The Trump administration's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has dropped its controversial demand that the University of Pennsylvania provide records related to all Jewish faculty and staff as part of its investigation into alleged antisemitism on campus. In return, Penn has agreed to dismiss its appeal to the 3rd Circuit, possibly ending a monthslong legal battle over whether the federal government could compel the university to identify employees based on their religious affiliation or national origin. Penn claimed victory with the latest agreement, saying the action "vindicated" the university.
The president's legal team is seeking an emergency injunction that would order [E Jean Carroll] to return the payment to the account in the hopes that the Supreme Court will grant him a legal Hail Mary and reverse the judgment, sending the money back to him. read more
Sen. Mitch McConnell's extended absence has thrown a number of the Senate's top priorities into limbo. read more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday the recall of nearly 20 million eggs produced in Texas due to fears over Salmonella. The FDA says Midwest Poultry Services issued the voluntary recall of almost 1.6 million dozens of white-shell, brown-shell eggs and cage-free eggs "because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis." The eggs were produced and distributed from Texas farms beginning June 6 and ending July 3, with sell-by dates ranging from July 20 through August 17.
A congressional candidate from Louisiana who was the subject of a police report accusing him of rape " which he denies " says he is hoping to again "earn" Donald Trump's endorsement as he considers precisely where to run amid redistricting. The candidate, Blake Miguez, is weighing running in one of two districts, neither of which he lives in but in which he is allowed to run. He has been mulling that choice after the supreme court's landmark decision in Callais v Louisiana prompted the state to swiftly redraw its US House districts " and after he had secured the president's backing under the previous congressional map. Miguez's campaign has also had to grapple with an Atlantic report that he had not disclosed to Trump's team the existence of a 2007 rape accusation reported to local law enforcement on the same day of the alleged assault.
Nazi Leon is so triggered by the casting of Lupita Nyong'o as Helen Of Troy he's vowing to kill another 5 million in Africa.