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Jimmy Williams On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed Louisiana to use a new congressional map for this year’s elections, which includes two majority-Black districts. This decision came after an unexpected alliance of Republican state officials and civil rights groups requested the high court to block a lower court ruling that …

Jacob Fischler, Rhode Island Current The U.S. House voted 387-26 Wednesday to clear a bill to reauthorize $105 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration for the next five years — and to finalize a hotly debated deal adding flights at busy Washington Reagan National Airport. Advocates for the bill, which …

Ariana Figueroa, North Dakota Monitor CNN announced on Wednesday morning that it will host a debate between President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the network’s Atlanta studios on June 27. CNN said there would be no audience present for the debate and moderators will be …

Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation (HB 1645) on Wednesday that will erase several instances of the words “climate change” from state statutes and restructure the state’s fossil fuel-based energy policy that listed climate change as a priority when making energy policy decisions. The priority now …

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror The Arizona Supreme Court has agreed to delay the enforcement of a 160-year-old abortion ban that mandates prison time for doctors, granting women and health care providers across the state a reprieve until September. In doing so, the court granted a request from Arizona Attorney …

Ashley Murray, New Hampshire Bulletin Republican lawmakers are taking turns supporting former president and presumed 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in his trial in Manhattan criminal court, where he is charged with covering up payments intended to silence porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Dressed alike …

Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that his administration is raising tariffs on $18 billion worth of Chinese exports, including electric vehicles. This move is part of the White House’s strategy to counter what it considers unfair trade practices by China. The U.S. escalation marks a new phase …

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Anti-war voices on Monday fiercely condemned U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s suggestion that Israel would be within its rights to drop nuclear weapons on the Gaza Strip, seven months into an assault that has killed at least 35,091 Palestinians and injured another 78,827. “Why did we drop …

Jimmy Williams Top Justice Department leaders promised swift action on Monday to address threats against officials managing this year’s elections and to combat the misuse of advanced technology in disrupting the process. With a tight presidential race approaching in November, high-ranking federal officials gathered at the DOJ headquarters. They warned …

Ashley Murray, North Dakota Monitor Donald Trump’s former fixer took the stand in a Manhattan courtroom Monday and told jurors that Trump was well aware of a scheme to hide the repayment of money intended to silence porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Michael Cohen, the …

William Melhado, The Texas Tribune A third person with ties to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s bribery case has pleaded guilty, according to a recently unsealed plea agreement, after the South Texas Democrat was accused of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank. Irada Akhoundova pleaded guilty …

Ariana Figueroa, North Dakota Monitor House Republicans passed a bill last week to add a citizenship question to the census and exclude noncitizens from the official headcount when determining population for representation in Congress and electoral votes. The legislation, which passed on a 206-202 party-line vote, is part of a …

Olivia Rosane, Common Dreams A Trump-appointed judge on Friday delivered a win for big banks when he granted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce a temporary injunction halting a Biden administration rule that would cap credit card fees at $8. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule, which would have gone …

Jimmy Williams The U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, made it clear on Sunday that the U.S. won’t back Israel’s military action in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, unless there’s a solid plan to protect civilians. In an interview on “Face the Nation,” Blinken stated, “From day one, President …

John Cole, Pennsylvania Capital-Star The Garden State is not often in the national spotlight for a presidential election, but former President Donald Trump brought his campaign here on Saturday, holding a rally on a South Jersey beach not far from Pennsylvania. “As you can see, today, we’re expanding the electoral …