June 8, 2023 Maine lawmakers' planned amendment of equal pay law to cover race heads to Gov. Mills' desk Maine lawmakers have passed a proposal that would expand the state's equal pay law to ban racial discrimination. The bill still requires final approval from Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
June 8, 2023 Native American leaders rebuke Biden admin over oil leasing ban: 'Undermines our sovereignty' The Navajo Nation is aggressively pushing back against the Biden administration's 20-year ban on new oil and gas leasing near an Indigenous cultural site in New Mexico.
June 8, 2023 Christian UK doctor fired for refusing to use trans pronouns again appealing case A Christian doctor in the U.K. who lost his job for refusing to use pronouns of a transgender patient in a hypothetical scenario is now appealing his case.
June 8, 2023 LGBTQ+ groups wreck Target for having no 'cojones': 'Just stay out of it' Target Corporation faces heat from LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, some who said they may boycott the company if it refused to fix its mistakes during Pride Month.
June 8, 2023 AI should require license like medical, nuclear work on advanced tools: Britain's Labour Party Britain should prohibit technology developers from working on advanced AI tools unless they have a license to do so, according to the British Labour Party.
June 7, 2023 Biden joins AOC in linking Canadian wildfires to 'climate crisis' President Biden joined Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in linking the ongoing Canadian wildfires to the "climate crisis."
June 7, 2023 Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signs bill banning transgender health care for minors, competition in school sports Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a pair of bills into law banning sex change surgery for minors and forcing transgender athletes to compete on teams that match their biological sex.
June 7, 2023 Biden climate czar John Kerry likens D-Day invasion to battling climate change: 'The fight of our times' Biden climate czar John Kerry likened the D-Day invasion of Normandy to the modern-day fight against climate change during a speech on the 79th anniversary of the historic event.
June 7, 2023 AOC pushes Green New Deal in response to wildfire smoke blanketing NYC ‘Outnumbered’ panel discusses the air quality concerns sweeping from the northeast into the midwest from Canada wildfires.
June 7, 2023 Biden admin is preparing to target Americans' gas furnaces amid stove crackdown The Department of Energy is expected to finalize stringent efficiency requirements that would eliminate up to 60% of current home gas furnace models from the market.