A bill mandating that Asian American history be taught in Wyoming state schools inched closer this week after a state Senate committee voted to advance the bill. The state’s Senate committee on Tuesday voted 6-1 to advance the legislation, SB240, which would mandate teachings on Asian and Hmong Americans for grades K-12 in the Equality State. Current state...
Nintendo Inc. is accusing the developer of a Switch emulator of copyright violations and pirating its video game software in a new lawsuit filed this week. The lawsuit was filed in the District of Rhode Island federal court on Monday by Nintendo Inc., which is accusing Tropic Haze LLC of being aware that the use...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday said he is hopeful the U.S. Supreme Court "puts a stop" to what he called an "abuse of power" aimed against former President Trump after the high court announced it will weigh whether the former president can be criminally prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the election. "I'm glad...
Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said the Supreme Court’s decision to weigh former President Trump’s claims of presidential immunity was “a gift” to him, regardless of the outcome. “#SCOTUS ruling is a gift to Trump, even if the Justices ultimately rule against him on immunity. A decision in late June makes a DC trial on 1/6...
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) was sworn into the House on Wednesday, reclaiming the seat he previously held and shrinking the GOP’s already slim majority in the chamber. Suozzi won a special election in New York’s 3rd Congressional District earlier this month to replace former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) in the House after the GOP lawmaker was...
CNN News Central anchor Boris Sanchez on Wednesday traded barbs with Republican Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) over the House Republicans’ probe into Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings and their potential ties to his father, President Biden. Hunter Biden sat Wednesday for a closed-door testimony before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, where Republicans grilled him...
A judge in Illinois has removed former President Trump from the state’s ballot, under the 14th Amendment’s Insurrection Clause, making the Prairie State the third to attempt to boot Trump from the ballot. Judge Tracie Porter in Cook County, Ill., issued her lengthy ruling Wednesday, ordering the state election board to remove the former president from...
The House on Wednesday evening approved bipartisan legislation that aims to bolster nuclear energy. The vote was 365-36, with one additional lawmaker voting present. All of the "no" votes were Democrats and included several members of the Progressive Caucus. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) voted present. The legislation aims to bolster the U.S.’s nuclear energy production...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Biden needs to prove he has the "mental acuity" to handle another term in the White House. “I think he needs to come out of the White House and show Americans that he has the cognitive capacity to — and the mental acuity to handle his...
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report © Greg Nash / The Hill After McConnell it's the battle of 'the three Johns' Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the longest serving GOP Senate leader ever, announced Wednesday that he'll be stepping down from his leadership duties...