Biden administration
Republican states challenge new Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students
Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican states are filing a barrage of legal challenges against the Biden administration’s new expanded campus sexual assault rules, ...
U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing
Science
New details of the Biden administration’s signature conservation effort, made public this month amid a burst of other environmental announcements, have alarmed ...
Five Republican-led states sue over Biden’s new Title IX transgender protections
Politics
Five Republican-led states have sued the Biden administration over its new rules expanding Title IX — a federal civil rights law that ...
Gov. Greg Abbott Says Texas Education Agency Will Ignore Title IX Revisions
Politics
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday directed the state’s education agency to bypass a revised anti-discrimination law from President Joe Biden’s ...
Blinken is back in the Middle East this week. He has his work cut out for him
Politics
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday begins his seventh diplomatic mission to the Middle East ...
Biden administration faces pressure to step up its response to antisemitic incidents on college campuses
Politics
As antisemitic incidents mushroom on college campuses, some Jewish leaders and lawmakers from both parties are accusing President Joe Biden’s administration of ...
US senator questions whether State Dept properly assessing Israel conduct
Politics
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic senator on Sunday questioned whether the Biden administration was properly assessing whether Israel was ...
Biden will give election-year roast at annual correspondents’ dinner as protests await over Gaza war
Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to deliver an election-year roast Saturday night before a large crowd of journalists, celebrities ...
A flurry of new rules from the Biden administration attempt to ban noncompetes, boost overtime pay, and increase refunds for delayed flights
Politics
The Biden administration issued new rules designed to boost workers’ wages and business competition. They aim to raise an overtime threshold, ban ...
Biden administration delays plans to ban menthol cigarettes
Politics
The Biden Administration has delayed plans to ban menthol cigarettes, a proposal announced by the Food and Drug Administration years ago. “There ...
