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Best of the Babylon Bee: White House announces 1 million new jobs created for December — but they were all filled by Marco Rubio

Every week, The Post will bring you our picks of the best one-liners and stories from satirical site the Babylon Bee to take the edge off Hump Day.

First Amendment Protects Prof Against Intolerant University Officials

The Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of a professor’s First Amendment right to speak...

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—January 14

1972—By a vote of 4-1 (in Beecham v. Leahy), the Vermont supreme court declares invalid...

Don’t Let Harmful EU Tech Regulations Spread Across the Globe

It’s past time for the U.S. government to push back on these discriminatory foreign...

There’s No Sex Discrimination Without Sex

A Supreme Court argument comes down to the most basic difference between men and...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn floats federal standards for AI rules as Trump prods Congress to act

Sen. Marsha Blackburn has been working for over a decade to establish federal privacy and safety standards for protecting consumers, especially children, in the digital age.

New York AG settles with Jewish group she accused of intimidating pro-Palestinian activists

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement Tuesday with a right-wing Jewish group that she accused of trying to intimidate pro-Palestinian activists.

Democrats will spend millions to shift voter registration strategy ahead of the midterm elections

The Democratic National Committee will spend millions of dollars to cement control of voter registration efforts that have traditionally been entrusted to nonprofit advocacy groups and individual political campaigns, a shift that party leaders hope will increase their chances in this year's midterm elections.

Virginia Democrats look to decimate GOP seats in redistricting effort

Virginia Democrats are launching their last big campaign in the redistricting wars this week — but big questions loom about whether they can agree...

Minneapolis-area leaders condemn ICE, call for removal amid Trump deportation campaign

Minneapolis-area officials moved to condemn federal immigration authorities and seek their removal from the region as the Trump administration ramps up deportations.

White House says Trump gave ‘appropriate’ response after heckler confrontation is caught on video

The White House called President Trump’s reaction “appropriate" after video showed him responding to a heckler during a visit to a Michigan Ford plant.

South Carolina GOP lawmakers introduce bill to criminalize abortion as murder

South Carolina Republicans introduce bill criminalizing abortion as murder from conception, applying homicide laws with penalties for all involved.

Johnson: ‘No boots on the ground’ for Trump’s Greenland acquisition plans amid military speculation

House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes back on military intervention in Greenland, saying no troops will be deployed as Trump pursues the Arctic territory.

11 House Dems buck party to side with Republicans in reversal of Biden-era shower regulation

House passes SHOWER Act to codify a Trump executive order reversing shower head regulations. Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C., says the bill defends consumer choice.

Looming war powers Senate vote ramps up pressure on Hawley after MAGA backlash

Sen. Josh Hawley defended constitutional stance on Venezuela war powers resolution as Trump administration works to flip Republican votes before Wednesday's full Senate vote.

Protesters Rally at SCOTUS Against Men Competing in Women’s Sports

The justices heard oral arguments in West Virginia v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox, two cases involving transgender-identifying athletes.

Supreme Court Seems Ready to Let States Ban Men from Women’s Sports

You can’t ask schools and sports leagues to avoid discriminating on the basis of sex if you can’t even tell them what sex is.

Justice Department prosecutors resign amid turmoil over Minnesota ICE shooting investigation

Roughly half a dozen federal prosecutors in Minnesota have resigned and several supervisors in the criminal section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division have given notice of their departures amid turmoil over the federal investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, according to people familiar with the matter.

Competing House bills introduced to curb, augment efforts to acquire Greenland

The same day a Florida Republican rolled out legislation to make Greenland the 51st U.S. state, a bipartisan group of lawmakers announced rival legislation to prevent President Trump from taking action on the Arctic island.

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