Kansas teacher suspended for refusing to use student's preferred name, pronouns awarded $95k in lawsuit
Story at a glance A former Kansas middle school teacher was reprimanded for refusing to use a student’s preferred name and pronouns. Pamela Ricard filed a lawsuit against the district claiming the policy violated her First Amendment rights. Fort Riley Middle School officials agreed to pay $95,000 in damages and attorneys’ fees t
Read MoreUS military sending assessment team to Pakistan amid deadly floods
The U.S. military is sending a team to Pakistan to figure out what support the Pentagon could provide amid deadly floods that have covered more than one-third of the country, the Defense Department announced Friday. U.S. Central Command will send the team to Islamabad to determine how the Pentagon can help the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of Washington’s response to the crisis, the command’s top spokesperson, Col. Joe Buccino, said in a statement. Gen. Michael Kurilla, the head of CENTCOM, also spoke by phone with Pakistan's chief o
Read MoreCountry singer Jason Aldean dropped by PR firm following backlash over wife's comments: reports
(NEXSTAR) – Country singer Jason Aldean has been dropped by his longtime PR firm days after his wife, Brittany Aldean, made critical comments about gender-affirming care for trans children. “Music has always been and remains The GreenRoom’s core focus, so we had to make the difficult decision after 17 years to step away from representing Jason,” said Tyne Parrish, the co-owner of The Green Room, in a statement first shared with Billboard.
John Harwood leaving CNN
John Harwood, one of CNN's most recognizable reporters, is leaving the network. Harwood made the announcement in a tweet on Friday, and he did not specify if he was leaving CNN on his own terms of if he had been let go by the cable news giant. "Today's my last day at CNN," Harwood said, adding he was "proud of the work" he did at the network and was "lucky to serve the best in American media," before listing previous career stops at CNBC, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. A CNN spokesperson on Friday told The Hill “we appreciate John’s work cov
Read MoreWhite House asks Congress for $13.7B in Ukraine-related funding
The White House on Friday asked Congress to approve $13.7 billion to address Russia’s continued military invasion of Ukraine as part of a short-term funding bill. The Biden administration is requesting that Congress authorize $11.7 billion in additional security and economic assistance for Ukraine and $2 billion to help shore up domestic energy supplies to offset impacts of the war on the global energy market. “We have rallied the world to support the people of Ukraine to defend their democracy and we simply cannot allow that support to Ukraine to run dry,”
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