North Carolina became the latest state to ban male-born athletes from female sports and gender-transition procedures for minors as the Republican supermajority overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes.
2024 Republican presidential candidate and former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) said he thinks will be able to get on next week’s Republican presidential debate stage. During a Wednesday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN, Hurd said despite not yet meeting the Republican National Committee's donor and polling thresholds to qualify for the debate he thinks...
The North Carolina Legislature voted Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto against three bills that would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender minors, prevent transgender women and girls from competing on female sports teams and limit classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity. Cooper vetoed all three bills last month, writing in the veto...
The majority of the floating barrier that the state of Texas installed in the Rio Grande lies in Mexican waters, according to a recent survey conducted by the International Boundary and Water Commission. Of the 995 feet of buoys in the Rio Grande, about 787 feet lie in Mexican territory and the remaining 208 feet...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Stopgap funding bill could face headwinds in House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is signaling that the House will turn to a short-term stopgap funding bill when Congress returns from the August recess to avoid a shutdown after...
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Roman Catholic school in a case involving employment discrimination allegations from an employee who was terminated after she became pregnant out of wedlock. Victoria Crisitello filed a complaint against the St. Theresa School alleging discrimination based on pregnancy and marital status. The school claimed, however,...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken called detained American and former marine Paul Whelan on Wednesday, a source told CNN, according to the network. Blinken reportedly told Whelan, who has been detained in Russia since 2018 for alleged espionage, to “keep the faith, and we’re doing everything we can to bring you home as soon as...