Lion Staff Report

Government

Senate confirms Kash Patel for FBI chief

Kash Patel was narrowly confirmed as FBI director in a 51-49 Senate vote on Thursday. Patel, who has promised to reform the agency and stop the alleged targeting of Catholics,… Read More

Government

RFK confirmed as health secretary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary. The Senate voted 52-48 in favor of Kennedy, who faced scrutiny over previous statements expressing vaccine-hesitancy and… Read More

Culture

NCAA bans biological men from women’s sports

The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced its new policy on transgender athletes on Thursday, banning biological males from competing in women’s sports. The men’s category is “open to all eligible… Read More

Government

Trump signs first bill of new term, Laken Riley Act

President Donald Trump signed a bill into law that will require the detainment of illegal immigrants suspected of nonviolent crimes. Wednesday’s signing of the Laken Riley Act is the first… Read More

Government

Trump signs executive order on antisemitism, threatens to strip student visas from ‘Hamas sympathizers’

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order aiming to crack down on antisemitism. In Wednesday’s order, the Department of Justice is instructed to “aggressively prosecute terroristic threats, arson,… Read More