Democrats block Homeland Security funding just before Easter recess

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill to rename the state’s holiday honoring disgraced Civil Rights leader Cesar Chavez Day to “Farmworkers Day” on Thursday.  Several states have taken similar steps to remove Chavez's name from official charters and celebrations following accusations that the late union leader sexually abused young girls.  Two women accused...

A long-shot libertarian candidate running for the U.S. Senate in Montana pledged to introduce legislation to draft Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) if elected. “I'm running for US Senate. If elected, the first bill I introduce will draft Lindsey Graham into any conflict he publicly supports while in office,” Tom Jandron wrote in a post on...

A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from designating Anthropic a supply chain risk to national security and cutting off the AI company’s work with federal agencies

A federal judge sided with Anthropic in its fight with the Pentagon on Thursday, blocking its designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk, for now. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin also blocked President Trump’s order that the government cut all contracts with Anthropic, describing it as “classic” First Amendment retaliation. She...