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David Pecker set to return to witness stand as Trump's hush money trial resumes
NEW YORK — Former National Enquirer David Pecker is slated to return to the stand Thursday at Donald Trump’s Manhattan Supreme Court hush money trial — where the jurors are expected to hunker down for their first full day of testimony.
While lawyers for the former president argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to get him out ...Read more
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore leads new Angela Alsobrooks ad in final push before primary
BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore and U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen — doubling down on their support for Angela Alsobrooks in the hotly contested Democratic primary for U.S. Senate — are leading a new star-studded television ad aimed at highlighting her endorsements from top Maryland officials.
The governor is also scheduled to headline a large ...Read more
Trump infers campus protests worse than Charlottesville rally where white supremacist killed protestor
Former President Donald Trump has downplayed the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia where a counter-protester was killed by right-wing extremists.
Trump said the violent Unite the Right rally was “a peanut” compared to the pro-Palestinian protests sweeping college campuses since Israel invaded Gaza in retaliation for ...Read more
Arizona's abortion law repeal comes as independents trust Biden more on issue
The ruling from Arizona’s highest court reinstating a near-total ban on abortions has catapulted the issue to the forefront in a 2024 swing state that has absorbed an influx of independent voters.
On Wednesday, after weeks of mounting pressure, the Republican-led state House of Representatives voted to repeal the law. The Senate, which also ...Read more
Will Supreme Court make Trump immune from Jan. 6 prosecution?
The Supreme Court on Thursday will hear former President Trump's claim that he is entirely immune from prosecution for all of his "official acts" during his time in the White House, including his effort to overturn his loss in the 2020 election.
Trump's claim of absolute immunity has been derided by legal experts and rejected by a federal trial...Read more
California leaders asked for a Supreme Court homelessness decision. Will it backfire?
LOS ANGELES — As the nation's highest court heard arguments this week in a case expected to shape homelessness policies in the years to come, Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath listened angrily.
The case involved a small Oregon town seeking to rid its streets and parks of encampments, and leaders across California had joined in ...Read more
Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
Dora Juhl, a 15-year-old teenager, walked into Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido’s obstetrical practice in Phoenix in January 1918. Juhl wanted to end her pregnancy.
But abortion was illegal in Arizona.
Boido, the city’s sole female physician, asked Juhl for US$100 – about $2,000 today – to perform the abortion.
Juhl ...Read more
Who's running for Congress in Colorado? Here are the candidates on the June 25 primary ballot
DENVER — All eight of Colorado’s congressional districts will have candidates on the June 25 primary ballot. And in three of those districts — the 3rd, 4th and 5th — the seat is open, providing the ingredients for a more boisterous fight than normal ahead of November’s election.
Here is a look at the current list of candidates who ...Read more
Census change will lead to more data on health of Middle Eastern, North African people in US
Before the successful, healthy birth of her son, recalls Germine Awad — an Egyptian American who is a psychologist at the University of Michigan — clinicians told her that her hormone levels were too high and that her pregnancy was in danger. “They don’t know us,” her mother reassured her.
Iyman Hamad, a Palestinian American public ...Read more
A Kentucky lawmaker had a nonviable pregnancy. State abortion bans made her loss more agonizing
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Almost a year to the day after Rep. Lindsey Burke gave birth to twins — one dead, the other alive — she walked out of a legislative committee meeting in Frankfort.
Burke, one of three Kentucky Democrats who walked out that day, was protesting a bill she said shamed the choice to abort a nonviable pregnancy.
Burke herself...Read more
The race for Georgia's 3rd District is a new test of Donald Trump's mettle
ATLANTA — When former President Donald Trump arrived in Atlanta earlier this month for a high-dollar fundraiser, he seemed joined at the hip with a lower-profile former aide trying to make a big impact in Georgia politics.
For years, Brian Jack has toiled in the shadows as an aide to a range of GOP luminaries, including former House Speaker ...Read more
Editorial: 9th Circuit went too far with homelessness ruling
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — which has jurisdiction over nine states, including Nevada — has a reputation as one of the most liberal courts in the country. It also has the dubious distinction of being the appellate court most likely to be reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Expect the 9th Circuit’s creative ruling in a case ...Read more
Commentary: Gen Z is key to securing America's elections
America's elections are under unprecedented threat. From foreign interference in the 2016 presidential race to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, the integrity of our democratic process has been repeatedly targeted in recent years. Safeguarding it against future attacks requires an often-overlooked resource: Generation Z.
Young Americans have come...Read more
Morehouse students want Biden to put authenticity ahead of politics
ATLANTA — Last spring, when Nicholas Wilborn walked across Morehouse College’s graduation stage, he became the 14th member of his family to do so, dating back to his great-uncle, James Adam Wilborn, the former pastor of Union Institutional Baptist Church in East Point.
When President Joe Biden delivers his commencement address on May 19, ...Read more
The law is 'clear,' Idaho AG Labrador says. Supreme Court hears case on abortion ban
WASHINGTON — Outside the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, anti-abortion groups and abortion rights advocates battled to make their stances known, each wielding signs, stickers and blaring PA systems.
Inside the court’s cool marble walls, the tension over abortion access — specifically whether Idaho can enforce ...Read more
Trump to convene donors, vice president hopefuls in Palm Beach
Republican nominee Donald Trump and his campaign will host a donor retreat next week in Palm Beach, Florida, with some prominent Republicans who have been discussed as his potential running mate.
Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina; North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem; and ...Read more
Trump sets rally for key Michigan swing county next week
Former President Donald Trump is slated to make a stop in Saginaw County next week, his third campaign visit in Michigan in the 2024 election year.
Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is set to deliver remarks at 6 p.m. May 1 at a rally in Freeland, about 14 miles northwest of Saginaw, according to a news release announcing ...Read more
Supreme Court set to hear arguments over Trump immunity in Jan. 6 election interference case
The conservative Supreme Court is poised to hear oral arguments on Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s explosive claim that former presidents have blanket immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken while in office.
The hearing marks a critical milestone as the nation waits to see if Trump will face accountability for the ...Read more
Arizona House votes to repeal near-total abortion ban from 1864
Arizona lawmakers Wednesday voted to repeal an unpopular near-total abortion ban that was enacted in 1864.
The Republican-controlled state house voted 32-28 to approve repealing the draconian, 160-year-old law after a handful of GOP lawmakers defected to join Democrats.
The bill now moves on to the state Senate. The GOP also narrowly controls ...Read more
Trump picks a favorite in the crowded race for Miami-Dade County sheriff
MIAMI —Former president Donald Trump waded into Miami-Dade County’s sheriff race on Wednesday, endorsing Republican candidate Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz in the Republican primary.
Trump endorsed Cordero-Stutz, an assistant director for the Miami-Dade Police Department, in a post on his Truth Social website, saying she “knows how to...Read more
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- Morehouse students want Biden to put authenticity ahead of politics
- Arizona House votes to repeal near-total abortion ban from 1864
- A Kentucky lawmaker had a nonviable pregnancy. State abortion bans made her loss more agonizing
- Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
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