University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Chancellor Gene Block says the college has contacted the FBI and the LA District Attorney’s Office about investigating a group of pro-Israel counter-protesters who allegedly attacked an anti-Israel campus encampment, sparking hours of violent clashes. Hundreds of anti-Israel agitators set up an encampment on UCLA’s campus in Royce Quad last month to demand that …
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Republican candidate selected as GOP seeks to flip Indiana House seat from blue to red
Randy Niemeyer will serve as the Republican nominee in one of Indiana’s most closely watched House races. Niemeyer, who won the Republican Party’s nomination for Indiana’s First Congressional District on Tuesday, will now face off against incumbent Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan in the state’s general election later this year. Along with Niemeyer, two other candidates, Leyva and Ruiz took part …
Read More »Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress
A bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre. The western state has a deep history with firearms that is pockmarked by some of the most high-profile …
Read More »Columbia canceling graduation ceremony shows 'inmates are running the asylum': students
Several Columbia University students spoke out to Fox News Digital on Monday after administrators announced they would be canceling the school’s main commencement ceremony. Security concerns in the wake of raucous anti-Israel protests were top of mind in making the decision, a university official told Fox News. One graduating senior, who also testified before the House Education & Workforce Committee …
Read More »GOP bill to keep Biden's 'hands off' Americans' home appliances passes House
Democrats and Republicans banded together to pass a bill on Tuesday aimed at blocking the Biden administration from banning everyday home appliances that run on natural gas. The Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act, which passed 212 to 195, is one facet of a sweeping bill targeting the Department of Energy (DOE) introduced by Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz. Seven Democrats …
Read More »Teachers flee nation's largest union in a crisis of its own making
For the sixth year in a row, the National Education Association (NEA) faces a mass exodus of members. But the blame doesn’t lie with a shrinking student population or loss of funding, as NEA president Becky Pringle would have you believe. The NEA’s blatant prioritization of a radical political agenda at the expense of member representation is the true culprit, …
Read More »NY v Trump: DA's witness testifies Trump did not direct him on Cohen repayments
Former President Trump did not personally direct a Trump Organization executive to set up reimbursement payments to former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, according to witness testimony Monday in the NY v. Trump case. “Michael Cohen was a lawyer?” defense attorney Emil Bove asked former Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney on Monday at the start of the fourth week of the …
Read More »For a Louisiana lawmaker, exempting incest and rape from the state's abortion ban is personal
For Louisiana Rep. Delisha Boyd, the uphill battle she faces to exempt pregnancies that are the result of rape and incest from Louisiana’s strict abortion ban is not just morally right — it’s also personal. With a GOP-dominated legislative committee set to debate and vote on Boyd’s exemption bill Tuesday, the Democratic New Orleans lawmaker has decided to publicly share …
Read More »Minnesota lawmakers debate constitutional amendment to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights
Minnesota lawmakers launched their debate Monday on far-reaching legislation to amend the constitution to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights. The Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment would be among the nation’s most expansive protections of abortion and LGBTQ rights if it is approved by lawmakers this session and then by voters on the 2026 ballot. MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS INITIATE DEBATE ON PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE …
Read More »Chad holds long-awaited presidential election set to end years of military rule
Voters in Chad headed to the polls on Monday to cast their ballot in a long delayed presidential election that is set to end three years of military rule under interim president, Mahamat Deby Itno. Deby Itno seized power after his father who ran the country for more than three decades was killed fighting rebels in 2021. Last year, the …
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