Politics

A federal court has ordered a freeze on Texas’s contentious immigration law, marking a significant development in a case that has garnered national attention. The legislation, known as SB4, is considered one of the toughest immigration laws in the country and has been closely monitored by policymakers and advocates alike....

North Dakota voters will be presented with a ballot this summer that asks if the state should bar anyone from running for the U.S. House of Representatives or Senate if they’d turn 81 during their term. Across the country, there is support for creating a political age limit, but this...

Former White House aide Peter Navarro has made headlines as he reported to a federal prison in Miami, marking a historic moment as the first ex-White House official to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro’s four-month sentence stems from his refusal to comply with a subpoena from...

Former President Donald Trump’s recent comments at a rally near Dayton, Ohio, regarding immigrants accused of crimes are not just inflammatory; they’re a troubling reflection of his character and suitability for leadership.  His statement that some immigrants are “not people” is not only dehumanizing but also dangerously divisive. Throughout his...

The first pandas came to American zoos after President Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972— every panda in the U.S. was loaned under contract. China let these contracts expire due to tensions in Washington, effectively taking back almost every giant panda in American zoos. Not only were zoogoers...

When Donald Trump took office in January 2017, his administration worked relentlessly to roll back decades of work to ensure human rights protections for many minority groups. If Donald Trump is reelected in 2024, we will see even more dismantling of human and civil rights policies; this is incredibly dangerous...

A Texas law requiring that minors must have parental consent before obtaining birth control was upheld in federal court by a panel of three judges on Tuesday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with President Joe Biden and his administration and ruled that the Texas law did not...

Ironically, the history of criminal activity among U.S. presidents is not a novel occurrence- several presidents both in office at the time and after their terms have been charged, and in some cases, convicted across the board for illegal actions and behavior.  Former president Donald Trump is one of these...

Online chat rooms and social media platforms have long-been used for all forms of discourse, including political discussion.  Twitter, launched in 2006 and quickly growing in popularity through its rebranding to X, has long been the top dog when it comes to online chatter, defined and distinctive through its limited...

The Republican response to the State of the Union Address took place in an eerily empty, dark kitchen, delivered by Alabama Senator Katie Britt. Britt wears a green dress reminiscent of the green gowns the wives wear in The Handmaid’s Tale and speaks with a terrifying intonation and zealous rigor....

Last night, President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union Address and Republicans felt it appropriate to disrupt his speech and heckle him. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) interrupted the president mid-sentence to remind him of the death of college student Laken Riley. Several other GOP lawmakers told Biden...

The image you see above of Donald Trump posing with African American men and women is not real — it was generated by AI. Did you fall for it? Despite Artificial Intelligence platforms having strict rules against creating misleading political and election data, people can easily use AI to create...

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