Mar 26 Idaho bill aims to criminalize transgender bathroom use in private businesses By Rebecca Boone, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for transgender people to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity — even inside privately owned businesses. Continue reading
Mar 26 Appeals court sides with Trump administration on detaining immigrants without bond By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press The opinion from a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned a lower court ruling that required that a native of Mexico arrested for lacking legal documents be given a bond hearing before an… Continue reading
Mar 26 Federal judge upholds North Carolina photo voter ID mandate in win for GOP lawmakers By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge set aside arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with discriminatory intent against Black and Latino voters. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 9:21 As more U.S. forces head to Mideast, military experts break down capabilities By John Yang, Dan Sagalyn As President Trump says he's working on a deal to end the Iran war, more troops are heading to the region. John Yang discussed the capabilities of the forces and how they could be used with Joel Rayburn and Frederic… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch 5:01 News Wrap: Thune gives Democrats 'last and final' offer to end DHS shutdown In our news wrap Thursday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the GOP has given Democrats a "last and final" offer to end the DHS funding fight, Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick faced a rare public ethics hearing in Congress and… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch 7:15 Germany considers banning social media for most children By Malcom Brabant The debate over social media use by teens is raging on. In the U.S., Meta and Google were just handed back-to-back losses in lawsuits against them. Germany is looking to ban social media, or at least make it harder to… Continue watching
Mar 26 Democratic lawmaker asks judge to remove Trump's name from Kennedy Center By Steven Sloan, Darlene Superville, Associated Press In a motion filed Wednesday, Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio argues that Congress was clear in its intent that the Kennedy Center is named for the late President John F. Kennedy — and no one else. Continue reading
Mar 26 NTSB supports revised House aviation safety bill, but victims' families want stricter timelines By Josh Funk, Associated Press A revised version of the House’s aviation safety bill now has the backing of the NTSB, but most of the families of the 67 victims of last year’s midair collision near Washington, D.C., still want to see tougher requirements to… Continue reading
Mar 26 California lawmakers pass bill renaming César Chavez Day after sexual abuse allegations By Trân Nguyễn, Associated Press The change comes after allegations became public last week that Chavez had sexually abused girls and women during his days building a major farmworker labor rights movement in the 1960s in California’s agricultural heartland. Continue reading
Mar 26 FEMA complies with court order to resume major disaster preparedness grant program By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered FEMA to make the funding available. Continue reading