States across the country are bracing for new laws set to take effect as early as Wednesday, including some that have stirred controversy. In Louisiana, a new law will require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools, including universities and colleges. Some areas won’t be required to enforce it amid a lawsuit. Meanwhile,...
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong threatened to file a lawsuit against President-elect Trump if he moves to remove birthright citizenship from the Constitution under mounting deportation efforts. “I would be the first to sue,” Tong, a Democrat, told MSNBC in an article published Sunday. Trump has promised to conduct the largest deportation in the country’s...
California insurers will be required to sell coverage in wildfire-prone regions that have seen an insurer exodus in recent years, state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Monday. Under the new regulations, companies must make their services available in high-risk areas to do business in the state, the first such requirement in California history. Insurers must...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) did not deserve a second term in leadership and would cost the GOP its majority in the lower chamber if reelected. “Johnson is not up for this task,” Massie wrote in a Tuesday post on the social platform X, responding to criticism from former House...
China was behind a 'major' hack of the Treasury Department, the Biden administration said Monday, gaining access to unclassified documents and the workstations of government employees.
A Jan. 6 defendant who spent two years and seven months behind bars said President-elect Donald Trump was supported by inmates and guards alike during his third run for the White House.
Johnny Jones found out about Jimmy Carter's death within a matter of minutes. That's how it works in a small town, even for a former U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner known throughout the world.