Congress dealt President Obama a humiliating foreign-policy blow Wednesday — voting to overturn his veto of a bill that would let families of 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia for that country’s alleged role in the terror attacks. The Senate voted 97-1 to override the veto, and hours later the House did the same by 348-77. The …
Saudi Arabia and its allies are warning that U.S. legislation allowing the kingdom to be sued for the 9/11 attacks will have negative repercussions. The kingdom maintains an arsenal of tools to retaliate with, including curtailing official contacts, pulling billions of dollars from the U.S. economy, and persuading its close allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council to scale back counterterrorism …
Gov. Bevin has added Kentucky to a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government over a new rule that makes more people eligible to receive overtime pay. Starting in December, the new policy will require employers to pay overtime to people who make up to $47,476 a year ($913 per week).
A Dallas Police Office has filed a lawsuit against the Black Lives Matter movement. Co-defendants include President Obama, Hillary Clinton; Al Sharpton; Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and George Soros. Sergeant Demetrick Pennie, a 17-year veteran of the force, is seeking between $500 million and $1.5 billion in the complaint filed in federal court, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Gov. Paul LePage has joined officials from 21 states – all but one controlled by Republican governors – to challenge in federal court a new U.S. Department of Labor rule that extends mandatory overtime to an estimated 4 million employees. LePage was named as an individual plaintiff, and did not represent the state as governor, in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Texas.
L’Oréal got a bunch of famous African-American women to tout its hair relaxer when it actually causes great harm, and the company even insinuated Michelle Obama into its campaign … so claim some angry customers who have just filed suit. L’Oréal hawks a hair relaxer called SoftSheen-Carson Optimum Amla Legend No-Mix, No-Lye Relaxer, which it claims is healthy and safe because it uses a …
Heading into the weekend that will mark the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). The bill passed by unanimous voice vote, as it did in the Senate back in May.
President Obama decided to reject TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline, ending seven years of debate over an infrastructure project that swelled into one of the most contentious environmental issues of his presidency. (Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) While President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Peña Nieto, the three “amigos” of North America, …
Texas joined by 10 other states, filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop a federal directive instructing school districts to let transgender students use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday. Calling the Obama administration directive “outside the bounds of the …
Utah has now joined nine other states in a lawsuit against the White House over its new transgender directive in schools. Nine other states and three individual school districts have joined the federal lawsuit, according to the lawsuit , which was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of …