It was a shot from above that killed would-be assassin Thomas Crooks at a July campaign rally where he almost murdered former President Donald Trump. But it was a shot from below that took Crooks out of action first, according to a congressional report made public Thursday. And that shot,...

In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s emergency request to enforce portions of a new rule under Title IX that would have permitted biological men in women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, and dorms. “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ radical rewrite of Title IX has been overturned by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision, banning the use of federal funds to coerce schools into allowing men into women’s sports, bathrooms and locker rooms. Should have been 9-0, but big!” Charlie Kirk wrote. BREAKING: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ radical rewrite of Title IX has been overturned by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision, banning the use of federal funds to coerce schools into allowing men into women’s sports, bathrooms and locker rooms. Should have been 9-0, but big! — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 16, 2024 “Unlike Democrats, Republicans know what a woman is, and we know Title IX was written to protect the rights of women. Today, we applaud the Supreme Court keeping the lower courts’ injunction in place. For now, the Court has stopped the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempts to undermine women’s rights and allow men to compete in women’s sports,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said. Unlike Democrats, Republicans know what a woman is, and we know Title IX was written to protect the rights of women. Today, we applaud the Supreme Court keeping the lower courts’ injunction in place. For now, the Court has stopped the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempts to… — Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) August 17, 2024 CBS News reports: The high court left intact two separate orders from federal courts in Kentucky and Louisiana, which blocked the Department of Education from enforcing the entirety of the rule across 10 states. The Justice Department had asked the Supreme Court to put part of the decisions on hold, but it declined the requests. Four of the nine justices would have let part of the rules take effect, according to the order, but all members of the court agreed that the key disputed changes, including the new definition of “sex discrimination” to include “gender identity” and the restrictions on same-sex spaces, could remain blocked. “[A]ll Members of the Court today accept that the plaintiffs were entitled to preliminary injunctive relief as to three provisions of the rule, including the central provision that newly defines sex discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity,” the Supreme Court said in its unsigned opinion. The measure at issue in the disputes was announced by the Biden administration in April and expanded Title IX’s protections to LGBTQ students. The landmark 50-year-old law prohibits education entities that receive federal funds from discriminating on the basis of sex. The rule took effect Aug. 1, but only in less than half of the states. Federal judges have temporarily blocked it in 26 states as a result of legal challenges. Just in: The Supreme Court has officially struck down the Biden-Harris administration's radical rewrite of Title IX in a 5-4 decision. This would have permitted biological men to compete in women’s sports, along with allowing them in women bathrooms, locker rooms, and dorms. pic.twitter.com/Zo3PZPLLYw — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) August 16, 2024 “The Supreme Court has struck down Biden’s Title IX. Proud to be leading in this fight for our women and girls,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said. The Supreme Court has struck down Biden’s Title IX. Proud to be leading in this fight for our women and girls. https://t.co/t2WcJoTbC3 — Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) August 16, 2024 “Mediocre men should NEVER steal opportunities from exceptional women. SCOTUS sided with the states and blocked the Biden-Harris unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX. That’s great news for young women everywhere!” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem commented. Mediocre men should NEVER steal opportunities from exceptional women. SCOTUS sided with the states and blocked the Biden-Harris unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX. That’s great news for young women everywhere! pic.twitter.com/lRxA5rqG0B — Kristi Noem (@KristiNoem) August 17, 2024 Per Fox News: More than two dozen Republican attorneys general sued over the rule and argued it would conflict with some of their state laws that block transgender students from participating in women’s sports. The Biden administration insisted the regulation does not address athletic eligibility. However, multiple experts presented evidence to Fox News Digital in June that Biden’s claims it would not result in biological men participating in women’s sports weren’t true and that the proposal would ultimately put more biological men in women’s sports. The court’s decision Friday struck a blow to the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to protect transgender inclusion. “On this limited record and in its emergency applications, the Government has not provided this Court a sufficient basis to disturb the lower courts’ interim conclusions that the three provisions found likely to be unlawful are intertwined with and affect other provisions of the rule,” the court’s unsigned order states.

