Looming NYC school phone ban could force kids to store phones in $30 pouches paid for by taxpayers: report
A long-promised cell phone ban is coming to New York City public schools, but students may end up hiding their phones in $30 pouches purchased by cash-strapped schools. According to an outline of the plan, students will be banned from using mobile phones at school from February. First reported By Chalkbeat. The ban would require […]
Commentators Who Say Trump Is ‘Changed Man’ After Shooting Should Face ‘Lifetime Ban,’ James Carville Says
Democratic strategist James Carville attacked commentators Monday who say that former President Donald Trump has “changed” after the recent attempt on his life, asserting that these people should face a “lifetime ban from being on anything.” NBC’s Katy Tur and Chuck Todd on Tuesday were struck by Trump’s “different” demeanor at the Republican National Convention […]
Rep. Raskin Asks Congress to ‘Find the Courage’ to Ban AR-15s
During a House Oversight Committee hearing on the U.S. Secret Service on Monday, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) urged lawmakers to “have the courage” to ban AR-15 rifles. he pushed Law enforcement has reiterated efforts to mandate full enforcement of gun control laws and close the so-called “gun show loophole” that Democrats have pushed for decades, […]
Biden Admin Threatens COVID Funds over Arizona’s School Mask Mandate Ban
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Arizona has two months to let schools force mask mandates or risk losing its share of COVID-19 aid from the federal government. In a letter from the U.S. Treasury Department sent to Gov. Doug Ducey’s office Friday, the Treasury reiterated its position stated in October 2021, warning that the state […]
Elizabeth Warren Calls for ‘Nationwide’ Ban on ‘Assault Weapons’
Senator Elizabeth Warren (Democrat) Late Night with Stephen Colbert He urged the crowd on Tuesday that Republicans and Democrats should ban “assault weapons” as a show of unity. She made it clear she wanted to ban such firearms “nationwide,” arguing that the ban was an appropriate response in the wake of the assassination attempt on […]
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 […]