Supreme Court rejects Texas’ lawsuit against California over its travel ban protesting anti-LGBTQ laws

Jimmy Kimmel took aim at California’s wait-and-see approach to federal guidelines easing coronavirus health and safety protocols. The late-night host opened Tuesday’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" telecast with a jab at state legislators’ hesitance to lighten up restrictions and masks mandates while other states appear to be full steam ahead on adopting new federal regulations.

On Tuesday’s episode of his late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel tackled California’s insistence on staying a bit behind the federal curve, when it comes to the easing of Covid-19 health and safety protocols.

SACRAMENTO – As legislatures and governors in dozens of states across the country advance a record number of bills targeting transgender children, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a budget proposal on Friday that includes $3 million for the California Department of Education to develop an LGBTQ+ cultural competency training curriculum for public school teachers and staff.

press conference on Friday, Newsom, who is facing a recall election, mentioned that the new funds were specifically designed to lure productions back from states like Georgia. “This is an opportunity for those productions, TV and others, in places like Georgia, whose values don’t necessarily always align with the production crews to consider coming back to the state of California,” Newsom said.

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Jordan Moreau California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his $100 billion California Comeback Plan, which is aimed at helping the state bounce back from the economic impact stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.Released on Monday, the outlined plan includes the largest state rebate tax in U.S.

Last Week Tonight‘s John Oliver offered no breaks for his white viewers at home tonight – a recurrent theme for the nation’s political late-night television host.

Epic Games Monday slammed Apple for making billions of dollars off the back of developers, describing an arbitrary and dictatorial regime by the Tim Cook-led company that draws apps to the iOS operating system and takes a large piece of their business – after claiming early on that it didn’t intend to make a profit on the App Store.

VAX LIVE: The Concert To Reunite The World. Selena Gomez hosted the event at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on Sunday, and told ET's Keltie Knight she «geeked out» over the guest list. «To me, it's the best award show of the year,» she shared.

This is a strange U.S. Supreme Court session. First LGBTQ groups lined up on opposite sides of a case (see Mahanoy v. BL). Now, they’ve lined up inapposite to where they were 10 years ago.

Former Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Caitlyn Jenner has officially filed paperwork to run for governor of California in a potential 2021 recall election. The 71-year-old is a lifelong Republican, and members of the LGBTQ+ community were quick to take to social media, saying they won’t back her “vanity campaign.” Star Wars actor George Takei, who is gay, compared her standing in the LGBTQ community to that of conservative pundit Candace Owens’ reputation in the Black community.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s son Archie, 1, is absolutely adorable! The pregnant Duchess of Sussex was seen carrying the toddler, who turns 2 on May 6, in Los Angeles in phots published by Page Six. Her baby bump was on full display as she seemingly made her way to a vehicle on Thursday, April 22, marking her first appearance since Prince Philip‘s funeral and Harry’s reported return home to California.