Donald Trump weighed in Saturday in a bitter debate dividing his traditional supporters and tech barons like Elon Musk, saying that he backs a special visa program that helps highly skilled workers enter the country. read more
As state legislatures around the country prepare to convene next month, Wyoming is wading into uncharted political waters: For the first time anywhere in the country, the hard-right Freedom Caucus has won control of a State House. read more
The online rift over the H-1B skilled-worker visa program signifies a potential wedge between Trump's core base and his new Silicon Valley supporters.
The "Late Night" host likened Trump's relationship with Musk to the 1996 Jim Carrey movie: "You let him do you a favor, and now you can't get rid of him."
Texas is the land where regulation is always second, or so they say. However, it's also a state where politicians have chosen to regulate oddly specific things, from laws allowing residents to hunt feral hogs from hot air balloons to laws outlining the number of dildos a person can own. Recently, Texas legislators have set their sights on something that has become ubiquitous in recent years: sex toys in retail stores. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they want them out. A ban on sex toys in stores . Republican Rep. Hillary Hickland is behind the proposal to ban sex toys. Earlier this week, Hickland filed HB 1549 , a bill that would ban retail stores such as Walmart, Target, and CVS from selling sex toys. Under the bill, only a "sexually oriented business" will be able to sell sex toys.
I'd like to hear Biden try to pronounce Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.