Wisconsin Dem governor faces backlash after vetoing GOP bill to protect female sports: ‘You despise all women’
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, is facing backlash after he blocked a GOP-led measure that would have prevented transgender students in the state from competing on school sports teams that do not align with their biological sex. Evers said the bill he vetoed “fails to comport with our Wisconsin values” in a letter Tuesday to state lawmakers. Assembly Bill 377 passed through both chambers of the state’s GOP-controlled legislature earlier this year. “I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to codifying discrimination into state statute and the Wisconsin State Legislature’s ongoing efforts to perpetuate hateful and discriminatory rhetoric and policies targeting LGBTQ Wisconsinites, including our transgender and gender nonconforming kids,” Evers wrote. WISCONSIN GOV. EVERS VETOES $3B TAX CUT, DEI CRACKDOWNS, OTHER GOP-BACKED BILLS “This type of legislation, and the harmful rhetoric beget by pursuing it, harms LGBT Wisconsinites’ and kids’ mental health, emboldens anti-LGBTQ harassment, bullying, and violence, and threatens the safety and dignity of LGBTQ Wisconsinites, especially our LGBTQ kids,” he added. Evers vowed Tuesday to veto “any bill that makes Wisconsin a less safe, less inclusive, and less welcoming place for LGBTQ people and kids.” The measure would have most prominently prohibited “pupils of the male sex from participating on an athletic team or in an athletic sport that is designated for females under par.” Shortly after he announced the veto, Evers shared a clip of him rejecting the measure on social media, writing, “I just vetoed Republicans’ anti-LGBTQ bill to ban trans and gender nonconforming kids from participating in school sports teams that align with their gender identity.” Riley Gaines, the former NCAA swim star who’s seemingly become the face of fairness in women’s sports after being forced to compete against biological men, took aim at Evers over his decision to reject the bill. “BREAKING: I hate women and children,” Gaines wrote in a post to X. “Fixed it for you.” EVERS SIGNS NEW LAWS DESIGNED TO BOLSTER SAFETY OF JUDGES, COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING “Giving love and respect is NOT done by allowing girls to be injured and have their opportunities stolen,” Paula Scanlan, a spokeswoman for the Independent Women’s Forum, wrote in response to Evers. Adrianne Curry, a model and actress, also weighed in on the governor’s decision, accusing him of despising women. “FYI, you despise all women and want us to fail in every way,” Curry wrote. “Thank you! Thank you for hating women SO MUCH, you can’t even hide it to save face in the public.” “That’ll show those girls,” added Tony Kinnett, an investigative columnist for the Daily Signal. Another social media user wrote in response, “Sad day for women’s sports.” In vetoing the bill, Evers also argued that the measure “ignores” a 2015 policy created by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) to govern the eligibility of transgender high school athletes in the state. That policy, which does not prevent biological males from playing on female-designated sports teams, requires transgender females to undergo a full year of hormone therapy before they are able to play on female sports teams. Evers also argued that the measure “may conflict with existing federal law,” saying the Education Department’s 2021 notice of interpretation declared “that the Title IX prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex is inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity, which is inclusive of transgender students.” Prior to Evers’ veto, the measure passed the state assembly on a party-line vote of 63-35 in October. The measure was then approved last month, mostly along party lines, by state senators in a 21-11 vote before it reached the governor’s desk. Neither GOP-led body has the required two-thirds majority to override Evers’ veto.
