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Idaho Republican women don't believe girls in schools should have access to free tampons, The Daily Beast reports.Founder of nonprofit advocacy organization, the Idaho Period Project, Avrey Hendrix — who is also a mother of four — approached Idaho State…

Writing for the New York Times on Thursday, reporters revealed that Donald Trump's lawyer, Evan Corcoran, would not be pleading his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.Corcoran is set to testify to the grand jury in Washington, D.C., over the…

In 2019, LA teachers went on a successful strike. Four years later, they can point to the evidence of what went right with a little district support—and help realize an even better future.This article was produced by Our Schools."We should have been…

The Washington Post's editorial board published an op-ed Thursday warning President Joe Biden's administration to reconsider banning the widely used social media giant, TikTok. This comes as TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in a congressional hearing — also…

A woman is claiming a Christian pastor's sermon caused three of her amputated toes to grow back although she has shown no proof, The Daily Beast reports. The pastor is taking credit. When Bill Johnson, a guest pastor visiting Missouri's James River Church,…

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has been formally admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee for violating ethics rules and standards by repeatedly soliciting campaign donations during an interview at the Capitol.The bipartisan committee issued Graham a…

Former President Donald Trump shared an artificial intelligence-generated picture of himself kneeling and praying to his Truth Social account on Thursday afternoon, triggering a blizzard of mockery on social media.Despite it looking like a real photograph,…

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) called out the irony of Republicans' efforts to ban books during a recent House floor debate over parental oversight of K-12 schools.@Acyn shared a clip of the congressman's speech via Twitter, writing, "Raskin is very good at…

The anti-drag bills sweeping the nation are the latest in a long history of policing gender expression. While focused on supposedly protecting children from a particular kind of “adult performance,” the legislation is really about enforcing strict white,…

The Biden administration may cancel the $950 million in annual assistance the U.S. provides to Uganda if President Yoweri Museveni signs into law its latest “Kill the Gays” bill, which calls for the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" and between…

The former acting White House chief of state under the Trump administration has offered his take on the possibility of the former president being indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney's office. According to Mediaite, Mick Mulvaney has a relatively grim…

U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) is being criticized for having the parents of a victim of the Parkland school massacre removed from a GOP-led House committee hearing on “ATF Overreach” after he deemed them "out of order" for remarks they made while a Member…

Nebraska State Senator Megan Hunt did not mince words during a vote over a piece of anti-trans bill on the House floor.The legislation — LB 547, which is named the "Let Them Grow Act," according to Omaha's WOWT 6 News, would ultimately prohibit…

Far-right pundits at Fox News and Newsmax TV have had a lot to say about "cancel culture" and "woke" progressives they claim are trying to shut down conservatives they disagree with. And many Democrats, in response, have stressed that it is far-right MAGA…

Nebraska State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh, a Democrat, is determined to block any anti-trans bills her colleagues attempt to pass. LB 574, a bill that "would ban doctors from providing gender-affirming medical care to anyone under the age of 19," will be…

Illinois State Representative Chris Miller (R-110th District), a farmer by trade, recently claimed that climate change concerns are overblown because of the role trees play in capturing carbon dioxide."We're not having a climate crisis, but what we are having…

TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew faced a grilling by the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday over reports that the popular app had misused data that it obtained from American users.TikTok's parent…

In Wisconsin, far-right social conservative Dan Kelly is competing with liberal Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz for a seat on the state's supreme court. Kelly is vehemently anti-abortion, and Protasiewicz has been slamming him as a supporter…

Revolutionary Havana youth describe the process of building legislation in dialogue with the people.On September 25, 2022, Cuba passed one of the world's most progressive codes on families. All in one go, the small island nation legalized same-sex marriage,…

Prophesies, Then and Now: My Life at World's EndIndulge me for a moment. This is how "The Prophecy" in my 1962 high school yearbook began. It was written by some of my classmates in the year we graduated from Friends Seminary in New York City:Being a…

Once again, we're chasing down and debunking every single Republican talking point instead of saying with a clear voice what the Republicans are saying with those talking points. We can't quit our fetish for the trees. Meanwhile, we're missing the whole…

Stormy Daniels believes her phone records might be a smoking gun for former President Donald Trump. The adult film star's remarks came on Wednesday, March 22, after she turned over those records to her legal team. According to The Daily Beast, Daniels is at…

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg served up an extensive lesson in American jurisprudence Thursday in his response to House Republican Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan’s letter demanding he provide communications and testify before Congress on his ongoing…

Although Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't officially announced a 2024 presidential run, the far-right MAGA Republican certainly sounded like he was planning to run during a recent interview with television journalist Piers Morgan. DeSantis, discussing the…

Amid rumors of an imminent indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over his alleged hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, some New York City attorneys who are no fans of Trump are voicing skepticism about Bragg's chances…