Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden took center stage at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, using humor to criticize former President Donald Trump while also addressing serious issues. In his speech, Biden playfully referred to his age compared to Trump, stating, “I’m a grown man running against a 6-year-old.” He …
Read More »Alabama House Passes Bill That Could Be ‘Used to Arrest Librarians’
The Alabama House of Representatives voted 72-28 on Thursday in favor of a bill that would apply the state’s criminal obscenity laws to public libraries, public school libraries, and the people who work there. Critics, including the Alabama Library Association, have warned that the bill could see librarians jailed and …
Read More »5 More Trump Attorneys, Aides Publicly Named In AZ Fake Elector Indictment
Caitlin Sievers, Arizona Mirror Attorney General Kris Mayes has released the names of five more people who were indicted by a grand jury for the part they played in Arizona’s 2020 fake elector scheme to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House. Mayes announced on April 24 that …
Read More »Right-Wingers Plot to Give Trump Control Over Federal Reserve If Reelected
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Right-wing allies of former U.S. President Donald Trump are reportedly crafting a plan to give the executive branch control over Federal Reserve policy decisions, an effort that comes as the presumptive GOP nominee continues to signal his authoritarian intentions for a potential second term. The Wall …
Read More »Supreme Court Floats Return To Trial Court For Trump In Presidential Immunity Case
Jacob Fischler, New Hampshire Bulletin The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of former President Donald Trump’s argument he is immune from criminal charges that he tried to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. But conservatives who dominate the court appeared open to returning key questions to a trial …
Read More »Rep. Donald Payne Jr., Hospitalized After Heart Attack, Has Died At 65
Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor Congressman Donald M. Payne Jr. has died, nearly three weeks after he had a heart attack that left him hospitalized in a coma at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He was 65. The six-term Democrat and Newark native has represented the 10th Congressional District, which …
Read More »Arizona Grand Jury Indicts 18 Allies of Trump Over Efforts to Subvert 2020 Election
Jimmy Williams In a significant development, an Arizona grand jury has handed down indictments against 18 associates of Donald Trump, including high-profile figures like former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Boris Epshteyn, and several others. The charges include conspiracy, fraud, and forgery, with the …
Read More »AZ House Has Voted To Repeal The 1864 Abortion Ban Upheld By State Supreme Court
Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror After two weeks of thwarted attempts, the Arizona House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864, with three Republican lawmakers breaking from their party to join Democrats in striking it down. Earlier this month, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld the …
Read More »Tennessee House Votes To Arm Teachers Despite Opposition
Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout Balcony crowds chanted, “Blood on your hands” and “Vote them out,” after the House voted Tuesday to allow teachers to carry concealed weapons on school campuses. House Republicans passed the legislation 68-28 enabling school districts and local law enforcement to opt in on the law and …
Read More »Trump’s Claims Of Presidential Immunity To Be Probed At Supreme Court On Thursday
Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s pursuit of absolute immunity from criminal charges alleging that he schemed and knowingly fed lies to subvert the 2020 presidential election, eventually leading to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. In the …
Read More »NY Judge Spars With Trump Lawyers Over Gag Order In Criminal Trial
Jacob Fischler, Tennessee Lookout The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case in New York appeared to strongly disagree Tuesday with the former president’s lawyers’ explanation for why he should be considered in compliance with a gag order in the case. In a Tuesday morning hearing to determine whether to fine …
Read More »Millions Of Salaried Workers To Become Eligible For Overtime Under New Biden Rule
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Department of Labor Tuesday announced a final rule that means millions of salaried workers who are employed in the executive, administrative or professional industries will become eligible for overtime pay. The rule will affect roughly 4 million workers in the first year of implementation …
Read More »Justice Department Settles With Survivors Of Larry Nassar’s Sexual Abuse
Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance The U.S Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it reached a $138.7 million settlement with survivors of disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse for the failures of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to properly investigate Nassar’s abuse. The FBI’s response to Nassar’s …
Read More »Kentucky Man Who Attacked Capitol Police Officers on Jan.6 Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison
Jimmy Williams Isreal Easterday, a Kentucky resident who was 19 at the time, has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for pepper-spraying two Capitol police officers during the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Easterday, who joined the mob of Donald Trump supporters storming the …
Read More »Supreme Court to Weigh Biden Administration’s Regulation of ‘Ghost Guns
Jimmy Williams The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether the Biden administration has the authority to regulate “ghost guns” – firearms made from kits available online that individuals can assemble at home. The justices decided to review an appeal from the Biden administration defending regulations that a lower court …
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