The father of a Minnesota transgender high school student who says she was beaten in school said Thursday he wants the students who beat or harassed his daughter to face criminal charges. Mark Walztoni tells CNN his 17-year-old daughter Cobalt Sovereign, a junior at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, was in the school bathroom last Thursday when a student started calling her transphobic slurs. While she was leaving the bathroom, Walztoni says...

The Biden administration on Friday tightened vehicle fuel mileage standards, part of its strategy to transform the American auto market into one that is dominated by electric vehicles that do not emit the pollution that is heating the planet. The new mileage standards announced by the Transportation Department are among several regulations the administration is using to prod carmakers to produce more electric vehicles. In April, the Environmental Protection Agency issued strict new limits on...

US President Joe Biden has apologised to his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for delays in military aid to Ukraine and has pledged $225m (£191m) in support. The pair met for talks in Paris, a day after they both attended the 80th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. The US Department of Defense said the new aid package would include ammunition and anti-aircraft missiles. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Mr Biden said...

Experts are warning health care providers to watch out for new and “highly contagious” forms of ringworm. This comes after the publication of a new report by doctors at New York University’s Langone Health in JAMA Dermatology detailing the first reported case in the United States of a sexually transmitted fungal infection. The report talks about a man in his 30s who developed tinea, commonly known as ringworm, on his penis, buttocks and limbs after returning home to New York...

An admittedly nervous Naomi Biden, the daughter of Hunter Biden, testified Friday in her father's gun trial. During the fifth day of the federal Delaware trial, the 31-year-old granddaughter of President Joe Biden was questioned about the truck where Hunter's gun was found, which she had borrowed the same month he had bought a firearm after allegedly lying on federal documents about his drug use. As Naomi Biden left the courtroom Friday, she gave her father a brief hug and appeared to...

Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy introduced legislation Friday that would mandate the counting of the number of federal crimes on the books, as nobody knows the exact number of federal crimes that exist. The Daily Caller first obtained the legislation, which is titled the “Count the Crimes to Cut Act of 2024.” The bill would require the Attorney General in cooperation with the agency heads to produce a full report of all federal criminal statutes and federal regulations with criminal penalties...

The doctor targeted by the Biden administration for blowing the whistle on transgender surgeries that were secretly being performed by Texas Children’s Hospital was formally indicted with federal charges this week. Eithan Haim, who revealed himself as the whistleblower earlier this year in an interview with The Daily Wire, says three armed agents arrived at his door early Tuesday to inform him that he’s been charged with four felonies. The charges are related to alleged HIPAA violations from...

PragerU announced on Friday that Google took down its app from the Google Play Store, accusing the organization of “hate speech” over its documentary Dear Infidels: A Warning to America. PragerU published a screenshot of message from Google, in which the tech giant notified the organization of its suspension due to content on its app “asserting that a protected group is inhuman, inferior or worthy of being hated.”  “We don’t allow apps that promote violence, or incite hatred...

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gained ballot access in Florida on Friday, according to a press release from his campaign.

High-profile feminist lawyer Gloria Allred, who is representing the family of Halyna Hutchins, is slamming actor Alec Baldwin for launching a reality TV series about his family just a month before he stands trial for involuntary manslaughter in the death of the late cinematographer.