A new bill in California, SB 345, seeks to protect doctors who provide abortion medication by mail to women in states where the medication, or the procedure itself, is banned.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's admission that the government is picking winners and losers in the bank bailout process, particularly disadvantaging community banks, could lead to the consolidation of banking power in the hands of a few large institutions, according to critics.
The Department of Defense is funding and collaborating with for-profit media-rating companies NewsGuard and PeakMetrics to develop AI censorship technology, raising concerns about government intrusion and censorship of private speech.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors discussed a reparations proposal that includes a $5 million payout per black resident, which is facing criticism from the San Francisco National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
The California Assembly Judiciary Committee will hear a controversial bill, AB 957, which aims to encourage state judges to disregard parental objections to gender and name changes for minors who identify as transgender, sparking a heated debate on parental rights and the role of government in family matters.
A survey shows that the majority of U.S. voters believe climate change is a religion about power and control, while Greta Thunberg deletes a tweet warning of the potential end of humanity due to climate change.
CNBC analyst Jim Cramer is once again being pilloried on social media after a clip resurfaced showing the “Mad Money” host recommending viewers buy shares of Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company, which owns the tech-driven commercial lender that swiftly collapsed on Friday.
Members of the House Freedom Caucus on Friday outlined the conditions necessary to attain their vote for a raise on the national debt limit, including setting a cap on discretionary spending for 10 years, stopping President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, and pulling back the $80 billion approved late last year to expand the Internal Revenue Service.
Students attending Marymount University, a Catholic liberal arts institution in Arlington, Virginia, are protesting and voicing their concerns regarding school officials' recent decision to cut nine majors and one graduate program, including theology and religious studies.