California dems want to block bill that would recriminalize loitering as prostitution spirals in big cities
California progressives want to block a new bill that would recriminalize street loitering for the purpose of prostitution. SB 1219, authored by state Republican Sen. Kelly Seyarto, would reinstitute a provision previously taken out of California’s penal code that prohibited loitering in a public place. San Francisco Democrat Scott Wiener previously authored that bill, known as SB 357, or the Safer Streets for All Act. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed it into law in 2022, but critics say the law has promoted brazen prostitution and sex trafficking on city streets, such as in Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Following the public safety hearing on Tuesday for SB 1219, Seyarto told Fox News Digital he introduced the bill “in an attempt to offer resources to victims of human trafficking.” NEARLY NAKED PROSTITUTES PROWL STREETS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, BUT CALIFORNIA LAW TIES POLICE HANDS: MAYOR “They need our help to get out of their dangerous situation, and we should use every tool at our disposal to protect them,” Seyarto said. “Prostitution is illegal in California. Neglecting victims for the sake of not inconveniencing criminals is bad public policy. I am disappointed that the bill did not even get a motion for a vote in committee.” Meanwhile, Wiener said the purpose of SB 357 was to prevent police officers from profiling loiterers based on their looks. “This is literally one of the more pernicious kinds of criminal laws that if you’re simply standing around dressed in a certain way, your hair is in a certain way, your make-up is in a certain way — if an officer subjectively thinks that someone is engaging in sex work, they can arrest you, and I find that kind of crime to be offensive.,” he said. SB 1219 would not only create penalties for loiterers, but also would punish motorists who attempt to solicit prostitutes for the purpose of sex. Los Angeles police sources who previously spoke to Fox News Digital said the current law is “definitely” handcuffing them from cracking down on prostitution. The police said that because of the reform they can only make arrests if a suspect admits to prostitution, which they said is a rarity. L.A.’s Figueroa Street, also known as “The Blade,” for example, has become inundated with prostitutes and pimps, according to the police. Pictures that have circulated widely on social media show young women wearing thongs and fishnets, often with their breasts exposed while standing and even twerking in broad daylight on street corners. During Tuesday’s hearing, several proponents of recriminalizing loitering argued that without reinstating the penalties, women will remain especially vulnerable to sex trafficking. SUSPECTED PROSTITUTION RING MOVES INTO CA NEIGHBORHOOD OUTSIDE CATHOLIC SCHOOL: ‘PIMP IS BLOCKING MY DRIVEWAY’ “SB 357 has had many unintended consequences,” said Opal Singleton, president of anti-trafficking group Million Kids. “One of those is a massive increase in the amount of human trafficking activity taking place in California. This is a serious public safety issue, and we need to address it.” Singleton said many city leaders and mayors have shared how pimps, gangs and cartels are bringing “van loads of girls in from across the USA to conduct commercial sexual services in our communities.” Several representatives from law enforcement agencies, including the California DA’s Association, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the San Francisco Police Officer’s Association, support SB 1219. AS CALIFORNIA POLICE FIGHT RAMPANT PROSTITUTION, JOHNS LINE UP LIKE THEY’RE AT ‘FAST-FOOD DRIVE-THROUGH’ Meanwhile, several social justice groups are opposing the bill, including the American Civil Liberties Union. A spokesperson for the organization, Becca Cramer-Mowder, said Tuesday that SB 357 isn’t the reason street prostitution has increased across the state. Instead, she said high costs of housing and the reversal of COVID-19 aid have driven people to prostitution. “Sex workers are often parents working to support their children and rates of survival sex work would be greatly reduced by addressing the housing crisis and building a stronger social safety net,” Cramer-Mowder said. “Arresting sex workers for loitering does not help anyone, it only helps hide people from view and makes all sex workers, including those who are trafficked, more vulnerable to violence and abuse.” Fatima Malika Shabazz, a transgender LGBTQ+ activist of Decrim Sex Work California, said SB 1219 would “kill people” and “put them at risk.” California Public Defenders Association and the San Francisco Public Defender’s office also oppose the bill. However, two other bills in California’s lower legislative chamber have also been introduced to repeal SB 357, citing reports of law enforcement agencies who have reported an uptick in illegal activity surrounding prostitution rings. At the time of its passage, Newsom said his administration “must be cautious about its implementation.” “My administration will monitor crime and prosecution trends for any possible unintended consequences and will act to mitigate any such impacts,” he said at the time. Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
Trump spotlights ‘Biden’s Border Bloodbath’ during stop in crucial battleground state he lost in 2020
