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Jacob Fischler, Arkansas Advocate Leading U.S. Senate Democrats reintroduced a bill last week to remove marijuana from the list of federal controlled substances, following the Biden administration’s move a day earlier to significantly ease regulations on the drug. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, Senate Finance Chairman Ron …

April Corbin Girnus, Nevada Current The Trump campaign and its Republican allies on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging Nevada’s ballot receipt deadline. Nevada law allows for mail ballots postmarked on Election Day to be accepted and counted if they are received by county election officials within four days. This year, …

Jimmy Williams South Carolina Senator Tim Scott recently avoided committing to accepting the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, regardless of the winner, stating, “At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States will be President Donald Trump.” During an appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the …

Ariana Figueroa, Michigan Advance The Biden administration published a final rule Friday that will allow about 100,000 uninsured people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to enroll in state-run or private health insurance plans provided under the Affordable Care Act, administration officials said. The new rule from the …

Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden on Friday honored 19 remarkable Americans with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the nation. The recipients varied from influential politicians like Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Jim Clyburn to dedicated activists such as Opal Lee and Judy Shephard, along with notable …

Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a powerful South Texas Democrat, was indicted with his wife Imelda on Friday on charges of accepting almost $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank. Cuellar allegedly accepted the payments from Azerbaijan’s state-run oil and gas company after they …

Jimmy Williams A Georgia business owner, Jack Wade Whitton, received a nearly five-year prison sentence for his role in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. Whitton was convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers during the insurrection, including striking an officer with a metal crutch and dragging him into the …

Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden responded Thursday to weeks of protest on college campuses calling for a ceasefire in Gaza with a brief statement that the right to protest should be protected, but “not the right to cause chaos.” “We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence …

Jimmy Williams Amidst growing unrest on college campuses, the House has passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act in a significant bipartisan move, with a vote of 320-91. Introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and supported by 15 Democratic co-sponsors, the bill aims to address the rising concerns surrounding antisemitism. However, some …

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror A 160-year-old abortion ban written before Arizona became a state that punishes doctors with prison time is now one step away from being repealed after a pair of Republicans in the state Senate on Wednesday crossed party lines to join Democrats in voting it down. …

Jimmy Williams Florida’s strict abortion law, effective Wednesday, severely restricts abortions after just six weeks of pregnancy. The measure, replacing a previous ban at 15 weeks, presents significant challenges for women seeking abortions. While exceptions exist for cases of rape, incest, trafficking, and severe medical issues, the law essentially prohibits …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday that if reelected in November, he would allow states to monitor women’s pregnancies and prosecute anyone who violates an abortion ban. That position, said one leading reproductive rights organization, underscores the grave threat the presumptive GOP nominee poses to …

Ariana Figueroa, New Jersey Monitor Former President Donald Trump in his second term would carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants by utilizing local law enforcement, the National Guard and potentially the U.S. military, according to a lengthy interview he conducted with Time magazine. “When we talk military, generally speaking, …

Jimmy Williams The Biden administration is poised to make a groundbreaking move toward relaxing federal restrictions on cannabis, marking the first time in over 50 years since the enactment of the Controlled Substances Act. Sources reveal that an interim rule is on the horizon, with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …

Jennifer Shutt, Kentucky Lantern House Democratic Leaders on Tuesday killed efforts by a small group of far-right House Republicans to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from his leadership post. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar released a joint statement saying their members …