Wisconsin and North Carolina on Thursday became the latest states to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices, a move that comes after nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked…
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Nevada’s new Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo signed executive orders Thursday indefinitely freezing implementation of new state regulations or occupational licensing requirements, with some exceptions in areas such as public health and safety. Lombardo also ordered…
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GOP targets DC non-citizen voting, moving against ‘attack on the foundation of this republic’
Congressional Republicans on Thursday put forward legislation that would block a Washington, D.C., law that extends the franchise to noncitizens and illegal immigrants. The D.C. City Council voted 12-1 in November to advance a bill…
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Biden admin gives top energy post to climate activist who failed Senate confirmation over ethics concerns
The Biden administration announced this week that Elizabeth Klein, an official with a history of climate activism, as the new director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). In its announcement, the Department of…
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More than a dozen House Democrats are calling for the creation of a memorial within the U.S. Capitol to remember the January 6 riot, which Democrats say was a ‘defining moment’ for American Democracy that…
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The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate proposed implementing a flat 3.25% income tax rate on Friday, a plan that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to block saying it benefits the wealthy over the…
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Biden ignores shouted questions on classified documents investigation as he meets with Japanese PM
President Biden on Friday ignored reporters’ questions about his handling of classified documents. Biden passed the press pool with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan on their way into the White House for a bilateral conversation.…
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Encouraging migrants to cross the southern border illegally: free speech or felony? Americans weigh in
AUSTIN, Texas – Lone Star state residents weighed in on whether they believed encouraging illegal immigration should be a felony or if it’s a matter of free speech. ‘It’s a First Amendment right,’ Bronte, an…
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The Department of the Interior announced on Thursday that a board had voted to rename five places in states across the country that previously included a racist term for a Native American woman. In a…
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly plans to return Friday to the Statehouse after learning that a COVID-19 test earlier in the week gave her a false positive result, her office said. Kelly has been working in…