On Feb. 16, 2023, a committee controlled by Democrats in the Virginia Senate struck down a bill, Sage’s Law, that would have required “any person licensed by the Board of Education and employed by a local school board” to inform at least one parent if any minor under their temporary care would be at imminent risk of suicide or was self-identifying as a gender different than their biological sex. Furthermore, the bill stated that if the student were at risk of parental abuse or neglect, proper authorities in the county or city should be notified.
Did you know that the 1619 Project is a banned book? This might surprise you, given that it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies, has a Hulu original series, and that governments everywhere are paying the author tens of thousands of dollars to speak about the book.
Chinese authorities raided the office of a U.S. firm in Beijing earlier this week and detained all five of its local staff members, according to media reports. The Mintz Group, a New York-based due diligence firm, said Friday that its employees were detained without notice and its Beijing office was closed, The Wall Street Journal reported. “Our...
Congress and the U.S. Forest Service are looking to the farm bill to pour new life into the nation's fire-plagued forests. Against the backdrop of looming threats such as wildfires, legislators and lobbyists alike want to use the mammoth bill, worth more than a trillion dollars, to garner federal funding and create markets to pay for...
Republicans in the Idaho House blocked a bill that would provide free menstrual products to public school students, calling it “liberal” and “woke.” The bill would have funded free menstrual product dispensers for 6th through 12th grade students in girls bathrooms at a cost of about $300,000 per year, or $3.50 per student, after a...
Both the Trump and Biden administrations have taken a tough approach to addressing the China challenge. Democrats and Republicans disagree on many internal and external affairs, yet they have reached a rare consensus on how to deal with China. In recent years, Congress has passed a number of anti-China bills and the White House has launched a...
NBA superstar Steph Curry and his restauranteur wife, Ayesha Curry, are among the newest members of one of President Biden’s councils promoting fitness and nutrition. The White House announced on Friday that the famed couple is among the nearly 30 new members that Biden intends to appoint to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and...
House Republicans passed an education bill on Friday that emphasizes parental rights in the classroom, leaning into a hot-button, culture war issue that has gained popularity in GOP politics across the country. The legislation, titled the Parents Bill of Rights, passed in a 213-208 vote, with five Republicans voting with every Democrat against the bill, and...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg may have been asked to delay bringing charges against former President Trump, Watergate figure John Dean speculated in a CNN interview on Friday. Dean emphasized that he did not know the facts, but commented on the possibility that another lawyer on a separate Trump case might have asked Bragg to...
A former Biden aide is lobbying on behalf of TikTok as the hugely popular social media platform launches an all-out push to avert a U.S. ban. TikTok contracted with Ankit Desai, a for-hire lobbyist who briefly served as an aide to then-Sen. Biden in 2005, according to a document filed with Congress Thursday. TikTok hired...