Ariana Figueroa, Idaho Capital Sun On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, in which 23 people were murdered, more than 160 religious, civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups called on congressional leaders to denounce lawmakers who use white supremacist, anti-immigrant rhetoric, arguing …
Read More »Georgia DAs Challenge New Law Allowing State Oversight Of Their Prosecution Choices
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Four Georgia district attorneys filed a lawsuit this week to stop the creation of a new disciplinary committee that has the power to remove county prosecutors from public office. The plaintiffs in the state lawsuit accuse Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP lawmakers of passing legislation …
Read More »Trump’s Latest Social Media Target? Judge Presiding Over 2020 Election Conspiracy Case
Olivia Rosane, Common Dreams Former President Donald Trump lashed out on social media Sunday against the judge who was assigned to try his case in an indictment charging him with conspiring to remain in power after losing the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was appointed by …
Read More »Court Allows Biden Rule Limiting Asylum At The Border To Be Kept In Place For Now
Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix A federal appeals court last week decided to allow the Biden administration to keep in place a temporary two-year rule that restricts asylum at the U.S. border, while the legal challenges to a lower court’s ruling play out. The decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court …
Read More »Trump Lashes Out At Prosecutors, Biden And DeSantis In Alabama Speech
Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch Former President Donald Trump said in a speech Friday in Alabama that he wears as a “badge of honor” his recent indictment on charges of attempting to subvert the 2020 presidential election. In a nearly hour-long speech at a Montgomery fundraising dinner for the Alabama …
Read More »Trump Indictment: Here’s How Prosecutors Will Try To Prove He Knowingly Lied And Intended To Break The Law
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Harvard University What was Donald Trump thinking when he set about trying to maintain the presidency after losing it to Joe Biden? That’s the key question a jury will need to consider in Trump’s federal trial on charges announced Aug. 1, 2023, stemming from Trump’s attempts …
Read More »Federal Court Strikes Down Mississippi’s ‘Jim Crow’ Felon Disenfranchisement Law
A U.S. federal appellate court on Friday ruled that a Jim Crow-era Mississippi law permanently disenfranchising people with certain felony convictions is unconstitutional. In a decision that can be appealed to the full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, a three-judge panel of the tribunal ruled 2-1 that Section 241 …
Read More »House Democrats Call for ‘Live Broadcasting’ of Trump Trial
Dozens of House Democrats on Thursday urged the policy-setting body of the federal judiciary to authorize live broadcasts of former President Donald Trump’s upcoming court proceedings as he faces charges stemming from his effort to overturn the 2020 election. Cameras are usually barred from federal courtrooms, but 38 House Democrats …
Read More »Both Expelled Members Of ‘Tennessee Three’ Win Back State House Seats
Tennessee Representatives Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who along with state Rep. Gloria Johnson were dubbed the “Tennessee Three,” regained their seats in the state legislature after being expelled for participating in a gun control protest on the House floor. They were previously reinstated on an interim basis by local …
Read More »AP Psychology Effectively Banned in Florida Over Lesson on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams The Republican-controlled Florida Board of Education on Thursday effectively banned Advanced Placement Psychology by notifying school district superintendents that teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity—key subjects in college-level psychology curricula—is prohibited under the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” law. That means class schedules …
Read More »Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Charges He Tried to Overturn Election
In a courtroom in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges related to his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election and incitement of the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump, who is the frontrunner in the Republican primary …
Read More »Congress, GOP Presidential Candidates React To Trump Indictment
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Members of Congress and Republicans competing against Donald Trump in the presidential primary quickly reacted Tuesday to the latest indictment against the former president, falling largely along party lines. This one, by a federal grand jury, stems from Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election …
Read More »How The Fake Electors In Seven States Are Central To The Trump Jan. 6 Indictment
Jacob Fischler, Washington State Standard The federal indictment accusing Donald Trump of trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election includes detailed accusations of Trump and his alleged co-conspirators’ pressure on individual state officials. The central plot to overturn the election, as described in the indictment a federal grand …
Read More »No Sign Of Active Shooter In U.S. Senate Offices After Phone Threat
Ariana Figueroa, Kentucky Lantern U.S. Capitol police officers on Wednesday found no evidence of an active shooter after several U.S. Senate office buildings were evacuated and Hill staffers were told to shelter in place amid warnings of a security threat. The Metropolitan Police Department first received a call at 2:30 …
Read More »Congress Takes Recess as Childcare and Health Center Funding Cliffs Loom
More than 3 million kids across the United States could lose childcare and nearly 7 million patients could lose access to primary care if Congress doesn’t approve funding by September 30. But lawmakers in both the House and Senate left town for August recess late last week after making little …
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