April 16, 2024

House GOP calls for changing rules to boot a speaker — and some who ousted McCarthy may help

Kevin McCarthy cut deals with his opponents in order to get the speaker’s gavel after a grueling 15 ballots in January. | Francis Chung/POLITICO House Republicans who want to prevent a handful of their members from evicting another speaker could get help from a surprising group: the eight of them who helped dethrone Kevin McCarthy.

State Attorney General Moves To Block Trans People From Changing Birth Certificate

The Kansas attorney general filed a request in federal court late Friday which would end a requirement that allows trans-identifying people to change their birth certificates, according to the Associated Press (AP). Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach is challenging a 2019 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Crabtree, the AP reported. The judge’s ruling

Texas Girl Reports Man Recorded Her in Target Changing Room, Told Parents, Police

Police in Frisco, Texas, are asking for help in identifying a man who is accused of recording a girl at the local Super Target. Law enforcement officials reportedly have a surveillance photo of the subject. The incident allegedly occurred at the Super Target store on Preston road about 7 p.m. on Tuesday night. The girl […]

Despite Changing Mind on Key Issues, Hillary Says She is ‘The Same Person Fighting For Same Values’

Up until 2013, Hillary Clinton was staunchly against gay marriage. She gave speeches defending the sacredness of the union between a man and a woman as a New York senator and supported her husband when he signed the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. Then, in 2013, she changed course. The Wall Street Journal described in detail her long road to […]

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