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Donald Trump is turning up the volume as he accuses President Biden of failing to protect Americans from violent crime that the former president says is being committed by illegal immigrants and deadly drugs pouring over the nation’s southern border with Mexico. Trump fired numerous salvos at his successor in the White House during a campaign stop Tuesday in this city in western Michigan. The former president’s stop comes in the wake of the March 22 murder of Ruby Garcia, a 25-year-old woman allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant who had been deported to Mexico in 2020 but returned to the U.S. Garcia’s death is dominating local conservative talk radio and social media. Pointing to Garcia’s death, Trump emphasized that “a beautiful young woman was savagely murdered by an illegal alien criminal. Under the Trump administration, this monster had been deported, thrown out of the country.” TRUMP’S DUAL STRATEGY TO BALANCE COURT APPEARANCES WITH THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL “We threw him out of the country and crooked Joe Biden took him back,” Trump argued. “It’s a border bloodbath, and it’s destroying our country… it’s going to end on the day that I take office, which will be January 20.” Standing behind Trump as he spoke was a group of law enforcement officials and Republican politicians, who joined the former president for a roundtable discussion minutes earlier. PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF 25-YEAR OLD MICHIGAN WOMAN Before Trump arrived in Michigan, the Republican National Committee fired up a new website, BidenBloodbath.com, which they argue is dedicated to “highlighting the horrors of Biden Migrant Crime.” Ahead of Trump’s visit to Grand Rapids, Biden campaign communications director in Michigan Alyssa Bradley charged that the former president would “once again try to politicize a tragedy and sow hate and division.” And Biden’s campaign reiterated their charge that Trump tanked the bipartisan border security bill that they say would have allowed the president to “shut down the border right now and fix it quickly.” “It was Donald Trump who ordered his MAGA allies to kill it because he thinks it helps him politically – he doesn’t actually care about border security,” Biden’s campaign claimed. While Trump was in Grand Rapids, the Democratic National Committee went up with billboards in the city charging “Donald Trump broke the border.” The Biden campaign also spotlighted in a release “violent crime is down nationally – in Detroit, homicides hit a 57 year record low in 2023. “ Illegal immigration and border security have long been top of mind for Republican voters, and GOP leaders for over three years have heavily criticized Biden and his administration over the surge in border crossings by migrants. The president’s approval rating on handling the border and immigration remains deeply underwater. After his stop in Michigan, Trump headed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to headline a rally. Michigan and Wisconsin were two of the six crucial battleground states that Biden narrowly edged Trump to win the White House four years ago. An average of the most recent polls in Michigan compiled by Real Clear Politics indicates Trump with a slight edge over Biden. Fox News’ Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Fox News Politics: Trump and Hunter find common ground
Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. What’s happening? -Hillary Clinton tells voters to ‘get over it’ -Biden looks to flip Florida blue -Hogan looks to flip Maryland Senate seat red Both Former President Trump and Hunter Biden have accuse the Justice Department bringing politically biased charges. Trump, ahead of campaign stops in the battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin, claimed Biden has “orchestrated” every lawsuit and indictment against him with the help of the Justice Department. “Please remember, ALL of these Lawsuits, Charges, and Indictments that have been brought against me have been orchestrated and coordinated by Crooked Joe Biden, the White House, and the DOJ, as an ATTACK ON CROOKED’S POLITICAL OPPONENT, ME,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account Tuesday morning. Similarly, Hunter Biden’s attorney blasted the decision by a federal judge who refused to dismiss tax charges against the first son, saying they will continue to fight the “abnormal way” Special Counsel David Weiss has handled the case. The attorneys have claimed the special counsel brought charges after pressure from Republicans. “We strongly disagree with the Court’s decision and will continue to vigorously pursue Mr. Biden’s challenges to the abnormal way the Special Counsel handled this investigation and charged this case,” Biden attorney Abbe Lowell said in a statement Tuesday. ‘ORCHESTRATED’ BY BIDEN: Trump says his legal challenges are ‘orchestrated’ by Biden ahead of campaign stops in battleground states …Read more ‘ABNORMAL’ CASE: Hunter Biden attorney slams ‘abnormal way’ Special Counsel Weiss handled case, after judge refuses dismissal …Read more IN WITH THE NEW: Blinken announces appointment of latest chief diversity and inclusion officer …Read more BIDEN-XI CALL: Leaders speak on phone about topics including Taiwan, AI, trade …Read more INTERNAL STRUGGLE: McConnell, stating Russa-Ukraine conflict poses ‘worldwide problem,’ says he will focus on dealing with isolationists within GOP …Read more BREAKING THE CHAIN: House Republicans eye crackdown on ‘chain migration’ to U.S. …Read more ‘KNEW THEIR COORDINATES’: Tlaib accuses Israel of intentionally killing World Central Kitchen workers …Read more GET OVER IT: Hillary Clinton has blunt message for voters upset by Trump-Biden rematch …Read more BLEEDING SUPPORT: James Carville warns Democratic Party seeing ‘horrifying’ numbers showing loss of young minority voters …Read more PIPE DREAM?: Biden campaign believes president can flip Florida blue, citing Trump legal and financial woes …Read more FLIP THE SENATE: Hogan looks to turn Maryland Senate seat red with campaign bus tour …Read more ‘RUBBER STAMP ROSEN’: Former Trump official makes waves in critical battleground Senate race ahead of GOP primary …Read more DAKOTA DROPOUT: Democrat drops longshot bid to replace Burgum as North Dakota’s governor …Read more SCOTUS MEMOIR: Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy to release memoir reflecting on growing up, landmark cases …Read more ‘IT’S ABOUT RACE’: New York federal judge says FDNY booing of Letitia James, pro-Trump chants reveals systemic problem …Read more Subscribe now to get Fox News Politics newsletter in your inbox. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.
