Dem Washington House majority leader apologizes for being ‘impaired’ during budget hearing

A Democratic Washington state lawmaker has apologized after admitting that he showed up to a committee hearing after drinking alcohol following his somewhat slurred remarks during the proceeding.   Democratic state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, the state House Majority leader, said it was a “serious mistake for many reasons” when he appeared at a House Appropriations … Read more

Transgender Kansans sue state over law that canceled their driver’s licenses

Two transgender people in Kansas have filed a lawsuit to block a new state law that invalidated hundreds of residents’ driver’s licenses by requiring they reflect the holders’ biological sex rather than their gender identities. The law allows those in violation to “surrender” their licenses in exchange for new ones that match their biological sex.

North Carolina Democrat running in GOP primary to protest gerrymandering

Kate Barr knowingly ran an unwinnable race as a Democrat for North Carolina’s state Senate in 2023. She’s back on the ballot again this year, now as a Republican, challenging Rep. Tim Moore (R-N.C.). NBC News Legal Affairs reporter Gary Grumbach reports on Barr’s long shot campaign to shed light on partisan gerrymandering.

Los Angeles faces record high temperatures week after winter storm

By mid-afternoon, it was 91F (33C) in downtown LA, according to the National Weather Service After a week of heavy downpours that left parts of Los Angeles flooded, the city is now facing unusually high temperatures for late February. By mid-afternoon Friday, it was 91F (33C) in downtown Los Angeles, according to the National Weather … Read more

Judge blocks arrest and detention of some lawful refugees in Minnesota

Trump administration’s unlawful policy turns ‘refugees’ American Dream into a dystopian nightmare’, judge says A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration policy that allowed immigration authorities to arrest and detain certain refugees in Minnesota, ruling that the government relied on an incorrect interpretation of federal law and unlawfully targeted people who had already been … Read more

Dem governor under fire after illegal alien allegedly stabs woman to death at bus stop: ‘Heinous’

EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is calling on Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to ensure local law enforcement cooperates with federal immigration officials by handing over an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record who allegedly killed a woman earlier this week at a Virginia bus stop. Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, arrested an … Read more