WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon. The decision by House Republicans to include TikTok as part of a larger foreign aid […]
The Senate has been known as “the world’s greatest deliberative body,” supposedly because they take forever to get anything done. In March, the House passed a bill that would force the sale of the Chinese social media app TikTok to an American company within six months of the president’s signature or face a total […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression. The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister […]
A Democratic tactic to force a vote repealing an 1864 abortion ban in Arizona went down to defeat Wednesday. The law — dating back to the days Arizona was a territory — became more than a historical curiosity recently when the Arizona supreme court ruled that it was now valid, because it was in effect […]
PHOENIX — Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state’s highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dormant statute. Although no vote was taken on the repeal […]
Rep. Ralph Norman reintroduced a bill Wednesday aimed at stopping a form of federal spending known as earmarks. “I’ve always said that earmarks are evil,” Norman, R-N.C. told The Daily Signal. “They are sneaky in the way that they get tacked onto big, important spending packages to be automatically passed by the ‘uniparty’ with […]
A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a West Virginia law requiring scholastic athletes to participate based on biological sex, handing a victory to a male-to-female transgender teen who competes against girls in track and field. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to reverse a lower-court decision that upheld the state’s Save Women’s Sports Act, […]
“Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” ― John Adams As stubborn as facts may be, in the 21st Century, they often have a difficult time finding a home. […]
A bill banning marriage between first cousins passed the Tennessee Legislature Thursday and heads to the desk of Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican. If he signs it into law, the ban will take effect immediately. The bill aims to close a loophole dating back six decades. In 1960, the Tennessee attorney general wrote an opinion […]
After a series of fits and starts, the Kansas legislature passed legislation that would ban genital mutilation surgery on minors along with other supposed “transgender care” procedures. The proposed law would not impact adults. This led to Democratic Governor Laura Kelly breaking out her executive pen yesterday and vetoing the legislation. She vetoed a couple […]
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