The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear Gov. Tony Evers’s (D) lawsuit against the Republican-controlled state Legislature, which he alleges is obstructing basic government functions. The court’s liberal majority agreed to hear the case. Its three conservative justices dissented. Oral arguments are set for April 17, The Associated Press reported. The court has only...
A defendant in the Georgia election interference case charged alongside former President Trump has doubled down on allegations Fulton County (Ga.) District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and a top prosecutor in the case began a romantic relationship prior to his hiring. Michael Roman, a 2020 Trump campaign operative, in court filings Friday urged the judge to...
A Florida advocacy group is launching an effort to put Medicaid expansion on the ballot in 2026, over the overwhelming opposition of the state’s GOP-majority Legislature. Florida is one of only 10 states that has not expanded Medicaid under ObamaCare, and proponents argue the measure would allow more than 1 million residents to gain coverage....
Florida Democrats are pushing back against a new state policy barring transgender residents from changing the gender on their driver’s licenses, decrying the abrupt change as an attack on that community and calling for the federal government to step in. Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles informed county tax collectors, which issue driver’s licenses...
A report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas found that most public schools in the state still have discriminatory dress codes. “After a comprehensive review of almost every Texas public school district’s dress code, we find that hundreds of these codes contain language that discriminated on the basis of race, gender, religion,...
Former Yemeni ambassador to the U.S., Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak, blasted European Union and U.S. officials for ignoring warnings from Houthis — whose recent strikes have shaken up the region’s security. Mubarak, Yemen’s minister of foreign affairs, criticized Western leaders for ignoring signs that Houthi rebels, who are at war with the Yemeni government, have...
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is arguing that Republican politicians' claims that the southern border is open are "inaccurate and harmful" and may be encouraging more migrants to attempt to reach the United States. "If one wants to speak of rhetoric and the message it sends, what do you think the message is when a...
The Supreme Court ruled the U.S. Military Academy at West Point may continue using race as a factor in admissions, leaving intact the slim remains of affirmative action in higher education. At the end of its last term, the high court in a landmark decision gutted race-conscious admissions policies at universities nationwide, except at military...