Westerners Slam Russian Foreign Minister During U.N. Meeting
Western diplomats slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during Monday’s United Nations Security Council meeting. Lavrov chaired the meeting because Russia, one of the Security Council’s five permanent members, currently holds its rotating presidency. The meeting was titled, “Maintenance of international peace and security”—which compelled U.N. ambassadors from the U.S., the United Kingdom and Switzerland […]
Supreme Court Rejects Fossil Fuel Companies’ Lawsuit Appeals
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear five appeals from fossil fuel companies over lower court lawsuits related to climate change. The Court’s rejection of those appeals opens the door for several cities, states and counties to pursue claims in state courts for damages related to weather events, flooding and rising sea levels. The […]
Gorsuch Failed to Report Details of Property Sale
Justice Neil Gorsuch failed to report a sale of real estate to a CEO with business before the Supreme Court, according to records revealed Tuesday. Politico revealed the county deed for a 40-acre tract of property Gorsuch had co-owned in rural Granby, Colorado. According to reports, nine days after Gorsuch was confirmed by the Senate on […]
College Board to Make Changes to Black History A.P. Course
The College Board said Monday that changes would be made to its new Advanced Placement African American studies course. In a statement, the College Board said its development committee and other experts “will determine the details of those changes over the next few months.” “We are committed to providing an unflinching encounter with the facts […]
Trump Sexual Assault Trial to Begin
Former President Trump’s sexual assault and defamation trial was set to begin Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. Writer E. Jean Carroll filed suit against Trump for battery under New York State’s Adult Suvivor’s Act on the same day the legislation went into effect—Thanksgiving day. Carroll, a former advice columnist for Elle magazine, says Trump raped […]
Biden Officially Launches 2024 Bid for Reelection
President Biden officially launched his bid for reelection in 2024 as expected, with a low-key video on social media. Using his @JoeBiden account rather than his official @POTUS account on Twitter, Biden wrote, “Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. To stand up for their fundamental freedoms. I […]
Report: Fulton County Indictment Announcement this Summer
Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis said Monday when she would announce if former President Trump or his allies will be charged in her investigation of the state’s 2020 Presidential election. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Willis said in a letter to law enforcement that she planned to make that announcement between July […]
President Biden Meets with “Tennessee Three” at the White House
A trio of state lawmakers who faced expulsion laws for protesting gun laws—the so-called “Tennessee Three”—met with President Biden and Vice President Harris at the White House on Monday. “On so many issues you’ve been out front and you understand exactly what it’s like,” said Biden. “It’s tragic to see what’s happening in your state […]
Pittsburgh Synagogue Mass Shooting Trial Begins
The Pittsburgh man accused in the deadliest incident of antisemitism in U.S. history was set to go on trial Monday. Jury selection was scheduled to begin in the trial of 50-year-old Robert Bowers, who could potentially face the death penalty for dozens of charges, including 11 counts of hate crimes, after 11 people were shot […]
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Politicians can Block Social Media Critics
The Supreme Court said Monday it would hear two cases regarding whether government officials can block critics from commenting on their personal social media accounts. One of the two cases, O’Connor-Ratcliff v Garnier, asks whether a public official engages in state action subject to the First Amendment by blocking a critic on his or her […]
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