Day: May 26, 2023

Top House committee ramps up pressure on HHS chief Becerra to testify over child migrant crisis

9:04 pm May 26, 2023

FIRST ON FOX: Republicans on a key House Committee are pushing for Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to testify over the ongoing crisis at the southern border and reports of an increase in child migrant exploitation — warning that it may pursue “other avenues” if he refuses. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair […]

Tester reverses course, suggests Montana shouldn’t have banned ‘silly’ TikTok app after signaling support

9:02 pm May 26, 2023

Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat who initially supported a ban of TikTok in his home state of Montana, reversed course this week and suggested that the state should not have banned the “silly app.” Montana became the first state in the U.S. to completely ban TikTok last week. The measure is expected to be challenged […]

NFL investigating another Lions player for gambling with 4 already suspended: report

9:01 pm May 26, 2023

A fifth member of the 2022 Detroit Lions is reportedly under investigation for gambling. Lions wide receivers Jameson Williams and Stanley Berryhill were both suspended six games, while receiver Quintez Cephus and safety C.J. Moore will miss at least the entire 2023 season for violating the league’s gambling policy. The Athletic reports the player now […]

Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs off on K–6 gender, sexuality lesson ban

8:59 pm May 26, 2023

Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from school libraries, under a bill Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Friday. The new law is among similar measures that have been approved in other Republican-dominated statehouses […]

Massachusetts professor charged in cop boyfriend’s killing calls it a ‘cover-up’

8:12 pm May 26, 2023

A Boston-area professor accused of killing her boyfriend, a police officer, in January 2022 after she allegedly hit him with her vehicle while intoxicated, described the case against her as a “cover-up.” A Norfolk County grand jury in June 2022 indicted Bentley University professor Karen Read, 42, of Mansfield, for second-degree murder, motor vehicle manslaughter […]