Politics

Under 'Don't Say Gay' settlement, Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

The settlement, reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys, clarifies what is allowed in Florida classrooms following passage two years ago of the law prohibiting instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades.

Trump wants New York hush money trial to wait for Supreme Court immunity ruling

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments April 25, a month after the scheduled start of jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money case. It is the first of his four criminal cases slated to go to trial.

E. Jean Carroll's lawyer says new suit possible after Trump's recent attacks

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

An attorney for a longtime advice columnist who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggested Monday that a new defamation lawsuit was possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally.

Ukraine needs more than a billion dollars to rebuild its scientific infrastructure, UNESCO says

By Associated Press

UNESCO says that some 1,443 scientific facilities, many attached to universities, have been damaged or destroyed along with 750 pieces of vital technical equipment, most of which is beyond repair.

India announces steps to implement a citizenship law that excludes Muslims

By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press

The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to naturalization for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before Dec. 31, 2014.

Greta Thunberg and other climate activists block entrance to Swedish parliament

By Associated Press

Some 40 activists on Monday held signs reading "Climate Justice Now" as they sat in front of at least two entrances to the 349-seat Riksdagen, including the main doorway.

Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife have pleaded not guilty to new obstruction of justice charges in a New York court. The new charges were in a rewritten indictment returned last week against the Democrat in Manhattan federal court.

WATCH: Special counsel Robert Hur defends Biden classified documents report in House hearing

By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Lawmakers turned a Tuesday hearing on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents into a proxy battle between the Democratic president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump…

GOP state lawmakers refuse to revisit abortion bans, but some say they'll offer more clarity on rules

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press

The Republican-controlled South Dakota Legislature wants to create a video in which medical experts — and the state's attorneys — would explain to doctors and patients when abortions can be legally performed.

Housing and Urban Development head Fudge announces resignation for late March

By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

A former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and later an Ohio representative in Congress, Fudge, 71, served as HUD secretary since the start of President Joe Biden’s administration.