Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to give up her bus seat in segregated Montgomery, Alabama. Her defiance came nine months before Rosa Parks, and it ultimately helped crack the law that enforced segregation. Colvin, whose stand in 1955 put her at the center of a constitutional fight she never sought, […]
Greenland’s prime minister says his country chooses Denmark, not the United States. The declaration landed just hours before senior officials from Greenland and Denmark sit down with the Trump administration in Washington on Wednesday. At a joint news conference in Copenhagen, Jens-Frederik Nielsen left zero room for interpretation. “If we have to choose between the […]
President Donald Trump is publicly encouraging anti-government protesters in Iran to persist, as the death toll keeps increasing. His statement is now fueling fears of escalation. Plus, a pivotal White House meeting on Wednesday about Greenland. Trump wants to buy the territory, but Greenland’s leaders say that’s not happening. And the death of a civil […]
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado at the White House on Thursday. The sit-down comes as Trump resists picking a single lane, keeping his lines open to multiple power centers in Caracas after Nicolás Maduro’s capture. A White House meeting, but no endorsement […]
Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned Tuesday after the Department of Justice asked for an investigation into the widow of a woman killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, according to The New York Times. A federal agent killed the woman, Renee Good, during an incident last Wednesday, and officials including President Donald Trump and […]
Flock Safety, which operates license plate reading cameras in hundreds of cities across the country, is allegedly attempting to shut down a website that allows individuals to see whether they were surveilled by the company’s technology. The website, known as HaveIBeenFlocked, obtained the data after multiple police departments failed to properly redact license plate information in […]
South Carolina health officials recorded 124 new measles cases in a five-day stretch, the department announced Tuesday. The state declared an outbreak in October and has since documented 434 total cases. Most cases have been confined to the northwestern part of the state, also known as the Upstate region. More than 400 people are currently […]
A federal judge ruled in favor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and several clean energy groups that were looking to win back federal funds for clean energy. The legal decision issued Monday comes after the Trump administration rolled back nearly $7.6 billion in October previously allocated to blue states. The funding cancellation only targeted projects operating […]
The Supreme Court heard back-to-back challenges to state laws barring trans girls from female sports on Tuesday. Attorney General Pam Bondi didn’t wait for a ruling to share her opinion on the cases. “Today, my attorneys are arguing a crucial Supreme Court case pushing back against the trans agenda,” Bondi wrote on X. “Our position: […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is doubling down on his opposition to a proposed billionaire tax in his state. The stance has him at odds with more progressive Democrats in California and the country ahead of a potential presidential bid. Billionaire Tax Act The rift comes from the Billionaire Tax Act ballot proposition. The measure could […]
