More than 200 couples got married at a Monday event in Russellville, Ark., just before the solar eclipse reached totality. At an event titled, “Elope at the Eclipse,” hundreds of people gathered to tie the knot in the moments before totality, according to CNN and local reports. Totality there lasted 4 minutes. The ceremony was...
Pandemic-era inflation has placed a financial burden on many Americans, but it seems Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say their financial situation has gotten worse over the last three years. A new Bankrate survey published Monday shows 69 percent of Americans think their cost of living has gone up since 2020. The 2,000-person...
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the governing body for primarily small colleges, approved a policy on Monday that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. The NAIA’s Council of Presidents approved the policy in a 20-0 vote on Monday, the organization confirmed to The Hill. The decision stands in contrast to how the...
Former President Trump on Monday pushed back against Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and other conservatives who were critical of his statement on abortion earlier in the day, in which Trump declined to take a position on federal legislation limiting the procedure. In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Graham was "doing a...
University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley on Saturday said transgender women and girls should be allowed to compete on female sports teams, giving a lift to transgender rights before her team’s NCAA championship victory. “If you’re a woman, you should play,” Staley said during a press conference, responding to a question about...
Former President Trump sued the New York judge overseeing his hush money case Monday over the gag order he imposed on the former president — an eleventh-hour bid to delay the trial which is scheduled to begin next week. Judge Juan Merchan’s gag order bars Trump from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and the judge’s...
Nearly one-third of Americans said that Israel’s military action in its war against militant group Hamas has gone too far in Gaza, a new poll found. The new Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Ipsos survey released last week found that 32 percent of respondents said Israel has gone too far in Gaza and its military actions...
Conservative groups sue Democrat lawmakers alleging their freedom of speech was violated because they were forced to use 'preferred pronouns' when talking about transgender individuals
A New York Appeals Court rejected former President Trump’s motion to delay his trial on charges stemming from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush-money payments investigation.