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

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

Former Republican Rep. Kinzinger endorses Biden

Washington — Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Wednesday endorsed President Biden’s reelection campaign, saying that the presumptive GOP nominee, former President Donald Trump, “poses a direct threat to every fundamental American value.” “As a proud conservative, I’ve always put democracy and our Constitution above all else,” Kinzinger said in a video endorsement posted on

More info out about 8 Tajikistani men arrested in U.S. for suspected ISIS ties

More information has emerged about eight Tajikistani men arrested earlier this month by federal law enforcement for suspected ties to ISIS. Federal law enforcement had acquired intelligence information indicating the eight men were inside the U.S. and had possible ties to ISIS, according to two sources familiar with the information. The FBI Joint Terrorism Task

8 arrested men with ISIS ties feared to have been plotting potential U.S. attack

Washington — When federal agents apprehended eight men from Tajikistan — a Central Asian nation that borders Afghanistan — they were concerned the men could have been plotting a possible terrorist attack on U.S. soil, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News.  The eight men residing in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia