Last week in LGBTQ+ rights: Court decisions and a GOP presidential debate
A Maryland judge ruled parents can’t opt kids out of inclusive lesson plans.
By Will Fritz - August 28, 2023A Maryland judge ruled parents can’t opt kids out of inclusive lesson plans.
By Will Fritz - August 28, 2023Every Republican candidate at Wednesday’s presidential primary debate pledged in writing to support their party’s nominee.
By Josh Israel - August 24, 2023With two weeks until the first debate of the 2024 GOP presidential primary, eight candidates have met the qualifications to be on stage.
By Associated Press - August 09, 2023President Joe Biden on Friday signed a third executive order to protect abortion rights.
By Oliver Willis - June 23, 2023While Republican candidates waffle over a federal abortion ban, hundreds of doctors stand behind an Indiana OB-GYN punished for speaking publicly about abortion care she provided to a 10-year-old.
By Rebekah Sager - June 09, 2023The GOP presidential hopeful made the comment during a CNN town hall Sunday night.
By Emily Singer - June 05, 2023Eliminating the department would impact the administration of federal education grants, student loans, and how students' civil rights protections are enforced.
By Emily Singer - April 13, 2023Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is the second prominent Republican to announce a 2024 presidential campaign, following former President Donald Trump.
By Oliver Willis - February 14, 2023Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says, ‘Everybody that I’m helping acknowledges the fact that the elections, you know, were real.’ But many of them don’t.
By Emily Singer - October 21, 2022Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley endorsed Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in his run for reelection.
By Josh Israel - March 10, 2022Donald Trump, at least for now, is giving them plenty of leeway, convinced they pose little threat to his own ambitions.
By Associated Press - April 19, 2021The former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations can’t decide whether to stand with her twice-impeached, defeated ex-boss or not.
By Josh Israel - February 12, 2021Rubio is one of a number of Senate Republicans saying Trump is the real victim of the violence at the Capitol.
By Emily Singer - January 26, 2021‘Does he deserve to be impeached? Absolutely not.’
By Emily Singer - January 26, 2021The former South Carolina governor, who looks to be eyeing a 2024 presidential bid, has tried to have it both ways with the twice impeached leader of the GOP.
By Emily Singer - January 14, 2021Donald Trump Jr. recently called on ‘GOP hopefuls’ to help his dad steal the election.
By Daniel Boguslaw - November 06, 2020Mary Ann Mendoza found herself ‘canceled’ after sharing a rabidly anti-semitic Twitter thread.
By Lisa Needham - August 25, 2020The former ambassador to the United Nations praised Trump for ‘marshaling the federal response’ to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Josh Israel - April 08, 2020Haley said South Carolinians viewed the pro-slavery flag as a symbol of ‘service and sacrifice and heritage.’
By Oliver Willis - December 11, 2019The former South Carolina governor said that the Confederate flag was a positive thing until white supremacist Dylann Roof ‘hijacked’ it.
By Emily Singer - December 06, 2019Nikki Haley has a strange way of trying to shut down a rumor.
By Oliver Willis - August 21, 2019The Trump White House is thinking of nominating Ivanka Trump for U.N. ambassador — backtracking on a claim that he wouldn’t pick his favorite child for the job.
By Emily Singer - February 18, 2019Nikki Haley has resigned as UN ambassador, after a tenure during which she constantly had to act as Trump’s babysitter and clean-up crew on the global stage.
By Oliver Willis - October 09, 2018The curtains cost $52,701.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 14, 2018U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s Twitter account is an odd mix of political views and personal anecdotes. And some experts say she may be flouting State Department regulations regarding social media use.
By Alison R. Parker - May 20, 2018Trump’s loyalty to Putin gets even more embarrassing.
By Tommy Christopher - April 19, 2018‘There has been nobody tougher than me’ on Russia, Trump said Wednesday, apparently hoping that America is suffering from collective amnesia.
By Caroline Orr - April 18, 2018As Trump’s presidency collapses, Republican insiders are reportedly laying the groundwork for a 2020 presidential ticket of Mike Pence and Nikki Haley.
By Oliver Willis - April 18, 2018The disarray within the Trump administration was put on full display when U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley released a terse rebuke after the White House called her ‘confused’ about Russian sanctions.
By Alison R. Parker - April 17, 2018The administration’s attempts to quell concerns about Donald Trump’s mental stability reached a crescendo of failure on Sunday, with one administration official melting down on live television, while another offered a defense that was laughably weak on its own terms. Trump set a low bar by defending his fitness with a bizarre Twitter rant on […]
By Tommy Christopher - January 07, 2018