U.S. Rep. Colin Allred voted for TikTok ban despite continuing to use the app
Allred is the delegation’s most prolific user of the app. He said he voted for the legislation because of national security concerns.
White House pressed on whether Biden believes border crossers could be in US plotting terror attack on America
The White House on Tuesday answered whether President Biden believes that some of those crossing the border illegally could be in the U.S. plotting a terror attack on the homeland. Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked John Kirby, the U.S. National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, if, as the person in charge of “preventing a terrorist attack in the homeland, does President Biden think that some of these border crossers could be in the United States right now plotting a terrorist attack against Americans?” “The president is confident that throughout the interagency – DHS, intelligence community – that we’re doing everything we can to be as vigilant as we can to ensure the safety and security of the American people here at home,” Kirby said at a press briefing, before pivoting to another reporter. Doocy had initially referenced how former President Trump is scheduled to appear in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to deliver a speech about what his campaign calls “Biden’s Border Bloodbath.” TRUMP SAYS BIDEN ‘ORCHESTRATED’ LEGAL CHALLENGES AHEAD OF CAMPAIGN STOPS IN BATTLEGROUND STATES During the speech later Tuesday, Trump is expected to discuss the killing of Ruby Garcia, a Michigan woman who was found dead on the side of a Grand Rapids highway on March 22. Police say Garcia was in a romantic relationship with the suspect, Brandon Ortiz-Vite. He told police he shot her multiple times during an argument before dropping her body on the side of the road and driving off in her red Mazda. Authorities say Ortiz-Vite is a citizen of Mexico and had previously been deported following a drunk driving arrest, according to the Associated Press. “There’s another case of somebody who is in this country illegally allegedly murdering a young woman, this time in Michigan. Her name is Ruby Garcia. Donald Trump is out there now calling this Biden’s border bloodbath. What do you call it?” Doocy asked during Tuesday’s White House press briefing. Kirby said he was not aware of the specifics of the case, calling Garcia’s death “terrible news” and offering the woman’s family thoughts and prayers before deferring to local law enforcement. BORDER PATROL CHIEF SUGGESTS ‘JAIL TIME,’ TOUGHER ‘CONSEQUENCES’ TO STOP ILLEGAL US-MEXICO BORDER CROSSINGS “So, why don’t we let the judicial process play out here before we start making grandiose bumper-sticker comments about what this says about the border?” Kirby added. “And, Peter, to folks that are concerned about border security, the president will be the first one to stand up here and say he agrees that the border does need some security capabilities, that we do need more Border Patrol agents. And all that has to happen is for the speaker to do his job, put that supplemental [bill] on the floor. Let’s get a vote. Let’s get those 1,300 additional Border Patrol agents down there to do their jobs.” Kirby and Doocy proceeded to spar over the border supplemental package, which the White House has repeatedly called on House Speaker Mike Johnson to call the bill to a vote in the lower chamber. Republicans, meanwhile, have pressed Biden to take executive action to address the crisis. “The bill’s dead,” Doocy said, prompting Kirby to retort, “Says you. When’s the vote?” Doocy went on to say, “There are real problems at the border while that bill just languishes, right? The chief of the Border Patrol is saying exactly 140,000 gotaways. If we don’t know who is coming into our country, and we don’t know what their intent is, that is a threat. Does President Biden agree?” “The president absolutely believes that along that border, we do have significant national security concerns that have to be met,” Kirby said. “But you said something really good in your question that I loved that … while these concerns are going on, the bill languishes. So, what’s needed? It’s not anything more from the president. What’s needed is for Speaker Johnson to do his job, get that thing on the floor. Let’s get a vote on it. They had a chance and decided not to act because certain people in House Republican world wanted a problem rather than a solution.” The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Blinken appoints new chief diversity and inclusion officer to build ‘workforce that reflects America’
