POLITICS

The American Sociological Association Is Attempting To Block Trump’s Civil Rights Guidance. It Runs a Fellowship That Discriminates Against White Applicants.

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When the Department of Education published guidance last month targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on college campuses, the American Sociological Association (ASA) sprang into action. With help from Democracy Forward, a nonprofit legal organization whose board is chaired by disgraced Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias, the association sued to block the enforcement of the Education

Biden EPA Gave a Social Justice Group $20 Million To Replace Lead Pipes and Restore Wetlands. The Group Has Experience With Neither.

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The Biden Environmental Protection Agency gave a little-known social justice advocacy group $20 million to restore wetlands and remove lead pipes in hundreds of homes. The group has no experience doing either of those things. The EPA awarded the grant to Democracy Green in December as part of a $1.6 billion environmental justice initiative—the Climate Justice Community Change Program—championed by

Trump administration expected to seek to let Idaho enforce strict abortion ban

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Washington — The Trump administration signaled Tuesday it will move to let Idaho enforce its strict abortion ban, even in the treatment of pregnant women suffering medical emergencies, a dramatic reversal from the previous administration in a closely watched lawsuit. The state’s largest hospital system said it could be forced to airlift women out of

Rep. Al Green Ejected From House for Heckling Trump During Speech to Congress

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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Green should be censured by the House over his actions. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) was removed from the House chamber on Tuesday night after disrupting President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress. Green rose to speak and shook his cane toward the president about four minutes into the speech, but

Poll on Trump’s 2025 joint address to Congress finds large majority of viewers approve

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A large majority of speech watchers approved of what they heard from President Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday night.  The viewership was heavily Republican — historically a president’s party draws more of their own partisans. This was no exception, and they liked what they heard. This CBS News/YouGov survey interviewed a nationally representative sample

12 Takeaways From Trump’s First Major Policy Speech to Congress

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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump capped off his first six weeks in office with a 100-minute speech to a joint session of Congress The March 4 address followed a blitz of more than 100 executive actions that impacted nearly every aspect of government and U.S. relationships with other nations. Here are the highlights of the speech, which

Man allegedly behind 2021 Kabul airport bombing being extradited to U.S.

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Inside Kabul over 3 years after U.S. withdrawal Inside Afghanistan more than 3 years after U.S. withdrawal 04:21 U.S. officials told CBS News that Mohammad Sharifullah is being extradited to the U.S. in connection with the August 2021 Abbey Gate suicide bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, which killed 13 American service