Author: Pauline Edwards

Lawmakers in Alabama passed legislation that could lead to the prosecution of librarians under the state’s obscenity law for providing minors with “harmful” materials. The bill, approved 72-28 by the Alabama House of Representatives, will now move to the state Senate. It removes existing exemptions for public libraries in the state’s obscenity law and is…

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb believes it's highly unlikely that the federal election case involving former President Trump will go to trial before the November election. He expressed that this would benefit Trump as the case would not be tried before the election.

California officials on Thursday celebrated a milestone in their quest to achieve a 100-percent clean grid by 2045: the installation of more than 10,000 megawatts of battery storage. “Battery storage is foundational,” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said at a press conference next to a battery storage and solar facility in the Western Sacramento Valley’s rural Yolo County.…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) thinks presidents should not have protection from being prosecuted for their actions while in office. This opinion was expressed as the Supreme Court was considering the matter in relation to former President Trump. Asked in a Thursday interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” with Kristen Welker if he believes a president…

A member of Vice President Harris’s security detail was removed due to a behavioral issue, the Secret Service confirmed to The Hill. The Secret Service special agent, who was working on the vice president’s departure from Joint Base Andrews on Monday morning, “began displaying behavior their colleagues found distressing,” Secret Service chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi…

Weather forecasters at the University of Pennsylvania predicted a record hurricane season for 2024 on Thursday, a “hyperactive” season that could threaten the Gulf Coast. The UPenn forecast predicts between 27-39 named tropical storms, with the best estimate of 33 storms, the most of any forecast in the 15-year history of the project. An average…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is warning college students in his state that they could be expelled if they engage in unsanctioned protests on campuses. “At places like Columbia and Yale, Hamas protesters rule the roost, and the universities are too weak and scared to do anything — even as these mobs harass Jewish students…

By ALEX VEIGA (AP Business Writer) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate went up this week to its highest level since late November, another setback for home shoppers in what’s traditionally the housing market’s busiest time of the year. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage increased to 7.17% from 7.1% last […]

Following the arrest of over 50 people at a University of Texas at Austin protest this week, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is facing accusations that the state went too far. Police in riot gear broke up an unsanctioned but nonviolent demonstration at the state’s flagship university Wednesday. Among those arrested was a journalist…

Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election have been charged with conspiracy, fraud and forgery. Arizona becomes the fourth state to bring charges against “fake electors.” The 11 people who had been nominated to be Arizona’s Republican electors met in Phoenix on Dec. 14, 2020, to sign a certificate saying they were “duly elected and qualified” electors and claimed Trump had carried the state. The document was later sent to Congress and the National Archives, where it was ignored.