The State Department has tapped a new chief diversity and inclusion officer, just months after it defended a memo from Secretary of State Antony Blinken that urged staffers to steer clear of gendered language such as “mother” and “manpower.” Blinken announced Tuesday that Zakiya Carr Johnson, who previously worked at the State Department from 2010 to 2017, had been tapped to lead the State Department’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion in an effort to “advance our deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the Department.” Tasked with constructing “a workforce that reflects America,” Johnson will replace Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, who served as the State Department’s chief diversity and inclusion officer from April 2021 to June 2023. Conny Mayer briefly served in the position as acting chief diversity and inclusion officer. CONGRESSIONAL DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OFFICE SHUT DOWN BY $1.2T GOVERNMENT FUNDING DEAL “Over the past three years, the Department of State has made significant progress on this front but there remains work to be done,” Blinken said. “We will continue to pursue this mission aggressively, because recruiting, nurturing, and promoting the most capable workforce possible is critical to our national security.” Speaking highly of Johnson, Blinken said her “previous work promoting entrepreneurship and access to opportunity for underrepresented populations, as well as her commitment to inclusive leadership make us stronger, smarter, and more innovative.” “All of us at the Department must work to advance DEIA if we are to create the inclusive workplace environment we need to continue to attract and retain the nation’s top talent. When the people making decisions on behalf of the American people don’t reflect the full diversity of our nation, we all lose, and our national security is weaker,” Blinken added in the announcement. The position of chief diversity and inclusion officer was created in 2021 by Blinken, who said at the time he was “committed to bringing the diversity and inclusion work already underway at the State Department to the next level.” In announcing the position, Blinken said in February 2021 that the individual in the role will “hold senior leadership accountable” for implementing new diversity and inclusion programs and report directly to him. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have been at the forefront of priorities for the administration ever since President Biden took power in January 2021. Earlier this year, Blinken sent a memo to State Department employees, warning them against using certain gender-specific language. The memo, titled “Modeling DEIA: Gender Identity Best Practices,” aimed to “increase understanding of gender identity and provide guidance on gender identity language and best practices that support an inclusive work environment.” BIDEN’S INTEL COMMUNITY CIRCULATES DEI NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTING CROSS-DRESSING, INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE “When speaking, avoid using phrases like ‘brave men and women on the front lines,’” said Blinken’s Feb. 5 cable, which was first obtained by the National Review. Instead, State Department staffers were urged to “use more specific language such as ‘brave first responders,’ ‘brave soldiers,’ or ‘brave DS agents.’” The State Department defended Blinken’s memo later, insisting it’s the “respectful” thing to do. “If you look at that memo, as I have done, it’s a standard government practice to try to encourage people to just to be respectful of others, and use the terms with which others are comfortable, and talk to people the way that they would like to be addressed. And nothing more than that,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a February press briefing. Miller said that though the memo had Blinken’s name on it, it did not necessarily come directly from the secretary. “When it comes to these types of cables, they all come out with the secretary’s signature on it. That’s the standard department practice, has been for years. It doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily a memo from the secretary himself,” he said at the time. The guidance reportedly runs through a list of gendered phrases and words that should be avoided, including: “manpower,” “you guys,” “ladies and gentlemen,” “mother/father,” “son/daughter” and “husband/wife.” Instead, the memo urged staff to use “labor force,” “everyone,” “folks,” “you all,” “parent,” “child,” “spouse” or partner.” The cable also cautioned employees against assuming someone’s gender based on how they look or their name and urged them to use “gender-neutral language whenever possible” to “show respect and avoid misunderstandings,” the guidance continued, and encouraged employees to include their preferred pronouns in emails or during meetings. The State Department is charged with advising the president on foreign policy, as well as negotiating agreements with other nations. The memo was published as the U.S. grapples with ongoing wars raging between Ukraine and Russia, as well as the war in Israel, and just days after the U.S. launched strikes on Iranian-backed militants following the deaths of three American service members. Other agencies under the Biden administration have rolled out guidance on inclusive and non-gendered language, including pronoun guidance for the Department of Health and Human Services that was slammed by an expert last year as violating employee rights and speculating it would lead to firings for “misgendering.” Fox News’ Emma Colton contributed to this report.
