Texas’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, dealing a blow to a group of medical providers, national LGBTQ organizations and families with transgender children that sued to block it. The 8-1 ruling leaves in place a law that has
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Steve Bannon must begin his four-month prison sentence on contempt of Congress charges as his appeal proceeds. The one-sentence order, which had no public dissents, keeps in place Monday’s deadline for the one-time Trump strategist to
Close to half of Americans believe the Democratic Party should replace President Biden in the 2024 election, per a YouGov poll conducted the morning after the first presidential debate. Of those polled, 49 percent said Biden should be replaced at the top of the ticket for the
At the start of every Congress, members of the House of Representatives gather in the House chamber and, in unison, are sworn in for two-year terms. We all swear that we will “support and defend the Constitution of the United States.” It is a rare moment of unity in a body that
Fewer than 50 million people watched Thursday night's presidential debate on linear televisions, 20 million fewer than watched the first clash of the 2020 cycle between President Biden and then-President Trump. The CNN debate, which was simulcast by nearly every other broadcast
The U.S. military is once again removing the Gaza pier due to poor weather, and there is no clear timeline on when it would be reanchored, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said heavy seas and high winds forced the military to
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass began the week by suggesting that her city consider a new mask ban for protesters, and ended it by testing positive for Covid-19. After protesters clashed outside of a synagogue in Pico-Robertson, which held an event for a company selling high-end
President Biden sought to tamp down the panic among some Democrats on Friday over his ability to lead the party heading into November following a calamitous debate performance a night earlier, delivering a more energized speech in North Carolina in which he acknowledged some of
Early-life exposure to air pollution may have direct connections to the manifestation of bronchitis symptoms during adulthood, a new study has found. Previous investigations have already confirmed a consistent relationship between air pollution exposure and childhood lung
Former President Trump is slated to speak Friday to supporters at a rally in Chesapeake, Va. It’s Trump's first public appearance following the CNN presidential debate in Atlanta, the first of the cycle. The former president will be joined by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), a
The proposed plan to allow Palestinian refugees from war-torn Gaza to enter the United States under a P-2 designation should be met with opposition due to the potential for radicalization and the risk of importing antisemitism.
In the lead-up to Euro 2024, both pundits and the tournament’s organizers expected the ongoing war in Ukraine, which has been stuck in a bloody stalemate for over a year, to be at the center of the conversation. Public support for Ukraine is on the wane in Europe—far-right
As the Democratic Party scrambles following a “nightmare” showing from President Biden at Thursday’s presidential debate, former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has thrown her support behind his candidacy. “I’ll be voting Biden,” she wrote in a post Friday morning on social
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked for comment Friday morning about her response to voluminous calls from panicked Democrats for Biden to be replaced on the Democratic ticket following Thursday night’s abysmal debate performance—and she refused to answer. Reporters
What is a “black job?” At Thursday’s presidential debate Donald Trump claimed they were being taken away by immigrants—but no one knows what he’s talking about. “The fact is that his big kill on the Black people is the millions of people that he’s allowed to come in through the
Crime is becoming a serious issue for Americans, with Democrats being associated with initiatives that increase their political vulnerability on the issue, and the summer months are likely to make it worse still.
Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) is swatting away arguments that President Biden should step down from the Democratic ticket after his subpar debate performance Thursday evening, contending that the incumbent should “stay the course.” Clyburn — who is widely considered
Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) said policy makers need to strike a balance between savings and innovation in the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was passed about two years ago. Peters, who represents San Diego, where several
Reigning U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau is taking a swing at resolving President Biden and former President Trump's golf-related clash at their debate, offering to host a match between the candidates. "Let’s settle this whole handicap debate," DeChambeau said in a
Uber and Lyft have agreed to offer a minimum wage, paid sick leave and other benefits for drivers as part of a $175 million settlement resolving a multi-year legal battle with Massachusetts. The ride-hailing companies will be required to pay drivers a minimum of $32.50 per
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Friday that Democrats need to find “the best candidate to defend democracy” in the wake of a widely criticized performance by President Biden in the presidential debate. “I’m not gonna go there, because that’s gonna be a messy process,”
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday that members of President Biden’s Cabinet should consider using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office in light of his weak debate performance Thursday night. “There's a lot of people asking about the 25th Amendment, invoking the
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s argument that removing Confederate statues is erasing history is based on a false notion that removing public honoring of historical figures removes them from the historical record or public discussion.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of President Biden's top Democratic campaign surrogates, has dismissed concerns about Biden's candidacy after his widely panned debate performance Thursday against former President Trump. "I am old-fashioned, but on the substance Joe Biden won
Justice Amy Coney Barrett broke ranks with the conservative majority on the Supreme Court Friday, leveraging strong words against her colleagues for their interpretation of Fischer v. United States . After the court ruled 6–3 that the Justice Department overstepped in charging
Asked if Joe Biden was the Democratic Party’s most effective messenger following his disastrous performance in Thursday night’s debate, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sidestepped the question—and appeared to suggest an openness to replacing the president as the party’s
Jon Favreau, the "Pod Save America" host and former speechwriter to President Obama, called Thursday night’s presidential debate “f‑‑‑ awful,” saying President Biden failed “every single way” with his performance. “I think it was a f‑‑‑ing disaster,” he said on his podcast
Presented by Working Forests Initiative — Plus: The Supreme Court's latest rulings. {beacon} 12:30 REPORT Happy Friday! The political world is obviously shellshocked — and I’ll get to that — but let’s start this off on a positive note. Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Shilese Jones
A number of former aides to President Obama were sounding the alarm following President Biden's disappointing debate against former President Trump. Former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe called it a "DEFCON 1 moment" during an appearance Thursday night on MSNBC. “And I
China has rejected American proposals to limit the use of artificial intelligence for controlling the launch of nuclear weapons, raising concerns about the potential for AI-controlled nuclear weapons to lead to a nightmare scenario.
In the wake of President Biden’s undeniably disastrous debate performance, it’s being widely suggested both that Biden should step aside as the candidate and that there is almost zero chance he will do so. Democrats privately indicate that Biden is stubborn in his belief that
"The View" host Alyssa Farah Griffin says after watching President Biden's shaky debate against former President Trump, she feels deceived by the White House about his fitness for office. "I feel duped," she said Friday on the ABC daytime talk show during a discussion about
Former President Trump on Friday dismissed the prospect of President Biden being replaced atop the Democratic ticket after his lackluster debate performance a night earlier. "Yes, I think he will be the nominee," Trump told Fox News Digital when asked if he thinks Biden will
Biden campaign allies slammed former President Trump ahead of a rally in Virginia on Friday, hitting him over the lapse of a veterans’ outreach center in the state and dismissing talk that the GOP nominee will flip the commonwealth in November. Trump is slated to rally
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday to allow a law that will ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks. Governor Kim Reynolds signed the uber-restrictive heartbeat abortion ban into law in July 2023, carving out exceptions only in the
Iowa’s Supreme Court on Friday said the state’s six-week ban on abortion is legal, the latest example of a state imposing severe restrictions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The 4-3 ruling overturned a lower court’s temporary block on the law and
In a pointed dissent, Justice Amy Coney Barrett skewered her fellow justices over their decision to narrow an obstruction charge used to prosecute scores of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The Supreme Court voted 6-3 Friday to side with Joseph Fischer, a
Two U.S. members of the armed services have been accused of sexual assault in Japan, spurring Japanese officials to speak out against what they have called troubling behavior. One U.S. airman is charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl in December while this month a
Home improvement and agriculture chain store Tractor Supply is eliminating its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and climate goals after weeks of conservative backlash. In a statement released Thursday, the company said it works hard to “represent the values of