House Considers Federal Ban on Private Money to Run Elections
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Eight House Republicans have introduced a bill to block the use of private money to operate elections and curb the controversial process called ballot harvesting. If enacted, the Protect American Election Administration Act would block what the bill’s sponsors call a “private takeover of government election administration.” The legislation, introduced […]
Trump says ‘I’m for TikTok’ as potential US ban looms
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he supports short-video app TikTok despite the looming possibility of a ban if its Chinese parent company ByteDance fails to sell the company’s U.S. assets. “I support TikTok because TikTok needs competition. If you don’t have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram,” Trump said in an interview […]
Leading Black LGBTQ organization condemns oldest Black fraternity’s proposed transgender ban
The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), the nation’s leading civil rights organization dedicated to advancing the rights of Black LGBTQ Americans, has condemned one of the nation’s largest Black fraternal organizations for proposing to ban transgender members. Representatives of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the oldest African-American college fraternity, passed a bill at its constitutional convention […]
Newsom Signs Law To Make Calif. First State To Ban Schools from Informing Parents of Child’s Pronoun Change
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) By James Myers, OAN StaffTuesday, July 16, 2024 8:20 AM California has made history by becoming the first state to ban school districts from requiring staff to notify parents if a student wants to change gender, following a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday. advertisement The law […]
Leftist UK Gov’t to Continue Ban on Puberty Blockers for Children
Britain’s Labour government will maintain a ban on health professionals prescribing puberty-blocking drugs to children, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said. Streeting, like the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, initially appeared to struggle to grasp basic biology. declare The notion that “trans women are women” has been overturned by the new Minister of Health’s gender identity […]
Advocates call for Central Park carriage horse ban ahead of driver’s animal abuse trial
As the trainer behind a horse killed two years ago faced off on his first day of trial, neighbors poured out outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday afternoon to demand the shutdown of the city’s carriage horse industry — at least, that’s what they thought. Ian McKeever, who is facing animal cruelty charges in the […]
J.D. Vance Is a ‘Radical’ Who ‘Wants a National Abortion Ban’
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Monday during the network’s coverage of the Republican National Convention that Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), former President Donald Trump’s running mate, is an “extremist.” Maddow said, “Meanwhile, former President Trump has changed the speech he had planned for this year’s Republican National Convention, saying he would focus on ‘bringing the […]
Letitia James Files Lawsuit Against Nassau County Over Transgender Sports Ban
Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit Monday against Nassau County over transgender sports ban, New York Post reported. James launched a lawsuit against a new law in Nassau County, New York, that prohibits transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports at county-owned facilities, according to the New York Post. The lawsuit […]
Federal judge rules 150-year-old ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that an 1868 law banning home distilling was unconstitutional. In his ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman sided with lawyers for the Hobby Distillers Association, a group that advocates for legalizing the production of distilled spirits such as whiskey and bourbon for personal consumption, arguing that the […]
What’s in your makeup? Luna spearheads paraben ban
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is spearheading legislation aimed at addressing the presence of harmful chemicals in cosmetics. In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, Luna discussed her proposed No Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics Act, highlighting the dangers associated with parabens, a common ingredient in makeup. “Big corporations are taking the cheapest […]