The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a win for President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, affirming the government’s ability to expedite removal of asylum seekers whose applications have been denied. The case involves a Sri Lankan man who was arrested on the U.S.-Mexico border while seeking asylum in 2017. After an immigration officer said he failed […]
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Dixie Chicks Officially Change Name To Just “The Chicks”
Across the band’s social media pages, the women now go by The Chicks. On Thursday morning, their official Twitter handle was changed from @dixiechicks to @thechicks. The group made up of Natalie Maines, Martie Erwin Maguire, and Emily Strayer, also changed their name on Instagram and Facebook. A statement on The Chicks’ website said “We […]
Coronavirus Cases Surging Across The Country
The daily number of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is the highest it has been since the height of the pandemic two months ago, as several states around the country experience spikes in cases. On Tuesday, 34,700 new cases of coronavirus were reported, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The school’s coronavirus […]
Louisville Detective Fired Over Killing Of Breonna Taylor
One of three Kentucky police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor this year was fired Tuesday, authorities said. In a two-page letter to Louisville Metro Police Department detective Brett Hankison, chief Robert J. Schroeder said that the detective violated department rules, procedures and deadly force standards when Taylor was killed. When Hankison and […]
Appeals Court Orders Judge To Drop Flynn Case
A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered a lower court to allow the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to be dismissed, as requested by the Justice Department — likely ending the years-long legal saga stemming from the Russia investigation. The abrupt ending came in a 2-1 ruling and order from judges on […]
SCOTUS Set For Historic Abortion Ruling
Chief Justice John Roberts is under the microscope as the Supreme Court prepares to issue its first major ruling on abortion rights in the Trump era, which will give the clearest indication yet of the court’s willingness to revisit protections that were first granted in Roe v. Wade. The tie-breaking vote may rest with Roberts, […]
Trump Hints At Second “Generous” Stimulus Check
President Trump signaled Monday that he’s open to a second stimulus check for Americans still reeling financially from the coronavirus pandemic and the related economic lockdown. Asked during an interview by Scripps reporter Joe St. George whether he plans to give another cash payment to some Americans, Trump said: “Yeah we are. We are.” “We […]
Rhode Island To Change Official Name Of State?
What’s in a name? For the state of Rhode Island, years of acrimony over an official designation with connotations of slavery. But change is brewing in the union’s smallest state, as Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed an executive order on Monday taking the “first steps” to change the state’s full name: “The State of […]
Biden Agrees To 3 Debates With Trump
The Biden campaign has agreed to participate in three planned general election presidential debates in the fall, while slamming the Trump campaign’s push for more debates as an “effort to change the subject” and “create a distracting ‘debate about debates.’” Joe Biden’s campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon penned a letter, obtained by Fox News, to […]
NYC Museum Agrees To Remove Teddy Roosevelt Statue
A prominent statue of Theodore Roosevelt will be removed from the entrance of The American Museum of Natural History in New York City after years of objections that it symbolizes colonial expansion and racial discrimination, officials including Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. The bronze statue that has stood at the museum’s Central Park West entrance […]
Noose Found Hanging In Black Nascar Driver’s Garage
NASCAR announced it was investigating after a noose was found hanging in driver Bubba Wallace’s garage stall Sunday at Talladega, nearly two weeks after prohibiting any images or displays of the Confederate flag at events. Wallace, 26, the only black driver in the NASCAR Cup Series, responded on Twitter late Sunday. He said the sport […]
Was Trump Joking When He Said “I Ordered The Corona Testing To Be Slowed Down”?
Top Trump administration and campaign officials on Sunday tried to downplay President Donald Trump’s remark at Saturday campaign rally about coronavirus testing as well as the lower-than-expected crowd turnout. At the Tulsa event, where thousands of seats remained empty despite expectations of overcrowding, Trump called coronavirus testing “a double-edged sword” and claimed he told advisers […]