The state of Florida settled a multi-year suit Monday against the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, which limits how LGBTQ topics can be discussed and presented in schools. The settlement agreement clarifies language of the 2022 Parental Rights in Education Act, keeping it in place but toning down what LGBTQ advocates in the state warned...
Jimmy Kimmel and former President Trump have been engaged in a years-long feud. The late-night host frequently pokes fun at the former president, who targets him on social media. On Sunday night, while hosting the Academy Awards, Kimmel fired back at Trump, saying that he wanted to share a "review" about his performance with the audience....
Airbnb will start banning the use of indoor security cameras in all listings globally at the end of next month, the company announced Monday. The goal of the policy shift, the company said, is to “simplify our policy on security cameras” while continuing “to prioritize the privacy of our community.” The revised policy also comes...
Former President Trump on Monday announced he is supporting former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the Michigan Senate race, giving him a major primary boost. Rogers is widely considered the favorite in the race, and Trump’s endorsement helps cement that. The former congressman is looking to top a crowded field that includes a pair of...
Story at a glance A new Pew Research Center survey published Monday found that 74 percent of teens feel happy when they don’t have their smartphones on hand. The 1,453-person survey also found that 72 percent of teens feel peaceful when they don’t have their phones. Most teens between the ages of 13...
The lead sponsors of a bill that would force TikTok’s parent company to divest the popular app or face a ban in the U.S. sent a letter to the company Monday bashing its use of a pop-up notification campaign last week urging users to call Congress about the measure. Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja...
David Axelrod, former Obama aide and CNN senior political commentator, chastised former President Trump on Monday for mocking President Biden’s stutter at a campaign rally in Georgia this weekend. “Mocking someone's stutter for laughs is pathetic and small, the stuff of schoolyard bullies not grownups,” Axelrod wrote on X, formerly Twitter, early Monday morning. “Acting...
An American diplomatic trip to Saudi Arabia was cut off Monday after a Saudi official asked a Jewish member of the group to remove their kippah, a head covering traditionally worn by Jewish men. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) left Saudi Arabia early after the slight against Chair Abraham Cooper, who...
Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake (R) doubled down on false claims that the 2020 election was stolen in a CNN interview Sunday, and she refused to answer whether former Vice President Mike Pence should have certified the election’s results. Lake, who lost a 2022 Arizona gubernatorial bid and unsuccessfully challenged the election results in court...
The Biden administration on Monday announced an agreement with Canadian officials and tribal leaders to cut pollution from British Columbia mining activity that has affected waterways on both sides of the national border. Selenium, an element released during the process of metallurgical coal mining, can hurt the development of fish and wildlife populations in excess....
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and Brown University are the latest schools to reinstate SAT or ACT score requirements in their admissions process. UT Austin announced Monday that standardized test scores will be required again, starting with applicants for the fall of 2025. “Our goals are to attract the best and brightest...
Supporters of former President Trump submitted close to 11,000 signatures as they look to recall Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R). The group looking to recall Vos submitted 10,700 signatures to the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday, according to the organizers. The Associated Press noted that the group needed 6,850 signatures to clear the threshold,...
Asking nearly a thousand Guard personnel trained to fight a war to become armed police without the proper training will make matters worse on the transit system, not better.
President Biden on Monday seized on comments from former President Trump suggesting there are ways to go about “cutting” entitlements, highlighting what will likely be a key campaign issue for the next eight months. “Many of my Republican friends want to put Social Security and Medicare back on the chopping block again. If anyone tries...
Monday marked a key cutoff time by which Colorado River states had been tasked with proposing a consensus-based plant for long-term water conservation in the overtaxed system. But with the arrival of that deadline, set by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, no such agreement was on the table. Instead, the river system's two...
Sports site Deadspin will lay off its entire staff after it was sold to a European holding firm, parent company G/O Media announced Monday. The long-standing sports commentary and news site will retain its name, but lose all of its staffers after a sale to Lineup Publishing. G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller said in a...
The NAACP is urging Black student-athletes to boycott Florida universities after the University of Florida terminated all diversity, equity and inclusion positions on campus. The university’s decision follows a new state policy that prohibits public and state institutions from using government funds on equity and inclusion programs. “This is not about politics,” the letter, sent...
Countless American women have been failed by a conservative movement and Republican Party that doesn’t know how to talk about — much less deliver solutions for — their genuine healthcare concerns.
President Biden and former President Trump could be on track to win their party’s respective nominations as voters in a handful of states cast ballots Tuesday. Georgia, Mississippi and Washington are all holding early nominating contests for both parties, while Hawaii is holding its GOP caucuses. Meanwhile, the U.S. territory of Northern Mariana Islands holds...
An Arizona county commissioner filed a primary challenge against Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) on Sunday, adding to pressure on Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last year. Former Yavapai County Supervisor Jack Smith filed paperwork to run in the 2nd District. Crane was one of eight GOP members who voted to...
Multiple bands and musicians scheduled to perform at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival are pulling out because of the U.S. Army’s “super sponsorship” of the event, and America’s ongoing support of Israel’s war on Hamas. The Belfast, Ireland-based rap trio Kneecap — the most recent departure — called the relationship “depraved” in light of...
Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) called for the federal government to take action on the “systemic failures” that led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on the anniversary of the bank failure that briefly sparked fears of a wider crisis. “One year ago, Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse became the second largest bank...
Conservative legal commentator George Conway said former President Trump libeled advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in a CNBC interview, in which he called her “Miss Bergdorf Goodman” and accused her of making false accusations against him. In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday, Trump avoided using Carroll’s name directly, referring to her as...
Autonomous car companies need to do a better job of working with cities to avoid costly failures, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said Monday. Watson added that moves last year by the state of Texas to preempt local control had hurt the city’s ability to guarantee safety. Last week, Waymo, an affiliate of Google parent company...
Mahmoud Hussein has endured 10 years of physical and emotional torture in Egypt for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan to a rally.