According to the book of Mormon, David’s and Solomon’s multiple wives and concubines were an abomination to God, something which he despised:
23 But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things…
Idaho state officials told a federal judge they can test bathroom users to DNA if necessary to enforce a law segregating stalls by gender.
Idaho’s strict anti-trans law requires people to use public restrooms and changing facilities that correspond with the sex they were assigned at birth. When attorneys for plaintiffs challenging the law noted that many transgender people have state-issued…
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 3 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here_._
Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.
By most indications, Donald Trump has dropped his demand for a corrupt $1.8 billion slush fund to dole out to allies and…
Islamabad and Baku are developing their ties under a trilateral framework involving Pakistan, Turkiye and Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday.
The Azeri president met with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz in Baku, where CM Maryam arrived on a three-day visit on Saturday to represent Pakistan at the 13th UN World Urban Forum (WUF13).
“President Ilham Aliyev also emphasised that…
Republican state legislators, governors, state supreme court justices, and U.S. Supreme Court justices have combined over the last week to effectively hand up to 10 U.S. House seats to the GOP. That’s not just bad for the Democrats, although it most definitely is that. It’s bad for democracy. This can’t be accepted as normal.
Early last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a…
• Party leaders ‘unenthused’ by notification of five-member body to look after Punjab’s affairs
• Appointment of Amjad Khan Niazi as convenor, who parted ways after May 9 episode, raises eyebrows
ISLAMABAD: The formation of a Punjab Coordination and Monitoring Committee seems to have once again stirred up bad blood among PTI leaders.
The five-member body, which was notified by party secretary…
PESHAWAR/ LAHORE: Justices Babar Sattar and Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will begin presiding over proceedings at the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and Lahore High Court (LHC), respectively, in the coming week following their recent transfers from the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
Their transfers, along with that of IHC judge Saman Rafat Imtiaz to the Sindh High Court, were approved by the Judicial Commission…
ISLAMABAD: A day after the government notified the transfer of three Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges to other high courts, the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) moved the Supreme Court on Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of the 27th Constitutional Amendment under which these transfers were made.
On Tuesday, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approved the transfer of three judges…
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice on Wednesday notified the transfer of three judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to other high courts under Article 200 of the Constitution.
The development comes a day after the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approved the transfer of three judges from the IHC to other courts in a move that drew sharp criticism from lawyers’ bodies for…
A federal judge is tapping out of the Trump administration.
Donald Trump appointed Judge Alan Albright in 2018, but last week, the Texas-based judge announced his sudden resignation, revealing that his time on the bench will come to a close in August.
The reason seems to be related to personal fulfillment: Bloomberg Law reported Monday that Albright had given “signs” that he “wasn’t enjoying…
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on Tuesday approved the transfer of three judges from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to other high courts.
According to an official handout, Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi chaired a meeting of the commission at the Supreme Court.
“The meetings were convened by the secretary of the JCP in exercise of powers conferred by clause (22) of Article…
Top Utah Republican Party leaders embraced a new generation of Gen Z political activists as the future of the conservative movement at a College Republicans event at the University of Utah last Friday.
Among the social media-savvy cohort on stage was one Kai Schwemmer.
Before the forum, congressional candidate Karianne Lisonbee posed with the 23-year-old influencer and aspiring politician.…
K-Electric’s (KE) stated in a disclosure to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday that Shaheryar Chishti had been appointed as the new chairman of the power utility’s board of directors.
“We are pleased to notify you that following the election of directors during the extraordinary general meeting held on April 2, 2026, the board of directors, in its meeting held on April 15, 2026, has…
The move of National voters towards New Zealand First is following the same trend that’s underway in the UK and now Australia, where major parties are losing disillusioned supporters to parties that are promising to address their concerns.
The Trump administration won’t face contempt of court charges for deporting immigrants to El Salvador last year in defiance of a court order.
In a 2–1 ruling, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a writ of mandamus Tuesday rebuking U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, saying that he overstepped his authority by pursuing the charges against former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and…
On Tuesday morning, a group of federal officials will gather at 18th and C Streets in Washington, D.C., to perform a task usually reserved for the divine. They will sit in a conference room and decide which species are permitted to continue existing on Earth, and which have become too great an inconvenience to the extraction of oil and gas.
Inside the Beltway, they call this group the “God…
A federal arts panel comprised of members appointed by Donald Trump on Thursday unanimously approved a commemorative gold coin featuring his image, part of a series of coins the US Mint is planning to produce to celebrate America’s 250th birthday this year.
The 24-carat gold coin is the latest effort by Trump and his allies to put the president’s name on buildings, government programmes and US…
What do the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and the suppression of information on Jeffrey Epstein have in common? Both will benefit the…
Donald Trump has fired a Republican member of the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, accusing him of misconduct on the job.
J. Todd Inman was fired late last week and said he was given no explanation why. On Monday, the White House released a statement accusing him of “inappropriate alcohol use on the job, harassment of staff, misuse of government resources, and failure to attend at…
The Department of Homeland Security is building a massive AI-driven biometric surveillance apparatus, headed by a former employee of major…
Garfield County’s effort to restrict minors’ access to certain graphic novels remains unresolved as new library trustees take office and state law limits censorship. With leadership changes ahead, the future of book policies and board oversight is uncertain.
The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has said that he would not be opposed to Tel Aviv taking over large swathes of the Middle East, reported _Al-Jazeera._
Huckabee, an evangelical Christian, is a staunch pro-Israel conservative.
In a Friday interview with former _Fox News_ host Tucker Carlson, the envoy asserted that Israel’s borders are based on the Bible when questioned about the…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday assured the Supreme Court (SC) that PTI founder Imran Khan had been allowed to speak to his children, adding that the medical examination of the ex-premier was also carried out by an expert team.
Last week, a two-judge SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi had _instructed_ the government to form a medical team to examine…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected an offer from his Russian counterpart to voluntarily extend the caps on strategic nuclear weapons deployments after the treaty that held them in check expired.
“Rather than extend ‘New START … we should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved and modernised Treaty that can last long into the future,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth…
ISLAMABAD: Even though the country’s electronic media regulator has been without a chairperson since October, a summary for the appointment of Ambreen Jan as head of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has been pending with the Prime Minister’s Office for over a month.
Ms Jan, a former federal secretary for information, was selected by the parliamentary panel as Pemra…