9 hours agoMinnesota city council reinstates Pledge of Allegiance after widespread backlashA Minnesota city council on Monday reportedly agreed to reinstate the Pledge of Allegiance at meetings, weeks after the group sparked a widespread -- and high-reaching -- backlash by removing the pledge's recital.
11 hours agoHolocaust history now required in Oregon schools after law championed by teen, concentration camp survivorOregon public schools will now be required to teach students about the Holocaust, and other genocides throughout history, after the passage of a new bill signed into law by Gov. Kate Brown on Monday.
1 day agoReason for massive NYC blackout remains a mysteryAround 72,000 energy customers experienced a blackout in New York City on Saturday night as a massive power outage hit the metropolis's West Side — and energy officials still don't know why it happened.
1 day agoSadie Roberts-Joseph, founder of African American history museum found dead in trunk, set for autopsyLouisiana cops hunting the killer of an African American history museum founder — who was discovered last week in a car trunk — planned an autopsy Monday in the "heinous" murder, as friends and lawmakers eulogized the civil rights activist as "a mother of the community."
2 days agoLA Mayor Eric Garcetti releases video directed at illegal immigrants amid ICE raids: 'We are in this together'Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti released a Twitter video Saturday explaining why he and the city's government won't be cooperating with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they carry out raids nationwide.
5:062 days agoICE raids set to begin, some local mayors tell law enforcement to 'stand down'Don Bongino weighs in on orders from some local mayors who have directed their law enforcement officials to not help federal agents with ICE deportation raids.
2 days agoLA push to develop Skid Row prompts new clashes in California's homeless crisisAs development in Downtown Los Angeles steams forward, officials are eyeing Skid Row as possibly the next “up-and-coming” neighborhood – a move causing tensions with advocates and community outreach workers who wonder what this means for the thousands of homeless and itinerant people who currently call the rundown neighborhood home.
2 days agoBlackout gives New York's governor opportunity to blast New York City's absentee mayorOne consequence of New York City's Saturday night blackout: It shined a bright spotlight on the long-running feud between two prominent Democrats, the city's mayor and the state's governor.
4 days agoTed Cruz leads backlash after Tennessee gov signs proclamation honoring early KKK leaderTennesse Gov. Bill Lee was under fire from Republicans and Democrats alike Friday after signing a proclamation designating Saturday, July 13 as Nathan Bedford Forrest Day, a state "day of special observance" honoring a Confederate general and early leader of the Klu Klux Klan.
5:434 days agoTexas lieutenant governor says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is dangerous to AmericaThe freshman Democrat from New York is manufacturing lies about the situation on the border, says Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
