Author: Grace Thompson

On Tuesday, Democratic attorneys general filed lawsuits in the states of Massachusetts and Washington in an effort to stop President Donald Trump's efforts to end automatic birthright citizenship. Trump reportedly signed an executive order on Monday that would restrict birthright citizenship to those who have at least one parent who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. Not only do the 23 Democratic attorneys general oppose the proposal, but civil rights organizations have also launched their own case, making it an uphill struggle. "This president has no regard for our Constitution and is waging a war against American families. We've filed a lawsuit, and I'm certain we'll prevail," Connecticut Attorney General William Tong stated. The action was filed in federal court in...

As he returned to the White House on Monday, Meta is refuting allegations that it promoted President Donald Trump and his administration on its platforms. After their government succeeded previous President Joe Biden, several Facebook and Instagram users voiced concern after receiving notices that their accounts had followed the sites of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. However, according to a Meta representative, the modifications were a normal part of administrative rotation. On Instagram, some users reported that the #democrat hashtag's search results weren't appearing on Monday or early Tuesday. Instead, they displayed a notice that said, "We've hidden these results," along with the warning that the phrase they looked for might contain sensitive content. Some users q...

Atlanta Late Monday night, Tony Petitti, wearing a vest with the Big Ten Conference insignia on it and a smile on his face, climbed a short set of stairs from a makeshift stage to the turf field inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Petitti had been the commissioner of the Big Ten for just under two years. By many standards, the conference was already one of the two most powerful in college athletics at that time, along with the Southeastern Conference. However, one conference was far ahead on one scoreboard. Only twice in the last 21 years has a Big Ten team won the national football championship, and it had not done so in nine years. In contrast, 13 of the previous 17 national titles had been won by the SEC. Perhaps because the SEC's dominance on college football is finally slipping, Petitti w...

On Monday, a federal court prohibited the Justice Department from providing members of Congress with the final report of former special counsel Jack Smith regarding the case involving the classified papers against Donald Trump. While an appeal involving Trump's co-defendants in the case is still proceeding, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, determined that the Justice Department did not urgently need to share the findings with the chair and ranking members of the House and Senate judiciary committees. Then-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland stated earlier this month that he would share the report with the heads of the committees for a private review "upon your request and agreement not to release any information" regarding the report publicly, but he would not make i...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's former sister-in-law filed an affidavit with senators on Tuesday, claiming that his actions made his second wife worry for her safety. She was contacted for several days by workers of the Senate Armed Services Committee before receiving the affidavit. In response to a letter dated January 18th from Senator Jack Reed, D-R.I., asking for a declaration attesting to your personal knowledge regarding Mr. Hegseth's suitability for this significant role, Danielle Hegseth, the former sister-in-law, filed the affidavit. Among other things, Reed requested Danielle Hegseth to describe any abuse or threats of abuse she was aware of being committed against another individual, as well as maltreatment of a husband, ex-spouse, or other family members. ...

On Monday, a federal court prohibited the Justice Department from providing members of Congress with the final report of former special counsel Jack Smith regarding the case involving the classified papers against Donald Trump. While an appeal involving Trump's co-defendants in the case is still proceeding, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, determined that the Justice Department did not urgently need to share the findings with the chair and ranking members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. Then-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland stated earlier this month that he would share the report with the heads of the committees for a private review "upon your request and agreement not to release any information" regarding the report publicly, but he would not make i...

On Saturday Night Live in 2022, audiences first saw the multihyphenate actress and entertainer Keke Palmer alongside the multiplatinum, Grammy-winning artist SZA. They are now box office kings after their movie One of Them Days defied expectations and became the nation's top comedy, ranking second only to Disney's most recent Lion King production, Barry Jenkins' Mufasa, over the four-day MLK holiday weekend. Syreeta Singleton's Friday, One of Them Days, which has been compared to the classic buddy comedy from 1995, follows two roommates and best friends, Palmer's stiff-necked Dreux and SZA's free-spirited Alyssa, as they race against the clock to pay their rent or risk being evicted from their home with everything they own. Palmer, who co-produced the movie with Issa Rae, told NBC News tha...

In Massachusetts, a group of Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday in an effort to stop President Donald Trump's plan to remove the automatic birthright citizenship. Trump reportedly signed an executive order on Monday that would restrict birthright citizenship to those who have at least one parent who is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. Not only do the 19 Democratic attorneys general—including those from New Jersey, California, New York, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia—strongly oppose the proposal, but civil rights organizations have also launched their own lawsuit, making it an uphill struggle. "This president has no regard for our Constitution and is waging a war against American families. We've filed a lawsuit, and I'm confident we'll pre...

If authorities permit it, the U.S. banking sector would accept cryptocurrency payments, according to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihans on Tuesday. Given President Donald Trump's enthusiasm for digital currencies, CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin asked the president of the second-largest U.S. bank by assets how the industry's approach to crypto could alter. Moynihan stated in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, "You'll find that the banking system will come in hard on the transactional side of it if the rules come in and make it a real thing that you can actually do business with." Although their institutional trading and wealth management divisions have taken part in markets for bitcoin ETFs, American banks have generally refrained from allowing their clients to util...