A GOP lawmaker in Nebraska is facing criticism and resignation calls after inserting a Democratic colleague’s name into a book’s graphic rape scene. Amid a debate over legislation that would ban literature with “obscene” material from schools, Republican Sen. Steve Halloran on Monday read aloud a passage from Alice Sebold’s “Lucky” and substituted the name … Read more
Critics online are arguing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was dubbed an “insurrection” by Democrats and others two years ago—in its immediate aftermath—in order to set up rulings like the Colorado Supreme Court’s last night. That court on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to hold office again because his actions on … Read more
The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday announced that it scheduled a second confirmation hearing for Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden’s pick to be the fifth commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The decision has had immediate ramifications, with one prominent internet rights group calling for her to be removed as the chair of the … Read more
The Senate Commerce Committee announced late on Tuesday that it had pulled the scheduled votes on the nominations of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Sohn and Bedoya, both of whom would give their respective agencies a 3-2 Democratic majority, were scheduled to have … Read more