Thousands of customers scrambled to find new pharmacies as Rite Aid shuttered all of its stores in Michigan and Ohio. “The drugstore’s latest filings at bankruptcy court show it has now completely cut all ties with the two Midwestern states,” Daily Mail reports. Embattled pharmacy chain Rite Aid has been shuttering locations across the country. Michigan and Ohio were hit hardest in the latest wave announced in August. https://t.co/GpRCMoDGhp — Fast Company (@FastCompany) August 16, 2024 The drugstore chain has already closed 74 stores in August, with all but two being in the Midwestern states. Rite Aid operated over 2,000 stores before it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2023, Daily Mail noted. REPORT: KAMALANOMICSMichigan & Ohio @riteaid Customers Scramble As Every Location Closes… https://t.co/mzqCAXEhQz — John Basham (@JohnBasham) August 17, 2024 Daily Mail reports: The latest closures – 74 so far in August- were all in the two Midwest states apart from one each in California and Washington. That is on top of 169 in July, all in Ohio and Michigan. Under a year ago the two states had the fourth and fifth highest number of Rite Aids in the US. Now all 234 in Michigan and 183 in Ohio have been shuttered, or will be soon. Rite Aid has been facing a series of challenges. Drugstores, generally, are struggling to compete with big-box chains and with Amazon, which launched its own online-only pharmacy in 2020. On top of that, Rite Aid faced a series of lawsuits accusing the company of overprescribing opioids. The most recent closures came in filings dated July 29, August 2, 5 and 9. Panic as Rite Aid abruptly shuts ALL stores in two states – with customers scrambling to find a new pharmacy https://t.co/UvIsH2cjs3 pic.twitter.com/grX0J6n8rD — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 16, 2024 Rite Aid plans to emerge from bankruptcy with approximately 1,300 stores total, the outlet noted. It operated over 5,000 stores in 2008. Per Breitbart: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint against Rite Aid and its multiple subsidiaries in March, alleging that the business filled prescriptions for amounts of opioids “that had obvious, and often multiple, red flags indicating misuse.” Other major convenience and drugstore chains have been failing around the country. Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, 99 Cents Only, and more retailers have closed thousands, if not all, of their locations. There were nearly 2,600 retail store closures documented within the first four months of 2024, according to the Daily Mail. “If that trend continues, almost 8,000 will have been lost by the end of the year,” the analysis found.

With rent and housing prices an economic burden for many voters, Vice President Harris introduced taxpayer-funded subsidies Friday for first-time homebuyers and policies to allegedly fuel the construction of new homes. Immigrants will get an even better deal. If she wins the White House in November, she promises to build 3 million homes by the […] The post Kamala’s $1.7T Economic Plan to Build Nothing Back Better appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Most parents will tell you to skip the fancy toys for kids, at least for the first few years. Even toys designed specifically for babies don’t have the “it” factor the tiniest tots are after. Lance Marwood’s son certainly has a discerning eye, or make that an ear, when it comes to what tickles his fancy. Lance shared a video of himself on TikTok holding his son and a tape roll. As he pulled the tape, it made a sound that the baby absolutely loved, and he started to giggle uncontrollably. Lance put the tape back on the roll and pulled it again, and the baby’s laughs exploded. This continued for more than a minute, and the child never grew bored. @lowkeyhellish Sharing for anyone who could use a laugh right now #babyfunny #babytok ♬ original sound – Lance Marwood Lance Discovered His Baby Would Giggle Uncontrollably By Accident In a follow-up video, Lance explained that he was putting a suitcase on the curb for anyone to take and fashioning a sign that read “Free.” In order to stick the sign on the suitcase, he needed to secure it with tape. He happened to be holding the baby while attempting to accomplish the task and discovered how funny his son thought it was. “The rest is history,” he said. @lowkeyhellish Replying to @Andy Zahradníková #backstory while holding the little guy waiting for his mum to get back home ♬ original sound – Lance Marwood Not surprisingly, TikTokers went crazy and watched the video 7.2 million times. There’s nothing quite like a happy baby. Someone noticed the baby’s sweet little mind thinking. “That first giggle took a second, like it took him a sec to get the joke. Then his funny bone was thoroughly tickled.” “Trust me, you’ll show him this when he’s 9, and he’ll laugh just as hard,” someone promised. So many thanked Lance for sharing. Like this person, “That laugh is free serotonin. An audio-anti-depressant. Thank you.” And this one, “I wish I could be so easily amused. Then I realized I was smiling ear to ear watching a baby laugh at tape.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Baby Giggles Hysterically At Dad’s Roll Of Duct Tape And You Will Too appeared first on InspireMore.