Like most Western states, Utah’s land is disproportionately owned and controlled by the federal government. Nearly 70% of Utah land is under federal control, with approximately half of that acreage classified as “unappropriated” lands without any designated purpose or plan for future use (this excludes national parks, national forests, national monuments, and similar designations). This […]
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is using publicity from her legislation to prevent transgender women from using women's restroom facilities in federal buildings to sell merchandise to her followers on the social platform X. Mace in a post on X is advertising t-shirts for $35. The post shows a photo of Mace next to t-shirts priced...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) blasted Republicans who said diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts were oppressing white Americans. During a markup of Rep. Michael Cloud’s (R-Texas) “Dismantle DEI" bill, Rep. Clay Higgins, (R-La.), repeatedly referred to DEI policies as “oppression.” But Crockett swiped back, arguing that white men in America have never faced oppression. “It seems you...
Now that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has withdrawn from consideration to be President-elect Trump’s attorney general, questions are swirling about whether he will return to the House — or if he even can. House rules and precedents and the manner in which Gaetz resigned mean he will not be coming back before the end of...
Former President Clinton said he was flattered when acclaimed author Toni Morrison called him America’s "first Black president." “When my friend Toni Morrison said that, you know, it was about — it was halfway serious and halfway making fun of me,” Clinton said Thursday at an event promoting his new memoir. “But I took it...
The Biden administration added more than two dozen Chinese companies to its forced labor blacklist Friday in its latest effort to combat the exploitation of China's ethnic Uyghur population. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified 29 businesses allegedly using forced Uyghur labor in the country’s Xinjiang province to produce goods for industries ranging from...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is arguing that Democrats need to embrace populism to reconnect with the working-class electorate following the 2024 election, which was a “cataclysmic event” for his party. The Connecticut senator is one of many Democrats who have reflected on a disastrous performance for the party. Democrats lost the White House to President-elect...
More than three dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to offer a classified briefing on Turkey’s support for Hamas, raising concerns that the U.S.-designated terrorist group may relocate its headquarters to the NATO-allied country. Lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Director of National Intelligence Avril...
Dan Scavino, a senior adviser to Donald Trump, said Friday that the president-elect is not planning to install former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) as the head of the FBI. “Just spoke to resident Trump regarding Mike Rogers going to the FBI. It’s not happening — In his own words, “I have never even given it...