Former January 6 Committee member Liz Cheney pushed back Monday against President-elect Donald Trump’s call for her to be jailed over allegations of destroying 117 files from the committee’s investigation. The controversy stems from claims that these files, which Trump asserts exonerate him, were deleted or encrypted by members of the panel.
British soccer player Marc Guehi, captain of the Crystal Palace team, has taken a stand after being reprimanded for writing "I Love Jesus" on an LGBTQ rainbow captain's armband during a match last weekend. The armband, part of the Premier League’s Rainbow Laces campaign promoting LGBTQ inclusion, is used in collaboration with the gay advocacy group Stonewall.
Reproductive rights advocates have filed a lawsuit in Arizona to challenge the state’s 15-week abortion ban, citing conflicts with a newly approved constitutional amendment that expands access to abortion up to the point of fetal viability.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate whether European governments are improperly influencing U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) regulations. In a letter dated Nov. 21, Cruz expressed concern that European nations, particularly through their regulatory frameworks and organizations like the UK-based Centre for the Governance of Artificial Intelligence (GovAI), are steering U.S. policies in ways that could harm American innovation.
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) fined the mayor of Emo, Ontario, and the township itself after rejecting a petition to declare June as Pride Month and fly the LGBTQ2 pride flag. Mayor Harold McQuaker was fined $5,000, and the town was fined $10,000 for violating the Ontario Human Rights Code.
Eleven Republican states are suing financial entities BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street for "illegally conspiring to manipulate energy markets," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrests of five illegal migrants with serious criminal backgrounds during a targeted operation in Maryland on October 18. The individuals detained in the single-day raid were linked to offenses including cartel ties, drug distribution, sexual assault, and other violent crimes.
Timothy Michael Scouton, 64, a head election judge in Badoura Township, Minnesota, has been arrested and charged with two felony counts for allegedly allowing 11 unregistered voters to cast ballots in the 2024 election.
Hate crimes against Christians in Europe have drastically increased over one year, according to a report from the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC Europe).
