Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation that would write definitions of male and female into state law that exclude transgender people from being recognized under their gender identity.
As one who shared the hope, after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, that representative government, guaranteed liberties, and global capitalism laced with some measure of welfare state protections would spread across the globe, I naturally look back over the intervening long generation and ask what went wrong. In the 1990s, it seemed […]
President Donald Trump is standing firm on his plan to relocate “permanently” more than 2.1 million Palestinians who live in the Gaza Strip to neighboring countries. Trump said the United States would take ownership of Gaza and redevelop the territory to serve as prized real estate on the Mediterranean Sea. Trump told Fox News’s Bret […]
At every turn, young people are told that if they want to change their God-given gender, they can do so with a snap of their fingers and with sweeping permission from our nation’s highest leaders. But it does not take policy expertise or a medical degree to know that sterilization and puberty-blocking drugs are not […]
The White House on Wednesday acknowledged disagreement between President Trump and King Abdullah II of Jordon over Trump's pitch to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the U.S. taking over the territory. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that while Abdullah opposes Palestinians from leaving Gaza, Trump is committed to moving them out of...
Kentucky businessman Nate Morris said Wednesday that he is not waiting for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to decide if he will run for reelection next year, announcing his interest in launching a challenge to the veteran senator for the seat. “This week, I've seen some comments from a couple potential candidates for Senate suggesting they...
Turkish President Erdogan and his administration are negotiating with Syria's interim president to solidify its influence and control over the new Syrian government, potentially threatening America's regional ally Israel and creating a new American headache for years to come in Syria.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) wrote Wednesday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright about reports that staffers with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been granted access to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Markey and Beyer, who co-chair the Congressional Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group, cited recent...
Emergency crews are responding to reports of a military plane that crashed into the San Diego Bay near Shelter Island, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Wednesday.
A federal judge on Wednesday granted a request from two transgender high school athletes in New Hampshire to add the Trump administration to a lawsuit challenging a state law barring trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports after President Trump's issued an executive order doing the same earlier this month. The teenage plaintiffs, Parker Tirrell...