Utah has become the first state in 2023 to ban most youth from receiving transgender surgery and puberty blockers. The legislation, SB16, passed the state Senate on Friday with a vote of 20–8; two Republican state senators joined with the chamber’s six Democrats in voting against the bill. Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox had ten days […]

Five Republican members of Congress from New York sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, demanding transparency about his administration’s “secrecy” involving migrant relocation operations and expressing outrage that these operations have now expanded into rural upstate New York communities. “We write following reports that your administration is actively settling migrants in Upstate […]

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer outlined her three-pronged approach to gun reform in what was her fifth State of the State address on Wednesday, saying “The time for only thoughts and prayers are over.” Addressing the full Legislature in the House chamber, Whitmer called for enacting universal background checks, safe gun storage laws, and extreme […]

Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the “Students First Act” on Tuesday, which creates tax-funded Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) that eventually will become available for all K-12 students across the state with no income limits. “What a great day for our children!” Reynolds exclaimed to a crowd that included children, parents, lawmakers, and supporters of […]

The Treasury Department will take additional “extraordinary measures” to temporarily delay the U.S. government “breaching the statutory debt limit,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told congressional leaders in a letter on Tuesday. The department will suspend “fully” investing in a securities investment fund known as “Fund G,” which is part of the Federal Employees’ Retirement System, […]

Judicial Watch announced on Jan. 10 that it recently filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for communication records involving the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the use of human fetal tissue. The government watchdog group filed the lawsuit (pdf) on Oct. 7, […]

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said on Sunday that it’s a “mistake” that the White House won’t negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling limit. The senator made his comments on CNN’S Sunday “State of the Union” program when Dana Bash, the show’s host, asked his opinion regarding the recent White House statement […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated its rules on Thursday in an effort to weed out fraud and boost consumer confidence in foods labeled “organic.” “Protecting and growing the organic sector and the trusted USDA organic seal is a key part of the USDA Food Systems Transformation initiative,” USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and […]

A bill proposed to the Connecticut State Legislature, if passed, will allow minors as young as 12 to receive vaccines without parental consent. Democratic Connecticut state Rep. Kevin Ryan on Tuesday introduced Bill No. 5480, which would amend the state’s current general statute by “allowing children twelve years of age and older to receive a […]

Two peer-reviewed German studies, published three weeks apart, found that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines cause recipients to produce a type of antibody that is less effective against the virus over time. This type of antibody is classified as IgG4. The first study, published in Science Immunology on Dec. 22 and titled, “Class Switch Toward Non-Inflammatory, Spike-Specific […]

Popular tech news outlet CNET was recently outed for publishing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated articles about personal finance for months without making any prior public announcement or disclosure to its readers. Online marketer and Authority Hacker co-founder Gael Breton first made the discovery and posted it to Twitter on Jan. 11, where he said that CNET […]

A study published in JAMA Network Open on Jan. 3 found that children and adolescents with a history of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), a rare and potentially fatal immune reaction to COVID-19 infection, reported no serious complications after receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. “We are very reassured by the results,” said Dr. Matthew Elias, an attending cardiologist […]

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday accused Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a fellow Democrat, of behaving like the Republican governors across the United States who’ve sent thousands of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers to his city since last spring, often without coordination or collaboration. According to the New York Post, as of Jan. […]

A general downward trend continued for cable news consumption in 2022, with the left-leaning MSNBC and CNN networks particularly hard hit, according to the latest Nielsen Media Research ratings. Despite 2022 being a newsworthy year, opening with the Jan. 6 hearings and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and moving forward with coverage of the economy and […]

About half of the U.S. adult population say they don’t need the latest COVID-19 booster while just under a quarter have already taken the jab, according to a recent poll. The findings come despite a Biden administration push to vaccinate during the holiday season. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) COVID-19 Monitor poll, only […]

About nine million people who had applied for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan received an email saying they were approved, and then weeks later they received another email saying that the first email was inaccurate because legal challenges to the plan have forced it to be put on hold. A first wave of […]

On Dec. 13, the House Financial Services Committee held Part One of its “Investigating the Collapse of FTX” hearings, where current FTX CEO John J. Ray III testified and Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of the failed crypto exchange, was scheduled to appear remotely until his arrest in the Bahamas on Monday interfered. […]

Two contenders have thrown their hats in the ring to challenge incumbent Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, who is seeking a fourth term leading the party. The news came as another potential contender, defeated Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, declined to run, calling futile any endeavor to unseat McDaniel’s “pre-baked by […]

As Title 42 is set to expire on Dec. 21, the Biden administration is getting pressured from both Democrats and Republicans to keep the policy in place and come up with a plan to address the ever-increasing crisis brewing on the southern border. NTD’s “Capitol Report” spoke with two critics in two separate interviews about […]

Chapman University’s Anderson Center for Economic Research will present its annual economic forecast on Tuesday, Dec. 13, marking its 45th anniversary. This year’s speakers include two current Chapman University faculty members: President Emeritus of Chapman University Dr. James Doti and Dr. Fadel Lawandy, the director of both the C. Larry Hoag Center for Real Estate […]

The Congressional Executive Commission on China will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 13, entitled, “CECC at 20:  Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China,” to hear testimony on China’s current domestic situation and international legal landscape as part of its continual effort to monitor and assess the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) […]

The decision to not display a Christmas tree at a public library has ignited controversy, including threats and bullying, in Dedham, a town of 25,000 located 30 minutes southwest of Boston. The controversy first arose on Dec. 2 when Lisa Desmond, the Dedham Public Library’s Endicott branch supervisor, went to social media about the decision that […]

Famous toy brand American Girl sparked controversy this holiday season over a recently published guidebook for “tweens” that promotes gender questioning and gives girls, struggling with body image, information about transitioning and puberty-blocking drugs.  The 96-page book, “A Smart Girls’ Guide: Body Image” with the subtitle “how to love yourself, live life to the fullest, […]

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers held a press conference outside the Capitol yesterday to introduce a bill to address the high rates of suicide among agents within U.S. Custom and Border Protection. Joining Gonzales were three Republican Congressmen; Reps. Mayra Flores (Texas), Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.) and Monica De La Cruz […]

Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, during a Dec. 5 appearance on Fox’s Tucker Carlson Tonight, called “frightening” a recent report alleging that the Arizona Secretary of State’s office, under Governor-elect Katie Hobbs, colluded with Twitter to censor free speech. “It is frightening what’s happening with Twitter,” Lake said. “This is a propaganda arm of […]