States may ban transgender athletes from joining women’s and girls’ athletic teams, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday as it concluded its term with a series of blockbuster opinions. The court upheld state laws from Idaho and West Virginia that limit sports participation in public schools to an athlete’s sex at birth. Twenty-five other states have […]
Babies born on American soil are American citizens, regardless of whether their parents were in the country legally, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in strong rebuke of a key element of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. In its 6-3 decision, the court rejected the Trump administration’s argument that the Constitution does not guarantee citizenship to […]
Two days after state Sen. Patricia Fahy, D-N.Y., introduced a bill to regulate AI-generated news, an article on an obscure website reported a feat of remarkable government efficiency. “New York Passes Law Regulating AI in News and Entertainment,” read the headline of the article in National Today, an AI-slop content farm led by a San […]
Europe is trying to turn higher defense spending into something more concrete, with Germany moving to secure a major tank maker and Britain shifting its armed forces toward drones, AI and autonomous systems. Germany’s parliament Budget Committee approved the state’s acquisition of a 40% stake in KNDS, the Franco-German maker of Leopard 2 tanks and […]
A social media community devoted to political news blew up Tuesday morning with reactions to a major scoop by NPR: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had retired. The story wasn’t true, however, and it no longer exists on the web. Replacing the story by longtime legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg is an editor’s note from […]
As the United States marks its 250th birthday, Straight Arrow is taking a fresh look at the institutions, systems and social contracts that shaped modern America — and the pressures now testing them. Michael Skelly has spent most of this century trying to solve a Rubik’s cube. Not the six-colored toy with 43 quintillion possible […]
The Trump administration is overhauling the way millions of Americans pay for a higher education. On Monday, it finalized new rules for how the government determines the college programs that are eligible for federal student loans. The new rules, which are set to be formalized Wednesday, will tie colleges and universities’ ability to access federal […]
At least 11 states or territories — about 20% — are not participating in the Great American State Fair on the National Mall, as part of the Trump administration’s celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary. They include Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. […]
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., wants an apology from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., after an investigation into Gallego’s behavior based on her comments came up empty-handed. According to a letter obtained by NBC News, the Senate Ethics Committee dismissed Luna’s allegations after the panel said it “did not find evidence” to back them up. Luna’s […]
Ukraine’s refinery attacks are turning Russia’s energy network into a growing liability. The strikes have not delivered a decisive battlefield breakthrough. But they appear to be creating a different kind of pressure for Moscow: fuel shortages, export limits, strained air defenses and visible signs of war inside Russia. Foreign Policy cited a Reuters estimate that […]
