Move comes amid a flurry of lawsuits challenging racial preferences (Twitter/@USLatinoMuseum) The Smithsonian’s Latino history museum will no longer use race to evaluate applicants for its prestigious internship program, according to a settlement agreement released yesterday, the latest in a series of legal blows to race-based diversity initiatives in the wake of the Supreme Court’s
The left-wing group End Citizens United earlier this month honored Senator Jon Tester as a “trailblazer” against dark money. But dark money is one of the reasons the Montana Democrat is in office. Since 2006, dark money groups have poured at least $7.5 million into Tester’s campaigns, records show. That hasn’t stopped Tester from making
The United States’ top intelligence agency wants to ban its spies from using “biased language,” including the terms “radical Islamists” and “jihadist,” saying these words “are hurtful to Muslim-Americans and detrimentally impact our efforts as they bolster extremist rhetoric,” according to a language guide published internally. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI),
‘At such a precarious moment for Jewish communities … it would be irresponsible to reduce safety measures online,’ Jewish group says (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Meta’s oversight board is recommending the company loosen its standards regarding the glorification of terrorists. Under the board’s recommendation, Facebook and Instagram users can refer to terrorists as “shaheed,” an Arabic
NBC News plans to sack Republican Ronna McDaniel, who joined the network last week as an analyst, following backlash from current and former staffers. NBC’s decision to bring on the former Republican National Committee chairwoman was met with an immediate barrage of criticism from several high-profile pundits associated with the network, according to a Puck
The State Department is denying a recent report that claimed a top U.S. official accused the Jewish state of “systematically” sexually abusing Palestinian women, but told the Washington Free Beacon that it has raised concerns with Israel over “credible allegations” of abuse committed by its forces. The State Department in comments to the Free Beacon
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday named one of his donors, Bay Area attorney Nicole Shanahan, as his running mate. Shanahan helped bankroll progressive Los Angeles district attorney George Gascón’s (D.) campaign and backed some of California’s major soft-on-crime policies. Shanahan, the 38-year-old ex-wife of billionaire Google cofounder Sergey Brin, gave $25,000 to Gascón’s 2020