Civics education will be expanded in Florida, including instruction about communist and totalitarian governments, and state universities will be prevented from quashing conservative ideology under bills Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Tuesday. read more
Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal. read more
Donald Trump's main 2024 White House campaign fundraising operation sharply increased spending at the former president's properties in recent months, funneling money into his businesses at a time when he is facing serious legal jeopardy and desperately needs cash. read more
Arizona Republicans celebrated Wednesday after swatting down Democrats' fourth attempt in two weeks to repeal the state's near-total abortion ban, which the state Supreme Court upheld last week. read more
The Verge writes a fascinating story about the people who work to keep the internet cables under the sea in working order: "The world's emails, TikToks, classified memos, bank transfers, satellite surveillance, and FaceTime calls travel on cables that are about as thin as a garden hose. There are about 800,000 miles of these skinny tubes crisscrossing the Earth's oceans, representing nearly 600 different systems, according to the industry tracking organization TeleGeography." read more
Tesla is again seeking to award boss Elon Musk the biggest pay deal in corporate American history, worth $56bn. read more
As MSNBC reporter Yasmin Vossoughian was announcing on live TV that the jury for Donald Trump's hush-money trial had been seated, with all six alternates, she reported in horror that a man had set himself on fire across the street from where she was reporting. Spectators rushed to assist the man and extinguished the fire, which she said was about 50 feet from her. read more
The Arkansas Legislative Audit this week wrapped up its investigation into the purchase of a $19,000 podium by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' administration. read more
A top leader of the national conservative group Turning Point Action, which has amplified false claims of election fraud by former president Donald Trump and others, resigned Thursday after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork so that he could run for reelection in the Arizona House. read more
Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, according to the US broadcaster ABC News. read more
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden made a combined income of $619,976 last year, and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband made $450,299, according to the couples' 2023 tax returns the White House released Monday. read more
The former president's campaign sent a letter to vendors demanding a cut of any candidate donations that use his name or likeness read more
Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack ... read more
The Senate quickly dispensed with the two impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, convening a short-lived trial Wednesday that brought an end to a months-long effort to punish the secretary for his handling of the southern border. read more
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