing of former President Ben Shelly from a long-term illness on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Shelly served as an elected official to the Navajo Nation in several capacities, including serving on the Navajo Nation Council as vice president and president from 2011— 2015. President Shelly was 75.
The Presidency of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute has reacted to Russian threats against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and retaliatory measures taken by Russia against the prosecutor and judges involved in the issuance of arrest warrants regarding Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
Rep. Angelia Orr, an Itasca Republican, said some of her fellow lawmakers raised concerns about using eminent domain for the park land.
