Politics

Alaska's board of education voted last week to approve a measure banning trans-identifying men in women's sports.

Amidst the flurry of figures released, a striking detail emerged: a whopping 1.2 million jobs previously held by native-born workers were lost, and, interestingly, this void was filled with a significant rise in foreign-born employment, amounting to 668,000.

When confronted, they frequently provide rehearsed statements, asserting they're lost tourists.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has issued six subpoenas.

In a landmark case, the Spreckels Union School District in Salinas, California, has agreed to a $100,000 settlement with a mother and her daughter, who accused staff at Buena Vista Middle School of secretly guiding the 11-year-old girl to transition to a male identity.

The BRICS consortium (comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is set to see its share in global GDP jump to 30% in January 2024.

This ambitious endeavor, aiming to amass 300 billion yuan (roughly $41 billion), surpasses its predecessors in 2014 and 2019, which garnered 138.7 billion yuan and 200 billion yuan, respectively.

Last month was "the fifth-highest August on record in terms of federal background checks for gun transfers since the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System was established 25 years ago."

Biden had not only received her initial vaccine doses but had also been administered two booster shots.

Mask usage "probably makes little or no difference to the outcome" regarding flu-like symptoms or lab-confirmed instances of flu or COVID-19.