FACT CHECK: Kamala Harris Claims Trump And Allies Will Implement Abortion Ban, Limit Birth Control Access If Reelected
Vice President Kamala Harris said speech At the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC), former President Donald Trump and his allies announced their intention to ban medication abortions, restrict access to birth control, and implement a nationwide abortion ban. Verdict: Misleading While the claims about Trump are inaccurate, it is true that some of his allies […]
Switchblade Carry Ban Violates 2A
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a state law banning the carrying of switchblades violates the Second Amendment. This incident Commonwealth v. David E. Canjula. Kanjula was arrested on July 3, 2020, and a knife with a “spring-loaded blade” was found during a body search. The suspect was charged with “possessing a dangerous weapon,” […]
Desmond Howard defends Deion Sanders, cites need to protect mental health amid controversial reporter ban
Colorado Football Head coach Deion Sanders had a tense exchange with reporters during media day on Aug. 9. Sanders made it clear that he did not like some of the reporting that Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler had done in the past about him and the Buffaloes football program. “You hate us, why would you […]
Ryan and Righ want to get married in Taiwan – they can’t because of China’s same-sex marriage ban | Taiwan
RYang and Li like to compare their relationship to a Shakespeare play. The two met when Li, a Chinese native, visited Ryan's Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung in 2016. What began as a brief conversation by the city's “Love River” quickly blossomed into a romance that ignored years of tension between the two countries. Rigg returned […]
New York county makes first arrest under new mask ban law
New York City police made their first arrests Sunday for allegedly violating a new mask-wearing ban in Nassau County. Police say Weslin Omar Ramirez Castillo, 18, was arrested in Levittown, New York, after he was seen wearing a mask and acting suspiciously. Photos showed the suspect dressed entirely in black and police say he was […]
JD Vance promises Trump will veto any nationwide ban on abortion
Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has vowed to veto nationwide abortion bans if former President Donald Trump is re-elected. Vance comment In an interview with Kristen Welker on Saturday’s “Meet the Press,” Welker quoted Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina as saying that if Trump is elected, he would try to pass a […]
Lawsuit challenges mask ban in New York’s Nassau County, claims it discriminates against disabled people
Disability rights groups have filed a lawsuit to block Nassau County’s mask ban, which prohibits people from wearing face coverings in public except for health or religious reasons. The lawsuit claims the ban is unconstitutional and discriminatory against people with disabilities. The New York Disability Rights Association filed a federal class action lawsuit on Thursday […]
Warren on Trump-Vance pledge to veto abortion ban: 'American women are not stupid'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Sunday pushed back against a suggestion by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) that she would veto a federal abortion ban if former President Donald Trump were elected president and introduced it. “American women are not stupid. I am not going to entrust the futures of my daughters and granddaughters to two […]
GOP hopeful Gina Arena campaigns for transgender sports ban
A Republican candidate for state Senate has launched a campaign to ban competition between biological men and women who identify as transgender, and other GOP candidates are expected to follow suit. Gina Arena, a mother of six girls and running for Congress in the 40th Congressional District in the southern Hudson Valley, said the “Equal […]
Deion Sanders addresses ‘negative’ Colorado coverage after columnist’s ban
Coach Deion Sanders spoke generally over the weekend about the negative criticism he’s faced as Colorado’s head coach, but didn’t directly address the Denver Post columnist being banned from asking questions at press conferences. The ban on Denver Post reporter Sean Keeler’s questions came after the school said the reporter had written “a sustained series […]