New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed two bills into law on Friday which seek to protect LGBTQ New Yorkers from discrimination and abuse. The first new law, known as the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) codifies a 2015 executive order banning discrimination on the basis of gender identity. Under GENDA, New York businesses may not […]
U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad left Qatar for Afghanistan on Sunday with a tough mission: To get Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s assurance that his government will cooperate with whatever deal the U.S. is hammering out with the Taliban over the past week. But Ghani — whose government is at odds with the Taliban, a group […]
Amidst collapsing poll numbers and an unmitigated defeat in his standoff with House Democrats, one contingent still has President Donald Trump’s back: the Republican National Committee (RNC), which is planning to stonewall any efforts from potential GOP challengers for the 2020 nomination. As ABC reported, the RNC passed a resolution on Friday that threw their […]
For the last several election cycles, North Carolina has not held democratic elections for its state legislature. In the 2018 state House election, for example, Democrats won 51 percent of the state-wide popular vote. Yet Republicans walked away with a 65-55 majority thanks to an aggressive gerrymander that all-but-ensures Republican control in North Carolina. Yet […]