Biden pardons LGBTQ+ service members convicted for sexual orientation

President Biden pardoned LGBTQ+ service members who were convicted of a crime under military law based on their sexual orientation on Wednesday, a move that is expected to affect thousands of service members who were convicted over the six decades that military law formally banned consensual homosexual conduct. “Today, I am righting an historic wrong

New Photos From Mar-a-Lago Search Show Trump Personal Items Alongside Classified Documents

Prosecutors included the new photos in several filings made public on Monday. Photographs that were taken during the August 2022 search of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida were released in a court filing earlier this week, showing personal items alongside what prosecutors say are classified documents. The photos, which had not been publicly

House Rules Committee Advances State, Defense, Homeland Security Spending Bills

The Biden administration has expressed opposition to all three appropriations measures. The House Rules Committee advanced on June 25 three House appropriations bills to the floor of the lower congressional chamber for scheduled votes this week. The final tally was 9–4. The bills are for funding the Departments of State, Defense, and Homeland Security. The

Supreme Court rejects challenge to government’s contacts with social media firms

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid from a group of social media users and two states to curtail the Biden administration’s efforts to pressure social media companies to remove content that officials said was misinformation. The court determined that the users and the states, Louisiana and Missouri, did not have the