Wave of women lawmakers brings California close to gender parity
That means women will comprise 49% of the state’s legislature, or exactly one seat shy of gender parity. More than half (34) ...
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Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law
The Senate passed the bill on Thursday 34 votes to 19. The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the ...
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Former Trump FDA chief is seeking to undermine RFK Jr.’s Senate confirmation
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who served in the first Trump administration, is raising concerns with Republicans ...
Virginia and New Jersey give GOP big openings in 2025, Kemp says
The Republican Governors Association, led by Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA), is looking to two states in 2025 where Vice President ...
California’s Republican Caucus Is Growing and More Diverse, But It’s a Long Way From Power
Three flipped seats in the California Legislature have Republicans hopeful that California’s reputation as a liberal enclave ...
Former Senate counsels: FBI vetting of Trump Cabinet picks is ‘a must’
Two former Senate counsels agreed in a New York Times op-ed published Friday that President-elect Trump’s nominations for his ...
Lobbying ban proposal for former Minnesota legislators to resurface in 2025
Ten days later, he registered with the state Campaign Finance Board as a lobbyist for the Minnesota Grocers Association. Garofalo, a Republican, represented Farmington in the Legislature for 10 terms ...
Four States Could Secede From US and Join Canada to Avoid Trump—Democrat
A Democratic New York State Senator floated an unlikely proposition that a group of northeastern states simply head further ...
Trump’s first-term tariffs did little to alter the economy, but this time could be different
Donald Trump accused Mexico and Canada of allowing thousands of people to enter the U.S., vowing to impose tariffs against ...
College sports reform could advance in GOP-controlled Congress, with Sen. Ted Cruz as NCAA ally
The NCAA’s yearslong efforts to get lawmakers to address myriad problems in college sports could finally pay off in the new, ...
The Supreme Court restrained Trump last time. Will it do so again?
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. could play a pivotal role. During Trump’s first term, Roberts often joined the four liberal ...
3 ways a second Trump presidency could impact American retirees in 2025 — plus how to prepare now
The former and future President will be entering office in January 2025 with a Republican House and Senate, and he has ...