Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner President Joe Biden flew into Milwaukee Tuesday and addressed cheering union workers at a wind turbine manufacturer to mark the one-year anniversary of legislation to boost renewable energy and address climate change. In a 40-minute stemwinder of a speech the president went far beyond promoting the …
Read More »Appeals Court Upholds Restrictions on Mifepristone—But Abortion Pill Remains Available for Now
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams A federal appellate court on Wednesday upheld portions of a ruling restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone, although the drug will remain available pending the outcome of ongoing litigation. A three-judge panel of the right-wing 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that mifepristone can …
Read More »2024 Republican Candidates Weigh In On Trump’s Georgia Indictments
Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch As former President Donald Trump faces his fourth indictment in Georgia, his previous running mate former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday disputed Trump’s claims that the Georgia election was “stolen” while still criticizing the federal justice system. Pence is one of many candidates competing …
Read More »Arkansas Education Secretary Defends Removal of AP African American Studies Course
Antoinette Grajeda, Florida Phoenix Arkansas’ top education official on Monday sought to defend the removal of an AP African American Studies class from the state’s approved course list late last week, but anger persisted from education advocates, state lawmakers, students and the NAACP. Education Secretary Jacob Oliva told the Advocate that …
Read More »Who’s Who Among The Fake Electors, Conspirators Indicted In Fulton DA’s 2020 Election Probe
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis says she’s aiming to start a trial against Donald Trump and his allies within six months of a grand jury’s Monday indictment on charges of a multi-state criminal conspiracy to overturn the former president’s narrow defeat to Joe Biden in …
Read More »Biden Administration Provides Guidance On Diversity In College Admissions
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder The Department of Justice and Department of Education jointly released guidance on Monday to colleges and universities about how to consider race in admissions decisions, following the Supreme Court’s summer decision that struck down affirmative action in higher education. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, on a call with reporters, said higher …
Read More »Bodycam Video Shows Confrontation Between Rep. Ronny Jackson And Law Enforcement
Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language. Newly released video shows U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, being slammed to the ground by police and angrily confronting a state trooper with profanity during a hectic altercation late last month at a rodeo outside Amarillo. “You are …
Read More »Judge Rejects Right-Wing Effort to Block Student Debt Relief for 800,000+
A federal judge in Michigan has rejected an effort by a pair of right-wing think tanks to stop the Biden administration from canceling the student debt of roughly 804,000 borrowers who have been making payments on their loans for more than two decades. In an 18-page decision on Monday, U.S. …
Read More »Judge Sides With Montana Youths in Historic Climate Ruling
Climate advocates on Monday expressed hope that an unprecedented ruling by a state judge in Montana, siding with 16 young residents who argued the state violated their constitutional rights by promoting fossil fuel extraction, will mark a sea change in the outcomes of climate lawsuits. In Held v. State of …
Read More »Georgia Grand Jury Indicts Trump, Members Of His Inner Circle
Former President Donald Trump and several members of his inner circle were indicted Monday in Fulton County’s sweeping investigation into 2020 election interference. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to discuss the grand jury’s felony conspiracy and racketeering charges being levied against the 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner and …
Read More »‘This Is Witness Tampering’: Trump Tells Former Georgia Official Not to Testify
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told Georgia’s former lieutenant governor, Geoff Duncan, not to testify before the Fulton County grand jury that was set to hear evidence this week in the state’s 2020 election interference case. “I am reading reports that failed former Lt. Governor of Georgia, Jeff …
Read More »Defense Secretary Blast Tuberville Military Holds As ‘unnecessary’ and ‘unsafe’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin strongly criticized Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s ongoing hold on military promotions, labeling it as an “unprecedented” action that poses a threat to national security. Austin’s comments came during a ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he expressed concern over the impact of the hold on …
Read More »Why Trump’s Grand Election Plan Now Goes To A Grand Jury
Stephen Fowler and Chase McGee, GPB News Georgia wasn’t the only battleground state where Donald Trump tried to change his 2020 election defeat, but it was home to his most brazen efforts. Even after elections officials counted — and recounted — the presidential race, made painstaking rebuttals to fraud claims …
Read More »PACT Act In One Year Aided 340,000 Ailing Veterans And Survivors, Biden Says
Ashley Murray, Arkansas Advocate One of the “most significant laws ever signed to help veterans” has already assisted over 340,000 former service members and their survivors seeking care for illnesses and cancers now presumed to be connected to open burn pits and other toxins, President Joe Biden said in Utah …
Read More »Fulton County DA to Present Trump Georgia Election Case to Grand Jury This Week
A pair of witnesses revealed Saturday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will start presenting her 2020 elections interference case against former President Donald Trump—the GOP’s 2024 front-runner—to a grand jury in Georgia early next week. While Willis has previously signaled her intention to make charging decisions this month, …
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