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Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?

Politics
Amanda Smith

The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media platform or face a ...

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill to become law after late-night showdown

World
David Turner

Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill is finally set to become law after months of wrangling ended in a parliamentary showdown shortly before ...

Speaker Johnson’s team briefed conservative influencers on his election bill before Trump meeting

Politics
Amanda Smith

High-profile right-wing influencers were briefed on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s voter registration bill well in advance of its announcement in what appears ...

Tennessee lawmakers send bill to ban first-cousin marriages to governor

Politics
Amanda Smith

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee Legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send GOP Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that would ban ...

The state’s deal to sell ITD’s State Street campus is near death. Will Little kill it?

U.S.
Amanda Smith

The deal to sell the Idaho Transportation Departments 44-acre headquarters along State Street took a step closer to the scrapyard after the ...

West Virginia Gov. Justice breaks with GOP Legislature to veto bill rolling back school vaccine rule

Politics
Amanda Smith

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia’s GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would ...

Parliament speaker halts approval of cabinet nominees

World
David Turner

The speaker of Ghana’s parliament has blocked the approval of new ministers amid a row over the president’s delay in signing an ...

They voted for the bill that could ban TikTok. They also actively use the app.

Politics
Amanda Smith

Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson struck a breezy tone as he talked about the State of the Union while sitting in the kitchen ...

West Virginia bill letting teachers remove ‘threatening’ students from class heads to governor

Politics
Amanda Smith

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill that would provide a framework for public school teachers on removing kindergarten and elementary ...

West Virginia lawmakers push to remove a suicide risk exemption from gender-affirming care bill

Politics
Amanda Smith

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers in West Virginia want to ban transgender youth at risk for self-harm or suicide from ...