Jennifer Shutt, Pennsylvania Capital-Star The U.S. Senate appears on track to send President Joe Biden a bill in the coming weeks that would guarantee same-sex and interracial couples can marry, even if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark cases that enshrined those rights. “I think we’re very close,” U.S. Sen. …
Read More »Abortion Rights Advocates File New Challenge Of Georgia Abortion Ban
Riley Bunch, GPB News Abortion rights advocates and providers are moving against Georgia’s abortion ban, this time in a new case filed in state court. The most recent challenge comes less than a week after a federal court of appeals decided Georgia’s strict abortion ban would immediately take effect. The …
Read More »‘Authoritarianism 101’: Trump Plot to Purge Civil Servants If Reelected Draws Alarm
Julia Conley, Common Dreams Government watchdogs on Friday warned that a plan by former President Donald Trump to drastically remake the federal workforce should he win the presidency in 2024 would “utterly destroy” public service in the United States. As Axios reported Friday, central to Trump’s plans for a second …
Read More »VP Harris Professes Support For Indiana Women In Abortion-Rights Visit
Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle Vice President Kamala Harris condemned Indiana Republicans’ near-total abortion ban proposal in her high-profile visit to Indianapolis Monday — the first real day of a special legislative session aimed partially at further restricting abortion. “The government should not be telling an individual what to …
Read More »Democrats Warn Abortion Access Is On The Line In Key Statehouse Races
Barbara Rodriguez Originally published by The 19th Democrats are framing races for seats in key statehouses as crucial for the future of abortion access, warning that flipping chambers blue or blocking Republican supermajorities will be key after the Supreme Court left the issue up to the states. In the weeks …
Read More »As First Series of Jan. 6 Hearings Ends, Watchdogs Say Trump ‘Must Be Prosecuted’
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The House January 6 committee’s first series of public hearings came to a close Thursday with a primetime event featuring fresh evidence that former President Donald Trump gave a “green light” to the right-wing mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol last year and ignored pleas to …
Read More »Republicans In Congress Shy Away From Campaigning On National Abortion Platform
Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance Republicans, hoping to flip control of Congress in the November elections, appear to have decided against campaigning on a unified abortion platform that would specify exactly what conservatives plan to do if given control of the U.S. House and Senate. Yet Republicans in Congress have written …
Read More »House Panel Advances Assault Weapons Ban On Party-Line Vote
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder The U.S. House Judiciary Committee last week passed legislation that would ban certain semi-automatic weapons, in a renewed push to ban the guns most commonly used in recent mass shootings. The party-line 25-18 vote followed recent mass shootings in which AR-15 style rifles were used — …
Read More »WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Public Health Emergency
The World Health Organization on Saturday formally classified monkeypox as a “public health emergency of international concern,” warning that the viral disease is spreading rapidly across the globe. The WHO’s decision came after a panel of advisers failed to reach a consensus position on whether monkeypox constitutes a global health …
Read More »Biden: ‘I’m feeling much better than I sound’ After COVID Diagnosis
Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent President Joe Biden has begun using an albuterol inhaler intermittently to treat symptoms related to COVID-19, but is feeling well, according to White House officials and the president on Friday. “I’m feeling much better than I sound,” Biden said during a virtual meeting on gas prices …
Read More »Kamala Harris Wants To Be Seen — And Let Voters Know She Sees Them. Can It Work?
Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris is back on the road, something she’s been eager to do after spending the first part of her tenure largely in Washington. In the past week alone, Harris has traveled to the battleground states of Florida, Pennsylvania and North …
Read More »Steve Bannon Guilty of Contempt of Congress for Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A federal jury on Friday found Steve Bannon—who served as former President Donald Trump’s chief strategist—guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. “The subpoena …
Read More »FCC Orders Phone Companies To Block Auto Warranty Robocalls
On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission‘s( FCC) Robocall Response Team announced that the Enforcement Bureau has ordered phone companies to stop carrying traffic regarding a known robocall scam marketing auto warranties. The agency mandated U.S. providers to stop carrying traffic originating from the Sumco Panama company and the two people …
Read More »Trump ‘chose not to act’ As U.S. Capitol Underwent Attack, Jan. 6 Panel Says
Jacob Fischler, Virginia Mercury Donald Trump ignored White House staff, family members and outside advisers who urged the president to call off the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to testimony before the U.S. House panel investigating the insurrection at its eighth and final hearing of …
Read More »Alabama Man Charged With Threatening To Kill President Biden
An Alabama man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly threatened to kill President Joe Biden. John Andrew Bazor, Jr., 37, is accused of calling the White House on July 10 and telling a switchboard operator, “I am coming to assassinate the president. I can’t wait to see your faces …
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