Natalia Mittelstadt

4 days ago | justthenews.com | Natalia Mittelstadt

The Department of Justice is demanding that California public high schools confirm by June 9 that they are not allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' sports. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ Civil Rights Division sent a letter to California public school districts on Monday, after the department opened an investigation on Wednesday into California allowing transgender girl athletes to compete in girls' sports.

4 days ago | justthenews.com | Natalia Mittelstadt

NATO member countries are reportedly going to commit to spending 3.5% of GDP on defense by 2032 during a summit in The Hague later this month. United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that he had an “ambition” to reach 3% by the end of the next parliament but didn't make a commitment to it, The Telegraph reported.

4 days ago | justthenews.com | Natalia Mittelstadt

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Department of Homeland Security from ending a union deal with Transportation Safety Administration workers. The American Federation of Government Employees argued in its lawsuit that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem doesn't have the power to end a seven-year contract that is already authorized, accusing her of targeting the union after it filed multiple lawsuits on behalf of government workers, The Hill news outlet reported.

4 days ago | justthenews.com | Natalia Mittelstadt

The defamation trial against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell brought by a former Dominion Voting Systems employee is set to begin in Denver with opening statements on Tuesday. Former Dominion executive Eric Coomer, who handled security for the voting systems company, sued Lindell for defamation in 2022, local NBC News affiliate 9NEWS reported. The trial is scheduled to run through June 10. Jury selection was completed on Monday, with the eight-person jury seated around 3:30 p.m. local time.

4 days ago | justthenews.com | Natalia Mittelstadt

Ukrainian officials said Tuesday that they hit a bridge that connects Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detonated the explosives at 4:44 a.m. local time, continuing the strike for three hours, using 1,100 kilograms of explosives to hit the bridge used by Russian forces as a supply route, The Hill news outlet reported. “No illegal objects of the Russian Federation have a place on the territory of our state.