Biden to host Japan PM Kishida, Philippines President Marcos for White House summit
President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing…
U.S. lawmakers push for ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to give China’s ByteDance about six months to divest popular short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban, seeking to tackle national…
Australian writer Yang Hengjun given suspended death sentence in Beijing
A Beijing court on Monday handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence, five years after he was first detained in China and three years after a closed-door trial…
State Department picks veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as top China policy official
The U.S. State Department has picked veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as its top China policy official, five sources familiar with the matter said, bringing in new leadership for a part of the department…
Biden to sign executive order expanding access to birth control
President Joe Biden on Friday will sign a wide-ranging executive order aimed at protecting and increasing access to contraception, his…
Federal judge blocks Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for 3 trans youths
A federal judge in Florida issued a preliminary injunction that will permit three transgender children to receive puberty blockers, even…
As South Carolina governor signs new law, abortion restrictions strain providers in U.S. South
A wave of newly approved abortion restrictions in the Southeastern United States has sent providers scrambling to reconfigure their services…
New York, California attorneys general probe NFL workplace practices, discrimination claims
The attorneys general of New York and California said Thursday they had opened an investigation into the workplace practices and…
DOJ sues Tennessee, alleging it discriminates against transgender youth with new law
The Department of Justice is suing Tennessee for allegedly discriminating against transgender youth with a new state law banning the…
Paying more and earning less: How inflation disproportionately hurts women
There’s one group of people that’s being disproportionately hurt by high inflation: women. The relentless rise in prices hurts women…
