The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to examine whether the impending TikTok ban would violate the First Amendment’s protection of free speech, the Associated Press reported. The High Court will hear arguments on Jan. 10—just nine days before the federal ban is set to take effect. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Wendy Hechtman admitted to producing and selling carfentanil, fueling overdoses in the process (Mario Tama/Getty Images) An investigation into an Omaha drug ring that police suspected of causing at least six overdose deaths “now feels wasted” after President Joe Biden commuted the 15-year prison sentence of one of the operation’s ringleaders, according to the lead
A $1,962 soccer ball for Hamas ally Qatar. A $1,557 bowl for Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping. A $2,310 handblown glass vase for Cambodian dictator Hun Sen. These are just some of the taxpayer-funded gifts the Biden-Harris administration awarded to foreign dictators, human rights abusers, and anti-American world leaders, financial disclosure forms reviewed
A small school district burrowed in a deep-blue county is leading the charge against a nearly 20-year-old policy in Washington state that allows biological males to compete in girls’ high school sports, highlighting the growing divide surrounding transgender athletes. After a biological male dominated girls’ track and cross-country contests, culminating with a championship win in the spring, Lynden School District board member Khush
The Department of Energy’s inspector general on Tuesday issued an unprecedented call to suspend the Biden administration’s $400 billion energy loan program, warning that officials aren’t complying with conflict-of-interest rules and that the program carries a “significant risk of fraud.” The news comes as the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has been rushing to
Vermont socialist was one of the online retailer’s biggest Senate customers during the 2024 election cycle Getty Images Vermont socialist Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) says Amazon’s “obsession with speed creates uniquely dangerous warehouses.” But his campaign appears to have an affinity for that speed, having spent nearly $2 million at Amazon since 2012, a Washington
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D., Va.) defeated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) in a closed-door caucus vote Tuesday to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Politico reported. Connolly, 74, who is twice as old as Ocasio-Cortez, 35, and has recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer, won the seat in a 131-84 vote. He