UPenn Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok resigns, following departure of President Liz Magill

UPenn Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok resigns, following departure of President Liz Magill

University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok has resigned, following the departure of President Liz Magill. According to the Daily Pennsylvanian, Bok announced he’s stepping down from the board of trustees. The statement was made shortly after Magill resigned, the outlet reported. “Today, following the resignation of the University of Pennsylvania’s President and … Read more

Social media rejoices as KJP gets fact-checked for touting ‘Bidenomics’ on X: ‘Love community notes’

Social media rejoices as KJP gets fact-checked for touting ‘Bidenomics’ on X: ‘Love community notes’

Critics of the Biden administration on social media appeared grateful after the “Community Notes” feature on X, formerly Twitter, hit White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre with a crowdsourced fact-check. Conservative X users celebrated the feature for attaching context to Jean-Pierre’s statement about President Biden’s economic policies — dubbed “Bidenomics” — being the cause for … Read more

The A.C.L.U. Has a New Client: The National Rifle Association

The A.C.L.U. Has a New Client: The National Rifle Association

The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Rifle Association agree about very little. They are often on opposite sides in major cases, and they certainly have starkly different views about gun rights. But when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the N.R.A.’s free-speech challenge to what it said were a New York official’s efforts … Read more

Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Court-Approved Abortion

Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Court-Approved Abortion

The Texas Supreme Court late Friday temporarily halted a lower court order allowing a Dallas woman to obtain an abortion in spite of the state’s strict bans, after she learned her fetus has a fatal condition. The state court’s ruling was in response to an appeal from Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas, who opposed … Read more