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Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder The 2024 election season may further highlight contentious voter eligibility challenges and result in the enactment of new rules governing future elections in Georgia. Republicans in the Georgia Legislature passed a series of election rules as the 2024 session concluded last week that would change how …

Zachary Roth With polls showing unauthorized immigration as Republicans’ best issue for the fall, the GOP is looking to raise the alarm about voting by non-citizens and the undocumented. The multi-pronged effort has been advanced in congressional legislation, public statements by top election officials and U.S. senators, plans produced by …

Jimmy Williams A judge overseeing Donald Trump’s upcoming criminal trial in Manhattan has rejected his attempt to postpone the trial until after the Supreme Court rules on his claim of “presidential immunity” in another criminal case. The decision, issued on Wednesday, blocks Trump’s efforts to further delay the trial, which …

Jimmy Williams A Florida man, Neal Brij Sidhwaney, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to threatening to kill Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court. The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales in Jacksonville, Florida. Sidhwaney, 43, had left …

Jimmy Williams In the latest development surrounding former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, his legal team is once again seeking to have Judge Juan Merchan removed from the case. This move comes as they raise concerns about potential bias stemming from the judge’s daughter’s involvement with a political firm …

Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America’s broken child care system. Many of those parents had government assistance for school tuition, but half the time, Farias couldn’t …

President Joe Biden reached out to chef José Andrés on Tuesday following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that tragically claimed the lives of seven aid workers associated with Andrés’ World Central Kitchen. The White House’s statement on the call came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the unintentional nature …

Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Michigan Advance Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and nearly two dozen other Democratic-led states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the ability of emergency room doctors to provide abortions, arguing that failing to do so would have devastating effects for their health care systems and women …

Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond to halt the collection of a half-billion dollar judgment in the civil fraud case against him, preventing state authorities from seizing his assets while he appeals the verdict. This decision follows a recent ruling by a panel of …

By Jacob Fischler President Biden will tour the Port of Baltimore and the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse Friday as long-term efforts to reopen the port continue, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday. “President Biden will travel to Baltimore on Friday to visit the collapsed Francis …

Mel Leonor Barclay, Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th The Florida Supreme Court struck down its state abortion protection — paving the way for a six-week ban passed in 2023 to take effect — but will allow voters to weigh in on whether they can amend the state’s constitution …

Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump stirred controversy on social media Friday by sharing a video featuring an image of President Joe Biden bound and restrained in the back of a pickup truck. The 20-second video, reportedly taken in Long Island, New York, shows a truck adorned with “Trump 2024” …

Tara Sonenshine, Tufts University The U.S. has dispatched eight Army and Navy vessels from Virginia to build a temporary pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The aim of this work: to supply food and other necessary items for Palestinians as the war between Israel and Hamas continues and …

Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Crystal Mason, the Texas woman sentenced in 2018 to five years in prison for casting an illegal ballot in the 2016 election, was cleared Thursday by a state appeals court, which found no evidence that she knew she was ineligible to vote. The 2nd Court of …

Ariana Figueroa, Arkansas Advocate U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Thursday that two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be sent to the U.S. Senate in early April when senators return from recess. “We call upon you to fulfill your constitutional obligation to hold …