The new Florida law that limits how schools and teachers can address sexuality and gender, in particular for the youngest students, has sparked protests and outrage.
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‘I can fight with a keyboard’: How one Ukrainian IT specialist exposed a notorious Russian ransomware gang
As Russian artillery began raining down on his homeland last month, one Ukrainian computer researcher decided to fight back the best way he knew how — by sabotaging one of the most formidable ransomware gangs in Russia.
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US works to gauge peace prospects as it warns Putin ‘misinformed’ by advisers
President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for nearly an hour Wednesday as airstrikes near Kyiv seemed to bear out Western skepticism that peace talks could ease Russia’s assault on Ukraine.
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Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime into law
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes lynching a federal hate crime, acknowledging how racial violence has left a lasting scar on the nation and asserting that these crimes are not a relic of a bygone era.
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Top US general in Europe says there ‘could be’ an intelligence gap in US that caused US to overestimate Russia’s capabilities
The top US general in Europe said Tuesday there “could be” a gap in US intelligence gathering that caused the US to overestimate Russia’s capability and underestimate Ukraine’s defensive abilities before Russia attacked Ukraine.
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Here’s what’s in Biden’s plan to tax the super wealthy
Looking for ways to fund its spending plans, the White House is turning to a familiar target: billionaires and other super-wealthy Americans.
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Manchin says he will vote for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Friday that he plans to vote for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, a move that all but guarantees she will be confirmed.
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US quietly planning potential responses in case Putin takes extreme step in Ukraine
Four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan authorized a team of officials to quietly map out potential ways the US could respond if Russian President Vladimir Putin took an extreme step, including deploying chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, a senior administration official told CNN.
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‘They are the ones paying the consequences’: Jan. 6 rioters mimic Trump’s misinformation playbook but see different results
January 6 rioters are publicizing their actions at the US Capitol and pushing misinformation in an effort to gain notoriety in ways that echo former President Donald Trump.
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Manchin engaging with Biden administration on new climate and economic bill but timeline unclear
Sen. Joe Manchin, the moderate Democrat from West Virginia who torpedoed President Joe Biden’s climate and economic bill in December, is having informal discussions with White House officials about measures involving energy, prescription drug costs, tax changes and deficit reduction that he could potentially support in a new version of that package.
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