Category: USA
Texas AG sues Dallas for decriminalizing marijuana
Fox News Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit Thursday targeting the blue city of Dallas over a ballot measure that decriminalizes marijuana. Paxton alleges that Proposition R, which “prohibits the Dallas Police Department from making arrests or issuing citations for marijuana possession or considering the odor of marijuana as probable cause for search…
Read MoreReadout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III’s Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz
Defense.gov Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz to review regional threats, discuss ongoing Israeli operations, and reaffirm the United States’ ironclad commitment to Israel’s security. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3976755/readout-of-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iiis-call-with-israeli-minister/
Read MoreWho is Pam Bondi, Trump’s new pick for attorney general?
Fox News Just hours after former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration to be attorney general, President-elect Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his AG nominee. “For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore,” Trump wrote in his…
Read MoreBiden makes final push for student loan forgiveness before Trump takes office
Fox News President Biden is making a last-ditch effort to cancel more student debt before the end of his term, after facing years of setbacks in his attempts to erase billions of dollars in borrowed money. The Department of Education announced an interim final rule this month to extend the deadline for student loan borrowers…
Read MoreTrump and GOP eye new limits on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Washington Post President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are weighing vast changes to the CFPB that could limit its powers and funding. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/23/trump-republicans-cfpb/
Read More24 states’ attorneys general call on Supreme Court to keep biological boys out of girls sports
Fox News Attorneys general from 24 states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling and uphold an Arizona law to prohibit biological boys from competing on girls’ sports teams. The petition comes after a federal appeals court ruled that the law likely violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.…
Read MoreCanada’s Plan for U.S. Trade Talks: Throw Mexico Under the Bus
Wall Street Journal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suggested his country could cut a deal with the U.S. without Mexico. https://www.wsj.com/articles/canada-us-trade-talks-mexico-trump-85d29dbc
Read MoreA County in Idaho Wants to Publish Every Ballot to Build Election Trust
New York Times After enduring a host of election conspiracy claims in recent years, Ada County believes it has found a way to restore confidence in the vote-counting system. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/us/ballots-election-boise-idaho.html
Read MoreTrump Won More of New York’s Votes. Did He Win More of Its Love, Too?
New York Times The city tolerated Donald J. Trump, and then it loathed him. Now, some New Yorkers have begun to embrace him. The Kid from Queens couldn’t be happier. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/us/politics/donald-trump-new-york-city.html
Read MoreOn Blood-Soaked Ground, a ‘Prayer for the Future’ of a Divided Land
New York Times Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize what it means to be presidential. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/us/gettysburg-address.html
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