Giorno: 26 Maggio 2023

Dems make last minute changes to soften criminal penalties in bill intended to save thousands from drug deaths

Democrats in Nevada have made last minute changes to a bill intended to crack down on the possession of fentanyl by significantly softening the legislation’s threshold of how much someone could possess that would be considered low-level trafficking. The amended bill, SB35, was presented to the state legislature by Nevada’s progressive Democratic Attorney General Aaron […]

Billionaire Gifts $1K Each to UMass Boston Graduates

University of Massachusetts-Boston graduates got a big surprise during the school’s commencement ceremony Thursday: $1,000 in cash, courtesy of billionaire philanthropist Robert Hale.Hale, who was the co-keynote speaker along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gave each …

Fox News Poll: Top reactions to AI? Voters say ‘dangerous’ and ‘afraid’

Most voters think artificial intelligence technology will change the way we live in the U.S. in the next few years. Whether that is a good thing or bad remains to be seen. In the latest Fox News national survey, voters were asked their main reactions — without the aid options — when they think about […]

Dick Morris to Newsmax: Trump Has ‘Gigantic’ Lead Post-DeSantis Announcement

Dick Morris, author and adviser to former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, told Newsmax on Friday that new polling released after Florida’s GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his candidacy shows Trump with a “huge, gigantic” lead of 25 percentage points.

Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review

A judge put South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold Friday until the state Supreme Court can review the measure, giving providers a temporary reprieve in a region that has enacted strict limits on the procedure. Judge Clifton Newman’s ruling that put the state’s abortion law back at […]

Massachusetts Senate passes $55.9B budget proposal

The Massachusetts Senate approved a $55.9 billion state budget proposal for the new fiscal year on Thursday, setting up negotiations with the House on a final spending plan to ship to Democratic Gov. Maura Healey by July. One focus of the budget is higher education. The Senate budget would let all Massachusetts students, regardless of […]

CatholicVote Ad Campaign Urges Dodgers Boycott

CatholicVote sent a letter to the Los Angeles Dodgers to express “disgust” at the baseball club’s decision to reinvite an anti-Catholic drag queen group to its stadium and to announce the launch of a $1 million ad campaign calling for a boycott of the team.

Top House committee ramps up pressure on HHS chief Becerra to testify over child migrant crisis

FIRST ON FOX: Republicans on a key House Committee are pushing for Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to testify over the ongoing crisis at the southern border and reports of an increase in child migrant exploitation — warning that it may pursue “other avenues” if he refuses. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair […]

Conservative Investment Fund Divests From Target

A conservative investment fund said it has sold its shares in Target and has slapped the retailer with a “refuse to buy” label over its Pride Month collection. American Conservative Values ETF said in a news release Thursday that Target’s “ever-increasing pandering to the …

Disney to Invest $17B in Fla. Despite DeSantis Feud

Even as Disney spars with Gov. Ron DeSantis, it plans to invest $17 billion into central Florida’s Walt Disney World Resort over the next decade, CNBC reported.