Five Republican-led states have sued the Biden administration over its new rules expanding Title IX — a federal civil rights law that protects students from sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools — to protect transgender students. A handful of Republican officials in other states have publicly said they will not enforce the new rules but have stopped short of filing lawsuits. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, sued the Biden administration Monday to block the...
The new Title IX rules from the Biden administration leave American girls in public schools completely defenseless from males who are not only dominating their sports but who are showing up in their locker rooms. The Biden administration is doing this by redefining what constitutes sex-based discrimination in schools to include gender identity in the definition. “By the way, those who don’t use somebody’s preferred pronouns would be in violation of the new Title IX guidelines according to...
Fifty-two percent of registered voters in swing states said they did not trust Harris to assume the duties of the president. Harris spent the first part of 2024 reassuring voters she was ready to be president if Biden was unable to perform his duties. The advanced ages of both Trump and Biden sparks more voter interest in who will be the vice president
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO (Associated Press) CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says in a new interview it should be left to the states whether to prosecute women for abortions or whether to monitor women’s pregnancies. He declined to comment on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been embroiled in an intense legal […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump says it should be left up to the states whether
PROGRESO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Let's get popping! Kettle corn is a staple snack in many carnivals, festivals, and events. For Eliud Cardenas, owner of Milo's Kettle Corn, he did not just want to create kettle corn but bring a flavorful twist to the popular treat. Cardenas created his business in March 2023 and named it []
Papua New Guinea “does not deserve” to be stereotyped, its leader said, after Biden suggested his aviator uncle was eaten there during WWII.
BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A new voting rights law in New York is already having a dramatic effect, with lawsuits in several local communities seeking to reverse decades of minority voter disenfranchisement. The lawsuits help dispel a longstanding narrative that racial voting discrimination happens only in the South or in
BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A new voting rights law in New York is already having a dramatic effect, with lawsuits in several local communities seeking to reverse decades of minority voter disenfranchisement. The lawsuits help dispel a longstanding narrative that racial voting discrimination happens only in the South or in
Lawsuits under New York's new voting rights law reveal racial disenfranchisement even in blue states
FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Weihua Yan had seen dramatic demographic changes since moving to Long Island’s Nassau County. Its Asian American population alone had grown by 60% since the 2010 census. Why then, he wondered, did he not see anyone who looked like him on the county’s local governing body, the 19-member Nassau County Legislature? […]
FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Weihua Yan had seen dramatic demographic changes since moving to Long Island’s Nassau County. Its Asian American population alone had grown by 60% since the 2010 census. Why then, he wondered, did he not see anyone who looked like him on the county’s local governing body, the 19-member Nassau County Legislature? Last year, he decided to do something about it and ran for one of the seats. Continue reading at The Republic News.