Vermont weighing legal protections for providers of abortion, trans procedures
Post Content Vermont lawmakers are taking testimony on a pair of bills that aim to protect health care workers who provide abortions and gender-affirming health care in Vermont from legal and disciplinary action from states that limit or ban those practices. The bills were introduced seven months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. […]
Rabbis Urge Speaker McCarthy to Drop Omar From Foreign Affairs Committee
A group representing more than 2,000 Orthodox rabbis in the United States is urging House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Alec Baldwin and film armorer formally charged for Rust shooting
Read More Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, according to court documents filed by prosecutors Tuesday. Mary Carmack-Altwies, the Santa Fe district attorney, filed the charging documents naming Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who supervised […]
Virginia bill would ban transgender athletes from women’s sports
Post Content The Virginia House of Delegates advanced a bill on Monday that would ban transgender women and girls from competing in women’s sports at any level in Virginia schools. “The purpose of House Bill 1837 is to protect our girls and young women from being forced to compete against biological males,” Delegate Karen Greenhalgh […]
Sen. Paul to Newsmax: Wasteful COVID Spending Shows Govt’s ‘Real Problems’
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told Newsmax Tuesday the recently reported $5.4 billion in COVID relief fraud has become indicative of the “real problems” facing the federal government, regarding wasteful spending.
Pennsylvania Democrats endorse Philly appellate judge for state Supreme Court seat
Post Content Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party has voted to endorse an appellate court judge from Philadelphia, Daniel McCaffery, to be the party’s nominee for an open state Supreme Court seat in this year’s election. Party committee members voted at their meeting over the weekend in suburban Harrisburg to endorse McCaffery over a fellow appellate court judge, […]
How a group of Democrats and Republicans could bypass McCarthy and lift the debt ceiling
Post Content What Congress tackles or fails to accomplish often boils down to “the math.” But a potential crisis over the debt ceiling later this year could really be about the math, even more than other things that are about the math on Capitol Hill. It’s also about the process. Congress must raise the debt […]
Indiana Supreme Court declines immediate consideration of challenge to abortion ban
Post Content Indiana’s high court said it will not immediately consider a challenge to the state’s abortion ban that is based on the argument that the law violates some people’s religious freedoms, leaving that decision to an appeals court, at least for now. The state Supreme Court issued an order Monday saying the state Court […]
Prosecutors Charge Baldwin, ‘Rust’ Armorer With Manslaughter
Alec Baldwin has been formally charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter following the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, a cinematographer from the film “Rust.”
Rep. Ken Buck Rips ‘Shocking Coordinated’ Censorship of Newsmax by Progressives
Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., delivered a blistering rebuke of House Democrats on the Committee on Energy and Commerce for their “shocking coordinated attempt” to push DirecTV and AT&T to censor Newsmax.
