The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election and set a course for a quick resolution. The justices’ order maintains a hold on preparations for a trial focused on Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss. The court will hear arguments in late April‚ with a decision likely no later than the end of June. But even with a timetable that is much faster than usual‚ the court action...

Democratic legislation seeking to protect access to in vitro fertilization across the country was blocked in the Senate on Wednesday by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.). Hyde-Smith dismissed the bill as “a vast overreach” and objected to a unanimous consent request from Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.). The Republican senator claimed the bill would legalize human cloning and commercial surrogacy. “The bill before us today is a vast overreach that is full of poison pills that go way too far‚...

Lawmakers have reached a deal to extend government funding by a week to give themselves time to pass annual spending bills‚ Axios has learned. Why it matters: It's the culmination of months of negotiations to try to bridge a wide gap between House Republicans and Senate Democrats. What we're hearing: The House plans to vote Thursday on a continuing resolution to extend government funding deadlines from March 1 and 8 to March 8 and 22‚ according to House GOP sources. The House will then...

Russia pledged on Wednesday that it will "carefully" consider Transnistria's request for protection. The comments came after officials in Transnistria‚ a pro-Russian breakaway region in Moldova‚ held a meeting in which they called on Russia for help with security. Transnistria's Congress of Deputies did not request to be annexed to Russia‚ as some reports had suggested might happen‚ but it did ask for Moscow's help for what it characterized as a security threat to Moldova from Russia's...

Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to pause a $454.2 million civil fraud judgment against him for overstating his net worth and real estate values to dupe lenders‚ meaning he must soon find the cash or post a bond to prevent New York authorities from seizing his property while he appeals. The decision by Associate Justice Anil Singh of the New York Appellate Division must be affirmed by a full panel of the mid-level state appeals court. Singh granted Trump's request for a stay of a portion...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams wants to alter some of the city’s sanctuary laws by calling for migrants suspected of major crimes to be turned over to federal immigration officials. This is his most drastic criticism of the laws protecting migrants in the city from being deported. Adams’ comments won immediate praise from Republicans. “I want to go back to the standards of the previous mayors‚ who I believe subscribe to my belief that people who are suspected of committing serious crimes...

New York’s Democratic-controlled state legislature passed a new congressional map on Wednesday after voting down another proposal that was less favorable. Both chambers rejected the New York Independent Redistricting Commission’s (IRC’s) plan on Monday‚ which only gave Democrats one pickup opportunity in November. The state Democrats’ slightly altered new plan‚ which is headed to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk for her likely signing‚ would make two districts more left-leaning while leaving the...

The protest vote organized against President Joe Biden this week in the Great Lakes State asked the president to “Listen to Michigan.” But despite members of Biden’s administration meeting with Arab and Muslim American community leaders this month‚ the initial response from the president’s campaign to Michigan’s primary Tuesday did not directly acknowledge the number of Democrats who marked themselves “uncommitted” to express their opposition to his approach to the Israel–Hamas war. Asked...

When a middle school in one of America’s largest school districts learned that a student was interested in a medical gender transition‚ administrators knew exactly who to turn to. That’s because just a month earlier‚ the school for kids as young as eleven had formed a partnership with the largest transgender youth clinic in the country‚ according to documents obtained by The Daily Wire. Emails show that administrators in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) immediately connected...

The rock music scene changed in a big way in the early ‘90s; spandex-clad glam rockers were kicked to the curb by a new group of alternative-rock acts that were rooted in the D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) ethics of the late ‘70s‚ early ‘80s punk movement.MTV served up videos to the new movement via “120 Minutes‚” a nightly video show featuring the latest alternative rock‚ punk and indie acts. A frequent host of the show was Henry Rollins‚ the former singer of punk icons Black Flag who later created The Rollins Band.One night‚ Rollins dispensed some essential D.I.Y. advice for the kids watching at home. He asked them to be inspired by the acts they saw on MTV‚ not awed by them."Instead of being awed by all these people with their wonderful hair and airbrushed faces‚ you can also go out and get yourself a guitar‚ learn some rudimentary chords and play yourself‚” Rollins said. “You can be awed into submission to where you will sit and be a fan for the rest of your life instead of being someone who does.”Rollins tied his advice to Nirvana's approach that completely changed rock music.Henry Rollins says don't be awed‚ be inspired on MTV 120 Minutes (1993.01.31) Black Flag"That's why you should learn the lesson from Nirvana‚” Rollins continued. “You can be a mere mortal on the planet‚ not be the big attractive‚ perfectly-styled guy‚ have a greasy T-shirt and an attitude‚ pick up a guitar and actually make some meaningful music. You figure half these boneheads can't read and they can play a guitar. You stand a really good chance."Rollins then pointed out that people can easily be "freaked out" when they see a genius like Picasso or Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain. Instead‚ they should choose to be "inspired" by their work to create their own art for the world to enjoy.