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Texas Republicans have tried over and over to force anti-trans student-athlete bills through the House, only to fall short of their goal. There have been three prior attempts to move bills like this forward. Rep. Valoree Swanson, who authored HB25, was gloating over her near-victory by the time lawmakers were set to vote. There wasn’t…

On the question of the White House documents, “President Biden has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States, and therefore is not justified as to any of the documents,” White House counsel Dana Remus wrote.  “Congress is examining an assault on our Constitution and democratic…

While everyone thought Trump was winning, his accounting firm, WeiserMazars LLP, disclosed the reality in confidential reports to GSA that the hotel lost nearly $73.9 million. The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform called the discrepancy of the Trump International Hotel records “troubling.” The hotel is located in the historic Old Post Office building that the…

Before Mellon’s intervention, Abbott’s fund had a final destination of Flopsville, raising just $1.25 million as of mid-August. For context, the $2 billion swindled by the previous president would still only cover a portion of costs. “But on Aug. 27, a state website that tracks donations to the crowdfunding effort said the fund had jumped to nearly $19 million,”…

Titled “Struggle For Power: The Ongoing Persecution of Black Movement By The U.S. Government,” the report was first shared with the Associated Press. In the report, the two organizations noted that as protests across the country increased, so did police presence, the deployment of federal agents, and prosecution of protesters. According to the report, policing…

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden vowed to stand with schools and educators working to protect kids, adding that existing federal pandemic funds could “100%” be used to compensate them.  “If a governor wants to cut the pay of a hardworking education leader who requires masks in the classroom, the money from the American Rescue Plan…

After a 45 minute delay, President Joe Biden spoke to the situation in Afghanistan, explaining that the United States has already extracted 14,000 from Kabul airport over the last week. He acknowledged a delay of some hours on Friday as the U.S. worked with allies to locate new areas to stage evacuees that include U.S.…

Amador County Unified School District Superintendent Torie Gibson told the outlet that the parent first confronted the school’s principal when he saw his child leave the building wear a mask. The parent was upset about the school’s mask requirement. Masks, mind you, are required for everyone while indoors on the school’s campus unless they have…

Campaign Action According to a Postal Service spokesperson, DeJoy’s financial adviser made the purchases on the open market. Also according to that spokesperson, Bloom manages a whole different division than the one that sells those bonds DeJoy bought. Also according to the spokesperson, those bond sales certainly are not a conflict of interest. Not everyone…

An investigation by the EPA lasting nearly seven months concluded in March that GEO Group violated the law by misusing a pesticide that sickened immigrants detained at another immigration prison operated by the company in southern California. The EPA-registered pesticide, HDQ Neutral, had already been used at the Adelanto Detention Facility for nearly a decade, but applications increased amid…