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Stanley Kurtz’s crusade against ‘woke civics’ in schools has shaped Republican bills across the USWhen two US senators – a Texas Republican and a Delaware Democrat – introduced a bill in June 2022 to expand grants for civics education, most observers s…
Arizona high court found no evidence of the failed gubernatorial candidate’s claim of 35,000 fraudulent votes in electionLawyers for Kari Lake, the failed Republican gubernatorial candidate, were sanctioned $2,000 on Thursday by the Arizona supreme cou…
Republican proposal mocked as ‘Default on America Act’ at hearing drawing attention to potential cuts to key programsSenate Democrats held a hearing on Thursday to lambaste House Republicans’ proposal to raise the US government’s borrowing limit in exc…
Former leader Enrique Tarrio among four members of US far-right group convicted after trial lasting nearly four monthsFour members of the Proud Boys extremist group, including its former leader Enrique Tarrio, were on Thursday convicted of seditious co…
Enrique Tarrio’s conviction follows seven-day jury deliberationSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailFollowing vice president Kamala Harris’s meeting today with CEOs of tech companies including Microsoft and Google, Harris said th…
Florida governor has ‘lavished the industry with favors and benefits while everyday Floridians suffer’, key report saysRon DeSantis, the rightwing Republican governor of Florida and a likely 2024 presidential candidate, has handed favors to his big-mon…
Central bank announces 10th straight increaseSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailJim Clyburn, a key Democratic House representative from South Carolina who served as House majority whip, endorsed fellow Democratic representative…
District court judge says it is outside his authority to overrule Republicans who silenced Democrat Zooey Zephyr Zooey Zephyr, the transgender state lawmaker silenced after telling Republicans they would have blood on their hands for opposing gender-af…
Police say Republican congressman insisted on pressing charges after Selena Jo Chambers, 41, accused over Saturday night eventA Florida woman faces two charges of battery – one a felony – after allegedly throwing a drink at the far-right Republican con…
Stephanie Scott was stripped of her election authority after she was accused of improperly handling voting equipmentDeepening tensions within rural and conservative Hillsdale county, Michigan, are coming to a head in a recall election for an election-d…