In a tearful farewell to the White House press corps yesterday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the first out and Black press secretary to serve a U.S. president, said her time in the role had “been an honor of a lifetime.”Jean-Pierre opened the

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) took her anti-trans crusade to a committee hearing on Wednesday, badgering former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) with accusations he “hates our country” and wants “women and girls to undress in front of men in the

Massachusetts’s first nonbinary elected official has announced they are taking a month-long hiatus from their duties citing transphobia and a “discriminatory and toxic” city council culture.On Wednesday, January 15, Worcester City Councilor At-Large Thu Nguyen released a statement announcing their

A House Democrat is introducing a bill this week to block Donald Trump from banning transgender people from serving in the military.In his first term, Trump banned trans people from serving in the military, a move that was challenged in

Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $322.3 billion state budget with a positive revenue forecast “based on an assumption of continued but slowing economic growth.”The new

Commercial trucks pass by a warehouse in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles on Dec. 2, 2024. Photo by Carlin Stiehl for CalMattersIn a striking setback to reduce California’s air pollution but a win for trucking companies, state regulators have

A police captain in Washington, DC, is suing the department for demoting him after he was the first gay officer to take family leave after the birth of his child.A lawsuit filed by Capt. Paul Hrebenak, who served as director

Pete Hegseth just failed Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s (D-IL) test of whether he is fit to serve as Secretary of Defense in Donald Trump’s second administration.During Hegseth’s Senate confirmation hearing, Duckworth asked the former Fox News host to “name the

Uganda has formally joined the Russia-led BRICS economic alliance, a move prompted by sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union in reaction to the East African nation’s Kill the Gays law, according to the country’s foreign minister

Fox News host Jesse Watters celebrated that country star Carrie Underwood will perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration because she’s straight and blonde.“When a straight, blonde female is singing at the inauguration, I think we’re back. I think we’re definitely

The Illinois House and Senate have passed a bill that will make name changes for transgender people and victims of domestic violence easier, proponents say. But Republicans claim it’s an invitation from Illinois for immigrant criminals to evade federal authorities

Lesbian political commentator Rachel Maddow will resume hosting her eponymous MSNBC program The Rachel Maddow Show five nights a week during the first 100 days of the incoming administration of soon-to-be President Donald Trump. She began hosting the program only

As horrific as they may be, the wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles neighborhoods, destroying homes and businesses and killing dozens of people, are certainly not unprecedented.Rather, they join a California continuum of natural and human-caused disasters that have afflicted the

Read this story in EnglishCalifornia ha decidido abandonar sus innovadoras regulaciones que eliminan gradualmente los camiones diésel y exigen locomotoras más limpias ya que es poco probable que la administración entrante de Trump permita que el estado las implemente.Los