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On Friday, a bill in Nebraska that aimed to restrict males from using women’s restrooms and participating on girls’ sports teams in schools, failed to pass after two Republican senators abstained from voting. The bill, known as the “Sports and Spaces Act,” was introduced by Senator Kathleen Kauth and would have defined male and female …

On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen assured Americans that their personal finances were strong, despite polls showing the contrary. In an interview with CNBC, Yellen acknowledged that low-income families may be struggling, but insisted that overall, household finances and the economy were “quite strong.” Yellen’s statements stand in contrast to recent poll results, which show …

USA Today has come under scrutiny for changing a headline about presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s stance on abortion after the Biden-Harris campaign called it “egregiously false.” The initial headline, “The will of the people’: Trump opposes national abortion ban; says states should decide,” was changed to “Donald Trump says states should decide abortion policy, …

According to recent data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Americans are bracing for a prolonged period of high inflation in the coming years. The Survey of Consumer Expectations, which is based on a rotating panel of 1,300 households, shows that the median expectation for inflation rate one year from now is 3%, …

On Monday, “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin raised some eyebrows after she blamed Monday’s solar eclipse, Friday’s earthquake, and the expected cicada breeding season on “climate change.” The co-host made her argument during the show’s “Hot Topics” segment, drawing pushback from co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg. A 4.8-magnitude earthquake was felt across New York …

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has launched an investigation into tech mogul Elon Musk, owner and chief technology officer of social media platform X. The investigation is looking into possible obstruction of justice by Musk, who announced over the weekend that X would defy court orders to restrict or suspend certain popular accounts …

St. Louis, Missouri has long been known for its high violent crime rates, and the city’s recently elected Democratic mayor Tishaura Jones has been facing criticism for her handling of the issue. However, during a recent meeting of the Black Mayors Coalition on Crime, Jones suggested a novel approach to addressing crime in the city …

Former President Donald Trump suggested that President Joe Biden may have been on drugs during the State of the Union address in March. This was after a white, powdery substance was found in a cubby near the White House’s West Executive entrance in July last year, prompting an investigation. Trump, who is the presumptive Republican …

In a surprising discovery, a software engineer for Microsoft, Andre Freund, stumbled upon a backdoor in open-source software that could have potentially spread malware and caused major havoc around the world. As a regular contributor to open-source software, Freund, who is based in San Francisco, had been reviewing logs of automated tests when he noticed …

California’s recently enacted fast food wage law has sparked controversy and concern in the state, as prices at popular chains have already begun to skyrocket. The law, which mandates a minimum wage of $20 per hour for fast-food workers, went into effect just last week. However, there is one major exception to this law – …