Appeals court revisits allowing convicted felons to vote in Mississippi
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday said it’s reconsidering an earlier decision to allow people convicted of some felonies to vote in Mississippi. In what would be a potential reversal of a significant expansion of voting rights, the 5th Circuit’s filing said that a majority of its 16 active judges would take a new […]
New York court rejects Trump bid to delay fraud trial
A New York appeals court rejected former President Trump’s bid to delay a civil trial after a judge ruled that he had committed fraud for years while building his real estate empire. New York State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron on Tuesday issued a summary judgement in the civil lawsuit brought by New York State […]
Trump won’t try to move Georgia election case to federal court
Attorneys for former President Trump on Thursday filed a motion saying he would not try to move his 2020 Georgia election interference case to federal court, instead agreeing to stand trial in Fulton County. The new court filing, in which Trump’s attorneys assert that their client has confidence he’ll receive a fair trial in Fulton […]
Menendez doubles down to colleagues about staying in Senate
After a closed-door meeting Thursday Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) doubled down on his vow to remain in the Senate in the face of federal criminal bribery charges. “I will continue to cast votes on behalf of the people of New Jersey as I have for 18 years,” Menendez told reporters after the meeting with the […]
Teens arrested for storming McCarthy’s office in protest of shutdown
Dozens of teens stormed the office of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s office Thursday, urging him to come to an agreement with his fellow Republicans to avoid a government shutdown in less than three days. Several of the teenagers affiliated with the Sunrise Movement, a youth climate justice group, occupied the Speaker’s office around 11am ET, […]
Biden to address MAGA movement while announcing John McCain library in Arizona
President Biden on Thursday was set to announce the construction of a library to honor the late Vietnam war hero, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). In prepared remarks, Biden was expected to call the McCain Institute and Library “an institute devoted to the defense of democracy named in honor of a true patriot.” McCain, who passed […]
Special Counsel seeks to prevent Trump from “upending” classified documents case
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team late Wednesday submitted a court filing to prevent attorneys for former President Trump from upending the schedule of the classified documents case. In their filing, federal prosecutors asserted that the Trump team’s proposed delay of various deadlines for procedures to address classified evidence “threatens to upend the entire schedule established […]
White House takes new steps to counter antisemitism
Eight federal agencies on Thursday joined to clarify for the first time in writing that the Civil Rights Act prohibits certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination in federally funded programs and activities. Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin […]
Trump speaks to non-union auto workers amid UAW strike
Former President Trump spoke Wednesday evening at a campaign rally in Clinton Township, Michigan, just outside Detroit, at a non-union auto supplier factory amid the nearly two-week-long United Auto Workers strike. “My pledge to every automaker is this, a vote for President Trump means the future of the automobile will be made in America where […]
House & Senate to hold procedural votes amid looming shutdown
The House and Senate were each set to hold procedural votes Thursday on spending measures amid a looming shutdown deadline at midnight Saturday. The Democratic-controlled Senate’s procedural vote was planned for a short-term stopgap measure that was forwarded along bipartisan lines Wednesday but that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has rejected. Meanwhile, the House is […]
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