SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Voters in North Macedonia were casting ballots Wednesday for a president they hope will oversee the country’s long-anticipated entry into the European Union, The small Balkan country has orbited the EU for nearly two decades with little to show for its efforts to join the 27-nation bloc. A second round of […]
Sen. Marco Rubio and six fellow GOP senators introduced a joint resolution of disapproval Thursday seeking to overturn a new Biden administration rule the lawmakers say will impose “a radical social agenda” on faith-based groups receiving federal funds. The federal rule, proposed in March with an April 4 effective date, would require faith-based groups to […]
A small Oregon city’s efforts to limit homelessness have drawn support from the state with the nation’s largest homeless population. California law enforcement and district attorneys have asked the Supreme Court to rule in favor of Grants Pass, Oregon, whose fines on homeless encampments are being challenged amid national attention. Of the 233,000 homeless persons […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer under a new rule issued Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The rule advances President Biden’s commitment to environmental justice by delivering critical health protections for communities burdened by industrial pollution from ethylene […]
The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that would further entrench unelected federal bureaucrats from accountability to President Joe Biden or his elected successors. Key to the new rule from the Office of Personnel Management is the effective “grandfathering” of federal employees into their current category of employment, making it harder for a future […]
Religious broadcasters are asking the Supreme Court to rule on whether their paying higher fees to stream music online than secular outfits like National Public Radio violates their First Amendment rights. The National Religious Broadcasters Noncommercial Music License Committee says it is required to pay 18 times what NPR pays in royalty rates, which are […]
Federal prosecutors aired their frustration late Tuesday with the federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s documents trial in Florida, saying her recent order seeking jury instructions leaned on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” Special counsel Jack Smith says a recent order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, which sought draft language on jury instructions, […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday said it will rule on whether to dissolve the political party that won the most seats in last year’s election for allegedly violating the constitution by proposing to amend a law against defaming the country’s royal family. The court said it had accepted a petition from the […]
A federal judge has ruled that the Biden administration was driving way out of its lane in adopting a 2023 rule that forced states to measure greenhouse gas emissions. The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge James Wesley Hendrix, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, kills off a rule that wanted states to […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a federal appeals court panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling. A divided 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to uphold enforcement of […]
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