Politics

• DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Instruction on LGBT Issues in K-3rd Grade Classrooms Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, has signed a bill banning instruction about LGBTQ+ issues in kindergarten to 3rd-grade classrooms. Mar 29, 2022

  

  DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Instruction on LGBT Issues in K-3rd Grade Classrooms
• Biden Releases 2023 Budget Allowing Taxpayer Funding for Abortion President Biden released a proposed budget Monday that, for the second straight year, omits bipartisan language prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortion. Mar 29, 2022

  

  Biden Releases 2023 Budget Allowing Taxpayer Funding for Abortion
• U.S. to Accept 100,000 Refugees from Ukraine On Thursday, the White House announced that the United States will take in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and provide $1 billion to fund humanitarian aid initiatives for the Ukrainian people. Mar 25, 2022

  

  U.S. to Accept 100,000 Refugees from Ukraine
• Biden and NATO Leaders Hold 'Extraordinary' Summit in Belgium The United States and its NATO allies are “as strong and united” as ever in standing against Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, President Biden said Thursday following meetings in Belgium and Poland with leaders of NATO,... Mar 24, 2022

  Biden and NATO Leaders Hold 'Extraordinary' Summit in Belgium
• The U.S. Formally Accuses Russia of Committing War Crimes in Ukraine The United States has formally accused Russia of war crimes amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Mar 24, 2022

  The U.S. Formally Accuses Russia of Committing War Crimes in Ukraine
• Madeleine Albright, the First Female Secretary of State, Dead at 84 Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright passed away from cancer on Wednesday. She was 84. Mar 24, 2022

  Madeleine Albright, the First Female Secretary of State, Dead at 84
• California Bill Earmarks Funds for Out of State Women Seeking Abortions in the Golden State A California bill could earmark taxpayer money for women who live out of state and are seeking to obtain abortions in the state of California. Mar 23, 2022

  California Bill Earmarks Funds for Out of State Women Seeking Abortions in the Golden State
• West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Signs Bill Banning Down Syndrome Diagnosis-Based Abortions On Monday, which was the 10th anniversary of World Down Syndrome Day, West Virginia officially outlawed disability-based abortions. Mar 23, 2022

  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Signs Bill Banning Down Syndrome Diagnosis-Based Abortions
• Biden Nominee Jackson Declines to Define 'Woman' during Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday declined to define the word "woman" during an exchange with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn. Mar 23, 2022

  Biden Nominee Jackson Declines to Define 'Woman' during Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing
• DeSantis Names 2nd-Place Swimmer 'the Rightful Winner': the NCAA Is 'Complicit in a Lie' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation Tuesday naming Virginia swimmer and Florida native Emma Weyant the "rightful winner" of the NCAA Championship's 500-yard freestyle, one week after she finished second to Penn's... Mar 23, 2022

  DeSantis Names 2nd-Place Swimmer 'the Rightful Winner': the NCAA Is 'Complicit in a Lie'