Politics

A look at the protests of the war in Gaza that have emerged at U.S. colleges

By Associated Press

The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from companies advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza and in some cases from Israel itself. Police have arrested hundreds nationwide since detainments at Columbia on April 18.

United Methodists begin historic reversal on longstanding anti-LGBTQ policies

By Peter Smith, Associated Press

The delegates voted to delete mandatory penalties for clergy conducting same-sex marriages. They also removed their denomination's bans on considering LGBTQ candidates for ministry and on funding for gay-friendly ministries.

The top UN court rejects Nicaragua's request for Germany to halt military aid to Israel

By Mike Corder, Associated Press

Germany argued at hearings in the case that it has barely exported any weapons to Israel since the offensive against Gaza started following the deadly incursion into southern Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.

Republican states challenge new Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The lawsuits are the first to challenge Biden's new Title IX rules, which expand protections to LGBTQ+ students and add new safeguards for victims of sexual assault.

Lawmakers and advocates scramble to extend affordable internet subsidy

By Kavish Harjai, Associated Press/Report for America, Pablo Monsivais, Associated Press

The Affordable Connectivity Program provided families $30 a month toward their internet bills. The White House has pushed for an extension but it has not happened so far.

Supreme Court refuses to block a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages

By Associated Press

The provision of House Bill 1181, signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, remains in effect even as the association's full appeal is weighed by the Supreme Court.

WATCH: Senate committee holds hearing on unauthorized digital replicas with singer FKA Twigs

By News Desk

A Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee hearing on the 'No Fakes Act' to protect people from unauthorized digital replicas on Tuesday featured singer FKA Twigs.

WATCH: Speaker Johnson holds news conference on anti-Israel protests and universities

By News Desk and Associated Press

Nationwide, campus protesters have called for their institutions to cut financial ties to Israel and decried how thousands of civilians in Gaza have been killed by Israel following the deadly attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP says

By Zeke Miller, Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs.

The U.S. is building a pier off Gaza to bring in humanitarian aid. Here's how it would work

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

Trucks loaded with the pallets of aid will drive off the Army boats onto the causeway and down to a secure area on land where they will drop off the aid and immediately turn around and return to the boats.