President Joe Biden announced Monday his intention to nominate a former appointee under former President Donald Trump with a controversial past in Latin America to the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
![Biden nominates controversial former Trump-appointee to Public Diplomacy Commission | CNN Politics](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/VvOlD1pLe2.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The Supreme Court ruled Biden's student-loan forgiveness is illegal, meaning borrowers will resume payments without debt cancellation this year.
The high court ruled that a Christian web designer has a right to offer design services for opposite-sex weddings while refusing those services for same-sex weddings.
![Supreme Court limits LGBTQ protections in dispute over services for same-sex weddings](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/xZKFA4F6mk.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The justices settled a question left open in 2018: whether businesses open to the public and engaged in expression may refuse to serve customers based on religious convictions.
Data released by SiegedSec from six states includes South Carolina police files and contact details for Nebraska court officials
![‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking gender-affirming care](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/hteetkxXUM.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The new data could bolster the case for higher interest rates.
![US economy stronger than reported at start of 2023](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/fsAxuLwICM.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Jeff Timmer of The Lincoln Project was reacting to the 2024 hopeful saying he would be in favor of axing four federal agencies if elected president.
![Ron DeSantis the "worst candidate I've ever seen"—Former GOP strategist](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/KgnPNz2feE.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
reddit is not fun anymore
Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion ensures that innocent people will spend years behind bars.
![The Supreme Court’s latest opinion means innocent people must remain in prison](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/QTxBY9Kd5w.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Foundation for Government Accountability, backed by Richard Uihlein, exerting influence in Ohio, Missouri, South Dakota and Arkansas
![Billionaire-funded group driving effort to erode democracy in key US states](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/w8h6p5iCRF.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
During an official state visit, the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has been feted and praised despite his Hindu nationalism and right-wing policies — even by Democrats.
![Why Did Democrats Embrace the Far-Right Narendra Modi?](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/FKH8KVGYXx.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Special counsel Jack Smith has compelled at least two Republican fake electors to testify to a federal grand jury in Washington in recent weeks by giving them limited immunity, part of a current push by federal prosecutors to swiftly nail down evidence in the sprawling criminal investigation into ef...
![Exclusive: Special counsel trades immunity for fake elector testimony as Jan 6 probe heats up | CNN Politics](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/vV6JiRPyll.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Failed gubernatoiral candidate’s campaign team denies the accusation
![Kari Lake ‘couch-surfing like a bum’ at Mar-a-Lago, ex-Trump lawyer says](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/htKPAc4Y28.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
So of course, they’re trying it again.
![The GOP Tried to Intimidate DOJ Into Doing Nothing About Jan. 6, and it Worked](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/dnvGEkRFrt.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Finally, no more "New Soup"
State lawmakers passed nearly 20 laws this year that target ESG investing, a strategy that takes into account risks such as climate change.
![States shrug off warnings, plow ahead with anti-ESG laws](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/49Nwz3Dz5G.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Joe Biden’s unconstitutional dereliction of his Article II duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed warrants impeachment. He has willfully created a border crisis that has enabled the horrific trafficking of children. As a mother, it breaks my heart to watch Joe Biden turn a blind eye ...
Scott and DeSantis have a notably frosty relationship, but a presidential run would also pit the Trump ally against the former president.
![Republican Sen. Rick Scott is reportedly considering a presidential bid as fellow Floridian Ron DeSantis struggles](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/R3dnW5HTI5.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
A new manifesto by the nonprofit American Compass capably identifies the problems facing the working class but stumbles on the solutions—especially labor unions.
![Conservatives Aren’t Serious About Empowering the Working Class](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/k5rg4iQ7Ze.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)