State Watch
Two additional Native American tribes in South Dakota have banned Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) from their reservations after she said earlier this year that tribal leaders benefited from drug cartels. Noem is now banned from traveling to about one-fifth of South Dakota after the Yankton Sioux Tribe voted Friday to ban Noem and the Sisseton-Wahpeton…
Students at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) walked out of their commencement ceremony to protest an address by Gov. Glenn Younkin (R-Va.). About 100 of the 1,200 graduates at the graduation ceremony Saturday quietly filed out of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, some wearing kaffiyeh scarves and signs reading “Teach Black history” and “Book bans…
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s (R) radio show on WABC Radio has been canceled and he was suspended by the station over claims he made about the 2020 election, according to a report from The New York Times. “We’re not going to talk about fallacies of the November 2020 election,” WABC Radio owner…
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (Republican), who has recently faced criticism for shooting her 14-month-old dog, Cricket, implied in an interview on Sunday that President Biden’s dog, Commander, should have faced a similar outcome. Commander reportedly bit Secret Service members at least twenty-four times from October 2022 to June 2023, as per documents disclosed in…
Nathan Wade, former Fulton County special prosecutor involved in the Georgia election fraud case against ex-President Trump, described his romantic relationship with District Attorney Fani Willis as “American as apple pie.” In his first sit-down interview since resigning from the high-profile case, Wade told ABC News’s Linsey Davis that he regretted that the relationship became…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams supported the actions of the New York Police Department (NYPD) in response to campus protests during an interview on Sunday. He emphasized the importance of safeguarding democracy and the right to protest while also acknowledging the obligation to…
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) said his state 'will not comply' with recent changes to Title IX by the Biden administration, The Nebraska Examiner reported Friday. “Protecting our kids and women’s athletics is my duty,” Pillen said in a statement, according to The Nebraska Examiner. “The president’s new rules threaten the safety of women and…
A California man has been formally charged by an Atlanta grand jury for making threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Marc Shultz, 66, from Chula Vista, California, allegedly made the threats due to Willis’ prosecution of…
The University of Vermont (UVM) has canceled United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s commencement speech amid pro-Palestinian protests on campus as protests sweep colleges across the nation. “We are looking forward to the upcoming Commencement ceremonies and the opportunity to celebrate our 2024 UVM graduates,” Suresh Garimella, the university’s president, said in a message to the…
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