Day: February 1, 2025

Supreme Court to consider an effort to establish the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school

5:06 am February 1, 2025

The Supreme Court will weigh an effort to establish the nation’s first religious charter school with implications for school choice and religious practices. The court agreed Friday to hear two cases on the matter, which will be argued together — Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School […]

Teen girls open up on trans athlete scandal that turned their high school into a culture war battleground

4:54 am February 1, 2025

Taylor Starling and Kaitlyn Slavin – student athletes at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California – held a live press conference on X Friday hosted California Family Council Outreach Director Sophia Lorey. The two girls shared their perspectives on a recent national controversy that has besieged their community caused by a trans athlete […]

Colombian president urges illegal immigrants in US to return home days after diplomatic spat

4:36 am February 1, 2025

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is urging Colombian nationals in the U.S. illegally to return home, promising to provide loans to those who return, days after being embroiled in a diplomatic controversy with the U.S. “I ask undocumented Colombians in the US to immediately leave their jobs in that country and return to Colombia as soon […]

Outgoing DNC chair says Democrats should have ‘stuck by’ Biden in the 2024 election

4:34 am February 1, 2025

As the Democratic National Committee prepares to select a new leader, the outgoing chair, Jaime Harrison, argued they should have “stuck by” then-President Joe Biden last year. The Democratic Party has been engaged in a long period of introspection after former-Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to President Donald Trump in November. Now, with the DNC […]

DC plane crash: Potomac River divers’ search for bodies complicated by conditions out of their control

4:25 am February 1, 2025

As recovery efforts on the Potomac River continue after a midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane on Wednesday night, a Virginia rescue diver and firefighter shed light on the challenges divers may be facing in the frigid waters. A total of 64 people, including passengers and flight crew members, were […]