Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will get a crucial opportunity to reach undecided voters and set the terms for the 2024 presidential campaign at Thursday night’s debate in Atlanta. Partisans on either side have already made up their minds about which candidate they’ll …
Read More »Louisiana Families Sue Over Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Schools
Jimmy Williams Nine Louisiana families have filed a federal lawsuit against the state’s education department and local school boards, challenging a new law that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. The lawsuit was filed just days after Governor Jeff Landry signed the controversial bill into …
Read More »Don’t Give Up On The FAFSA, Advocates For Student Financial Aid Urge
Shauneen Miranda, Daily Montanan Though the new version of the form to apply for federal financial student aid has had its fair share of highly publicized hiccups, U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal says the department has made a lot of progress in the past couple of months. The Free …
Read More »Democrats Use Second Anniversary Of Dobbs To Reaffirm Support For Abortion Rights
Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle A slew of Democratic politicians have fired off campaign statements and staged events in Oregon and across the country to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision against abortion rights. On June 24, 2022, the conservative court ruled 6-3 in favor of …
Read More »Supreme Court to Rule on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Minors
Jimmy Williams The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case challenging a Tennessee law that restricts gender-affirming care for transgender minors. This decision places the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, at the center of a heated culture-war debate over transgender rights. The justices will review an …
Read More »Trump Reveals His VP Pick Will Join Him at Upcoming Debate
Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump has revealed that he has chosen his vice presidential pick for the upcoming election and hinted that the person will be at the debate against President Joe Biden. Trump shared this news during a campaign stop in Philadelphia, telling NBC News, “In my mind, …
Read More »Trump in Philadelphia: The Former President Repeats False Claims of 2020 Voter Fraud
John Cole, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Former President Donald Trump made his way to the city of Brotherly Love on Saturday for a rally, his first in the city of 2024. It also marked the first time Trump has advised voters in Pennsylvania to use mail-in ballots, something he has regularly spoken …
Read More »Despite GOP Headwinds, Citizen-led Abortion Measures Could Be On The Ballot In 9 States
Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline For abortion rights supporters in Florida, it was a tumultuous day of highs and lows. On April 1, the Florida Supreme Court paved the way for the state to ban nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. But it also OK’d a ballot measure that …
Read More »Democrats Stress Reproductive Rights In Fight For Control Of Congress, White House
Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch Top Democratic campaign officials Thursday pressed their case for control of Congress and the White House by pointing toward the upcoming two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the constitutional right to an abortion. More than a dozen Democrats also introduced legislation in Congress …
Read More »Congress Silenced Free Speech In TikTok Law, Platform Tells Federal Court
Jacob Fischler, Pennsylvania Capital-Star TikTok and its parent company argued Thursday in a federal court in the District of Columbia that the recently enacted law forcing a nationwide ban or sale of the popular platform violates the First Amendment. TikTok Inc., which operates the video-sharing service in the United States, …
Read More »New York High Court Rejects Trump’s Appeal on Gag Order in Criminal Case
Jimmy Williams New York’s highest court ruled Tuesday that it will not consider former President Donald Trump’s challenge to a gag order issued in the criminal case in which he was recently convicted of 34 felony counts. The Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal in a brief one-sentence decision, stating …
Read More »Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit Over Ten Commandments School Displays
Greg LaRose, Louisiana Illuminator Four civil liberties groups will sue the state of Louisiana after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a law Wednesday that calls for the Ten Commandments to be displayed in school classrooms. The new rule applies to any school that accepts state money, including colleges and universities. …
Read More »House Ethics Panel Adds Allegations To Matt Gaetz Investigation
Ariana Figueroa, Source New Mexico The U.S. House Ethics Committee released a statement Tuesday saying it has “identified additional allegations that merit review” based on its investigation of prior allegations that Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz had inappropriate sexual relationships and violated rules by accepting gifts. The committee is …
Read More »Senate Republicans Block Bump Stock Ban Despite Democrats’ Push
Jimmy Williams Senate Democrats tried to pass a bill banning bump stocks on firearms Tuesday, but a single Republican objection stalled the effort. Backed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., sought “unanimous consent” to pass the BUMP Act, which aims to ban devices that modify semi-automatic …
Read More »IRS Expects $50 Billion Return by Closing Loophole Exploited by the Super Rich
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The Internal Revenue Service announced Monday that it is cracking down on a complex maneuver that corporations and rich individuals use to avoid taxes, the agency’s latest enforcement action since receiving a badly needed infusion of funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. The new IRS policy …
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