A judge in Texas has temporarily halted the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors in a win for the parents and LGBTQ advocates who challenged the law. Senate Bill 14 was signed into law in June, making Texas the largest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors. It was scheduled to go into effect...
Sidney Powell, a former Trump attorney charged alongside the former president in the Georgia election interference case, has filed a motion for a speedy trial. Powell’s request makes her the second of the 19 charged in the case to do so. Kenneth Chesebro, the attorney who drafted the fake electors memo, likewise pushed for a...
President Biden on Friday told reporters there has been no request for him to be interviewed by the special counsel looking into his handling of classified documents. “There’s no such request and no such interest,” told reporters in Lake Tahoe, where he has spent the past week vacationing. NBC News reported earlier in August that...
The singer behind “Rich Men North of Richmond,” which has become such a hit with a conservatives that it was featured at the beginning of this week's 2024 GOP primary debate, is seeking distance from the "aggravating" Republican embrace. "It was funny seeing my song ... at the presidential debate. 'Cause it's like, I wrote...
Sixty years after the March on Washington, which became a catalyst for landmark voting rights action, advocates are sounding alarms about voter suppression and the rollback of voting rights protections, particularly those affecting Black and minority voters. In the six decades since protesters descended on the capital to protest inequality and advocate for civil rights,...
Bill Richardson, the Democrat who parlayed a political career into a unique role as a global crisis negotiator, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to free hostages and political prisoners around the world. Richardson was nominated along with Richardson Center for Global Engagement, a nonprofit he founded, by four Democratic...
President Biden on Friday said that President Trump was a "handsome" and "wonderful guy" after his former presidential rival's mugshot was released a day earlier.
Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville's opposition to the Pentagon's abortion policy has led to blocked military nominations, leaving key leadership positions vacant.