Politics

Art Wager/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The dispute between Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ and The Walt Disney Company continued to play out in public on Wednesday when the Florida state Senate passed a bill that would eliminate Walt Disney World’s special district in the state. The legislation, which was voted on during a special session […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced it is moving to fast-track Ukrainian refugees coming to the United States. Beginning April 25, the administration says U.S.-based individuals and entities can apply to the Department of Homeland Security to sponsor Ukrainian citizens — in an operation dubbed “Uniting for Ukraine.” Any U.S. citizen […]

Art Wager/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted during a special session Thursday to send two highly controversial bills — one that greenlights Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to redraw the state’s 28 districts into a GOP-friendly configuration that splits up Black voters and another that would eliminate Walt Disney World’s special […]

Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday calling to protect old-growth forests on federal lands, strengthen reforestation initiatives and global partnerships to end deforestation, and take more steps to protect critical forests from wildfires. Under the order, the Interior Department and the Department of Agriculture will conduct the […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Thousands of Michigan GOP leaders are gathering in Grand Rapids on Saturday to decide which candidates will make it onto November’s ballot in what will be a major test of former President Donald Trump’s hold over the state party. Trump has made his presence known in the state, […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/iStock (NEW YORK) — A Tennessee bill that would require convicted drunk drivers to pay child support to minors is headed to the governor’s desk. Drivers convicted of vehicular homicide, intoxication or aggravated vehicular homicide would be ordered by a court to pay “child maintenance,” or child support, if the victim was a parent, […]

DanielBendjy/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States Army has announced new policies to expand soldiers’ and their family’s health. The 12-part directive expands previous policies such as allowing paid medical leave for pregnancies and pregnancy losses for soldiers and/or their spouses. It also creates new policies such as ones addressing soldiers and spouses going through […]

MIKHAIL TERESHCHENKO/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday indefinitely barred 29 more Americans from entering Russia, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in what it said was retaliation for “ever-expanding anti-Russian sanctions” by the United States. Addressing the latest Russian sanctions […]

William Whitehurst/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the midterm elections inch closer and political conversations heat up, one organization is hoping to bring people together despite their differences. America Talks, in partnership with Gannett and USA Today, launched in 2021 aiming to connect Americans of varying political ideologies. Participants in the online event answer a […]

JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday became the first member of Congress to publicly testify under oath about the events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Monday night, a federal judge allowed a legal challenge by a group of Georgia voters to move forward as […]