A contract clause has been deleted from federal regulations that prohibits establishments doing business with the government from having segregated waiting rooms, drinking fountains or transportation. The segregation clause is one of several changes imposed by the General Services Administration following President Donald Trump’s executive order eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts by the federal...
Liberty’s future questioned amid shifting US-France relations In a surprising turn of diplomatic rhetoric, a prominent French politician has ignited controversy by suggesting that the United States should return the Statue of Liberty to France. The proposal, though largely symbolic, has prompted reflection on the ideals the monument represents and the current state of transatlantic...
In comments that demonstrated historical and diplomatic ignorance, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday told France, America’s oldest ally, it should be “very grateful” to the United States that it isn’t speaking German right now. The president’s 28-year-old mouthpiece was responding to comments over the weekend by a French politician, Raphaël Glucksmann, a...
President Donald Trump has officially declared the pardons issued by former President Joe Biden for members of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol attacks as invalid. The announcement, made on his Truth Social platform, asserts that these pardons are void because they were executed using an autopen rather than being signed...
DEI has come to mean many things to many people, though it’s no longer just an acronym for diversity, equity and inclusion. For the Trump administration, it’s become a dog whistle used to denigrate the achievements of anyone who is not a white male. How else to explain the Department of Defense’s decision to remove...
The mother of a teenager accused of spray-painting racist graffiti on two Missouri schools spoke out about her son’s arrest and why she turned him in to police. St. Louis County Police arrested 18-year-old Patrick Sloan, who allegedly painted racist symbols and messages on the buildings of Affton High School and Rogers Middle School earlier...