Federal court strikes down Biden’s climate rule for states
A federal district court has overturned the Biden administration’s climate rule that required states to track and set reduction goals for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles on highways. In a sweeping judgment late Monday, Judge Benjamin Beaton of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ordered the Federal Highway Administration to stand down on the rules, which the agency finalized in November. The ruling represents a major victory for the State of Kentucky, which challenged the regulations alongside 21 other states. “President Biden’s radical environmental agenda has lost touch with reality, and Kentucky families, farmers and workers are paying the price,” Republican state Attorney General Russell Coleman said on Tuesday. “Like all Americans, Kentuckians love our trucks, cars and vans. With this victory in court, we’re slamming the brakes on the Biden administration’s politics that make no sense in the commonwealth.” Kentucky filed the lawsuit in December, one month after the FHWA finalized the regulations. According to the lawsuit, the FHWA overstepped its legal authority in attempting to regulate vehicle emissions since it attempted to force states to implement federal regulations. FEDERAL APPEALS COURT BLOWS UP BIDEN’S CARBON EMISSIONS DISCLOSURE RULE Beaton agreed in his ruling, declaring that the regulations exceed the FHWA’s statutory authority and are “arbitrary and capricious.” Instead of granting plaintiff states’ motion for preliminary injunction – which would have blocked the rule during litigation – he granted their motion for summary judgment, vacating the rule immediately. “If Congress did purport to give the Administrator authority to set state policy, that would raise a different and arguably bigger problem,” Beaton wrote in his ruling. “Modern constitutional doctrine allows Congress to demand much from states, but it cannot commandeer or coerce the apparatus of state governments into mere administrative districts of the federal government.” “If the Administrator were allowed to shove national greenhouse-gas policy into the mouths of uncooperative state Departments of Transportation, this would corrupt the separation of sovereigns central to our lasting and vibrant system of federalism,” he continued. “Neither the Constitution nor the Administrative Procedure Act authorizes administrative ventriloquism.” BIDEN-APPOINTED JUDGE DELIVERS BLOW TO CLIMATE LAWSUIT TARGETING GAS STOVES After FHWA finalized the rules on Nov. 22, the agency said the action supports President Biden’s “whole-of-government approach” of reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said at the time that the regulations provide states with the flexibility to set their own climate targets. But the 22 states that challenged the action in court, in addition to industry groups such as the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, argued the regulations did the opposite, restricting state efforts and mandating they conform with federal efforts. In addition, the ruling Monday comes shortly after a federal court in Texas similarly struck down the regulations. In that case, Texas had filed a lawsuit as the sole plaintiff. “The Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration remain committed to supporting the Biden-Harris administration’s climate goals of cutting carbon pollution in half by 2030 and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050,” an FHWA spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “We are reviewing the court’s decision and determining next steps.”
Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency: Know polling date, candidates list, past election results
Coimbatore, located in the western part of Tamil Nadu is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state. It is the second-largest city in Tamil Nadu and has approximately 30.81 lakh voters, according to the electoral roll.
Democrat drops longshot bid to replace Burgum as North Dakota’s governor
A Democratic candidate for North Dakota governor has ended his long-shot campaign. TRUMP-ALIGNED CANDIDATE FOR NORTH DAKOTA’S LONE HOUSE SEAT GETS BOOST FROM VIVEK RAMASWAMY Travis Hipsher, of Neche, announced his withdrawal on Sunday. The little-known Democrat, who is a security guard at a bus manufacturer, said he “didn’t have the numbers to continue to carry out the fight to get the endorsement” of the party at its convention later this week. Hipsher’s withdrawal essentially clears the way for state Sen. Merrill Piepkorn, of Fargo, to clinch the Democratic nod for governor. The party faces headwinds in Republican-dominant North Dakota, where Democrats haven’t won a statewide election since 2012. The Republican Party will also hold its state convention later this week, but some candidates are taking their campaigns to the June 11 primary election, when voters will determine the nominees for November. U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong and Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller are competing for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Independent Michael Coachman, a frequent statewide candidate, also is running for governor. Republican Gov. Doug Burgum is not seeking a third term.