In an interview this week‚ MSNBC host Joy Reid argued that schoolchildren should be allowed to have access to explicit books in their school libraries. This includes books with depictions of rape and incest.  The remarks came in a discussion on Reid’s show with Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice about the pro-LGBTQ+ book “All Boys Aren’t Blue.”  As Townhall has covered‚ the book is a memoir by LGBTQ+ activist George Johnson. It includes explicit descriptions...

Russian courts on Thursday imposed prison sentences in two telling cases connected to the war in Ukraine‚ with one serving as a threat to pro-war Russians who criticize the military’s performance on the battlefield and another‚ much harsher sentence‚ as warning that Russians aiding Kyiv in this war will see no mercy. In St. Petersburg‚ a military court sentenced Daria Trepova‚ a young antiwar activist‚ to 27 years in prison on terrorism charges connected to the killing of a prominent...

President Joe Biden is coming for your guns— if you needed any more of a reason to vote him out of office.  On Thursday‚ the White House announced that Biden would use executive action to further restrict law-abiding American citizen's right to the Second Amendment.  However‚ this time‚ the president's actions will be designed to take action against gun storage.  Biden's executive action will "promote safe storage of firearms that implement President Biden's Executive...

Tesla (TSLA.O)‚ opens new tab is recalling nearly 200‚000 Model S‚ X‚ and Y vehicles in the U.S. due to a software malfunction that could obstruct drivers' visibility while reversing‚ the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday. The development comes less than two months after the company recalled nearly all its vehicles in the United States to install new safeguards in its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system. The rearview malfunction‚...

Donald Trump testified on Thursday in the defamation trial brought by writer E Jean Carroll‚ but his much-anticipated time on the stand was kept brief. The former president - who has already been found to have defamed Ms Carroll for comments he made about her in 2019 - was under strict rules on what he could say. But he told the jury that he stood "100%" by a deposition given in 2022 in which he strongly denied her sexual assault allegations and called her a "whack job". Other comments...

Kenneth Eugene Smith‚ 58‚ was executed in Alabama on Thursday night with nitrogen gas‚ a controversial method that causes oxygen deprivation that has been criticized as inhumane‚ following a failed last-minute legal battle.  Smith‚ a convicted murderer‚ was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. local time at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.  Prior to Smith's death sentence being carried out‚ the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the second time in as...

The tech lobby‚ GOP lawmakers and conservative activists are trying to kneecap President Joe Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence just days before its first major deadlines hit. Their target: Biden’s use of emergency powers to compel tech companies to provide information to the Commerce Department about advanced AI projects that use immense computing power — a requirement that industry advocates oppose. The administration argues that the national security threat posed by AI...

Donald Trump’s early primary victories have started the “newsroom debates” again. Associated Press media reporter David Bauder penned a story headlined “Trump’s live appearances pose a riddle that news executives still haven’t solved.” So when a newsworthy event happens – like Trump’s victory speech after the New Hampshire primary – the pro-Biden networks worry “Trump will make false statements that are difficult‚ if not impossible‚ to correct in real time — or go completely off script with...

Donald Trump’s free-form stump speeches bounce around the globe‚ ticking off problems and grievances with foreign governments. Until recently‚ world leaders had tuned him out. Now they are parsing Trump’s words and making plans for the possibility he will return to the White House. The former president is the Republican front-runner and‚ after a resounding win in New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday‚ appears on course to secure his party’s nomination. In some opinion polls...

A controversial Alabama execution taking place on Thursday has reignited scrutiny of the death penalty and highlighted the enduring nature of the practice despite attempts to end it. Physicians and human rights experts have condemned the execution — which relies on an untested method known as nitrogen hypoxia — because there are concerns it could be painful and inhumane. Alabama is planning to use this method on an inmate named Kenneth Smith‚ after the state botched his first scheduled...