Erik Gunn, Ohio Capital Journal On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that overturned a national right to abortion, public approval of the Court has fallen dramatically and stayed there, a new national poll from Marquette Law School finds. In the new survey, 40% of respondents said they …
Read More »House GOP Outlines Agenda In Bid For Control In The Midterms
Jennifer Shutt, Arizona Mirror House Republicans gathered inside a warehouse in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Friday to outline the legislation they’d try to enact if voters give them back control of that chamber following the November midterm elections. Speaking from an HVAC factory in Monongahela, about an hour south of Pittsburgh, …
Read More »44 House Democrats Push Biden DOJ to Investigate DeSantis Over ‘Cruel Migrant Flights’
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams More than 40 House Democrats on Friday urged the Biden Justice Department to open an investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ inhumane scheme that transported dozens of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, alleging the Republican leader and other officials involved may have violated federal law. “Harrowing interviews …
Read More »Texas Judge Rules That People Under Felony Indictment Have The Right To Buy Guns Under The Second Amendment
Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune It is no longer constitutional to ban people under felony indictment from buying guns, a federal judge in Texas ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge David Counts, appointed by former President Donald Trump to Texas’ western federal district, found that a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling …
Read More »Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction, Pausing Indiana’s Near-Total Abortion Ban
Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle An Owen County judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday in a lawsuit that seeks to strike down Indiana’s near-total abortion ban — halting the state’s new abortion law that officially took effect Sept. 15. Judge Kelsey Blake Hanlon, a Republican, said in her ruling that …
Read More »House GOP Agenda Signals Push for Social Security and Medicare Cuts
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled parts of a policy agenda that indicates the party would push for cuts to Social Security and Medicare if it retakes the majority in November. A one-page summary of the agenda that House Republicans, led by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), …
Read More »USDA To Spend $500 Million Extending High-Speed Internet To Rural America
Jacob Fischler, Florida Phoenix The U.S. Department of Agriculture will send more than $500 million in loans and grants to telecommunications providers to bring high-speed internet to rural areas across 20 states, Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday. The department will spend $360 million in grants and $141 million in loans …
Read More »The Justice Department’s Dilemma Over Prosecuting Politicians Before An Election
Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond As the 2022 midterm campaigns approach Election Day on Nov. 8, 2022, a federal probe into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is testing an unwritten policy of the U.S. Justice Department. Some legal analysts have suggested that the so-called 60-day …
Read More »Ginni Thomas Agrees To Interview With Jan. 6 Select Committee
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has reached an agreement with Ginni Thomas to be interviewed in the coming weeks, a source close to the House panel said Wednesday. Emails, records and reporting indicate that Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence …
Read More »‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ That Oppose Abortion Questioned By Senate Democrats
Jacob Fischler, Ohio Capital Journal Seven U.S. Senate Democrats questioned a leading Ohio-based anti-abortion group Tuesday about its practice of collecting personal information from patients seeking abortions. So-called crisis pregnancy centers—facilities that often mirror abortion provider aesthetics but actually provide services to discourage abortion—collect sensitive data from patients. That presents …
Read More »House Passes Bill Reforming Electoral Count Act To Stop Jan. 6 Repeat
Ariana Figueroa, New Jersey Monitor The U.S. House passed on Wednesday a bill updating a 19th-century law in an attempt to prevent the subversion of future presidential elections. The Presidential Election Reform Act, which passed 229-203, is meant to deter a repeat of the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, in …
Read More »NY AG Sues Trump and Children Over ‘Staggering’ Criminal Fraud
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday announced that following a three-year investigation into former President Donald Trump and his real estate empire, the state is filing a civil lawsuit against the ex-president, accusing him and his family members of “staggering” fraud. James said the probe that culminated in …
Read More »‘Quiet Part Out Loud’: GOP Warns Biden Student Debt Cancellation Will Hurt Military Recruitment
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Progressive voices on Monday rebuked Republican U.S. lawmakers for repeatedly warning President Joe Biden that forgiving student loan debt will harm the military’s ability to attract recruits with the promise of free college. Nineteen Republican members of the House of Representatives last week signed a letter …
Read More »Marjorie Taylor Greene Leads GOP Drive To Criminalize Gender-Affirming Care For Transgender Youth
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Conservative Republicans gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to commit to bringing legislation to the floor that would make it a felony to perform gender-affirming care on transgender youth, should the GOP take control of the U.S. House following the November midterm elections. “How on …
Read More »Feds Charge 47 People In $250 Million Scheme That Defrauded Pandemic Food Aid Program
Deena Winter, Minnesota Reformer Federal criminal charges were filed Tuesday against 47 people who allegedly participated in a $250 million scheme to exploit a federal child nutrition program during the pandemic. Over the course of about 20 months, the defendants falsely claimed to serve more than 125 million meals, with …
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