On April 20, the Texas Senate passed Bill 1515 requiring public school classrooms to prominently display a copy of the Ten Commandments, a move that many legal experts and civil liberties advocates say is an attack on the First Amendment’s ban on governmental religious preference. The bill’s author, Republican State Senator Phil King, said he wanted…

The Supreme Court needs more time to decide whether to limit access to an abortion pill. And Americans can now claim a portion of a $725 million settlement by Meta tied to user privacy violations. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Thursday, April 20, 2023. Supreme Court extends review on abortion pill…

A federal appeals court has ruled to preserve access to abortion pills, but tightened the rules on how the drug can be used. And officials claim North Korea has fired a weapon never used before in the country. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Thursday, April 13, 2023.  Court preserves abortion pill…

Gun rights supporters have scored recent victories in courts in California and Texas related to handguns and the ability to carry guns in public. The Senate is currently battling over a legislative response to the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc v. Bruen. That ruling declared it was unconstitutional…

Top secret Pentagon documents from the U.S. government have leaked online, exposing U.S. intelligence on the Russia-Ukraine war. Now the Justice Department is investigating. And an Uber driver convicted of murder last week could receive a pardon from the Texas governor. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Monday, April 10, 2023. Classified…

The debate over gun reform escalated once again following the deadly school shooting in Nashville on March 27, much as it did after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York. What made this situation somewhat different is that the Nashville shooter was a female at birth who identified with male pronouns in social media…

The Taliban claims to have repaired and put back to use around 300 U.S. military vehicles. The vehicles were left behind in Afghanistan from when the U.S. withdrew its last remaining troops in 2021. In a Twitter post, the Afghanistan Defense Ministry shared photos of rows of purported U.S. vehicles which the Taliban says have…

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in New York City are swamped with asylum claims for the next decade, the state of Texas is looking to enhance the punishment for migrants caught crossing the border. According to a document obtained by the New York Post, the New York ICE office is “fully booked through…

Republican lawmakers in South Carolina have proposed a bill that seeks to redefine the term “person” to include the unborn. The South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023 would consider an “unborn child” which is aborted at any stage of development the victim of homicide, with protections afforded under the state’s assault laws. The change…