Democrats rally behind first out transgender member of Congress, decry Republican attacks At a Democratic caucus meeting Tuesday, Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) watched as colleagues approached and offered their support to Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), who will soon be sworn in as the first out transgender member of Congress. “We have your back,” Balint recalled … Read more
The governing board of the State Bar of California for the first time Saturday endorsed giving judges the discretion to permit cameras in the courtroom. The measure was approved after a spirited debate in which bar President James E. Towery of San Jose said there was a critical reason to allow televised trials: “What goes … Read more
Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, 62, served for years as a top money manager for George Soros, a billionaire donor to Democrats. Bessent is an advocate for deficit reduction. (Vincent Alban/Getty Images) President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his … Read more
Monterey, a California coastal tourist town, was the backdrop for sexual assault allegations involving Pete Hegseth (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times) On the afternoon of Oct. 12, 2017, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente called the Monterey Police Department to report that a patient had come in for a sexual assault exam. The woman, the nurse told … Read more
Former Florida attorney general and lobbyist Pam Bondi speaks at a Trump rally in Greensboro, N.C., early this month. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press) Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration after a … Read more
A Texas flag is displayed in an elementary school in Murphy, Texas. The state’s education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools. (LM Otero / Associated Press) Texas’ education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools, joining other Republican-led states that pushed this year to give religion a larger … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers want the hush money case against him to be immediately dismissed. Prosecutors have indicated that they’re open to putting the case on hold, perhaps as long as Trump is in office. (Brandon Bell / Pool photo) A judge confirmed Friday that President-elect Donald Trump will not be sentenced this month in … Read more
Back in 1988, when Scott Reed was field director for Jack Kemp’s unsuccessful White House run, many of the twentysomething go-getters struggling to gain a toehold in politics came away from that bewilderingly disorganized campaign with one certain belief–their candidate might be going nowhere, but Reed would one day be the man in charge of … Read more
Demonstrators at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, display items recovered from extreme weather events. (Sergei Grits / Associated Press) With so much chaos in the world, from the United States’ slide toward authoritarianism to the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, you could be forgiven for not being focused on what’s going on … Read more
The TikTok logo on a cellphone. (Michael Dwyer / Associated Press) The fate of TikTok in the U.S. has been up in the air since 2020, when President Donald Trump moved to ban the popular video app because of national security concerns. That set off four years of back-and-forth between the app’s Chinese owners and … Read more
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