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Late GOP push for incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Pinson highlights partisan rift in Georgia court race
ATLANTA — Georgia Republicans believe they have an answer to a former Democratic lawmaker’s attempt to turn his quest for a Georgia Supreme Court race into a referendum on abortion rights.
They are stepping up their ...Read more
Abortion protections initiative receives 200,000 signatures to make November ballot
LAS VEGAS — The coalition behind efforts to put abortion protections on the ballot in November announced they submitted more than 200,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot.
Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, a ...Read more
Spared angry protests at Morehouse, Biden pushes postwar Gaza plan
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was not shouted down by pro-Palestinian protesters Sunday at Atlanta’s Morehouse College, but he used a commencement speech to address the anger that has fired up many other campuses ...Read more
Prosecutors rest hush money case against Donald Trump as Michael Cohen wraps testimony
NEW YORK — More than five years after they began investigating Donald Trump and a month after the hush money trial began, Manhattan prosecutors rested their case against the former president Monday afternoon, moments ...Read more
Trump embraces mail-in-voting. Here's how that fits into California Republicans' playbook
BURLINGAME, Calif. — In a stark pivot, former President Donald Trump is embracing vote-by-mail and third-party ballot handoffs known as “ballot harvesting.”
“It turned out to be not such a bad idea,” Trump said ...Read more
Upside-down flag controversy is the latest for Supreme Court Justice Alito
WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., the Supreme Court's most predictable conservative of late, is again battling complaints that some of his actions demand that he recuse himself from pending cases.
Alito has ...Read more
Eight questions for elections in five states on Tuesday
WASHINGTON — Voters will pick a replacement for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California, nominees for open seats in Georgia and Oregon and settle intraparty battles in Idaho and Kentucky as five states hold elections...Read more
On redirect, Michael Cohen insists Trump Org payments were not a retainer at hush money trial
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen testified that he stole from the Trump Organization when he returned to the witness stand for the end of his cross-examination Monday at Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, as defense...Read more
The Loathsomeness of Trump World
There is something important about Trump’s criminal trial in New York that’s not being openly talked about. I don’t mean we’re not getting the facts about what’s happening in Manhattan Superior Court. But ...Read more
Michael Cohen challenged on whether Trump Org payments were a retainer at hush money trial
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen testified that he stole from the Trump Organization when he returned to the witness stand for the end of his cross-examination Monday at Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, as defense...Read more
Round 2 of Fani Willis DQ fight gears up in Fulton County
ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court began sending thousands of pages of documents to the Georgia Court of Appeals over the weekend, teeing up the second round of fighting over Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis’ ...Read more
Michael Cohen testifies he stole from Trump Org at hush money trial
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen testified that he stole from the Trump Organization when he returned to the witness stand for the end of his cross-examination Monday at Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan.
Defense ...Read more
With Trump in court, former advisers are quietly drafting his economic policy
As Donald Trump spends his days on trial in a New York City courthouse, a clutch of former advisers are quietly drafting his economic policy over phone calls, emails and drinks.
These competing factions of outside ...Read more
Republicans look to reverse rule based on gun law they backed
WASHINGTON — Republican backers of a once-in-a-generation gun violence bill now lead the charge against one part of the Biden administration’s implementation of the law, a falling out that illustrates the delicacy of ...Read more
How Kevin McCarthy is influencing this congressional race -- without being on the ballot
VISALIA, Calif. — As he stood on a sun-dappled patio overlooking the Visalia Country Club, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux didn't mince words about his chances in his run for Congress.
"I am the underdog," ...Read more
Young Hondurans’ desire to migrate is influenced by factors beyond poverty and violence
Why are so many young Hondurans heading north?
Research by me and two colleagues, published in the peer-reviewed journal International Migration, delved into the factors that motivate young people – those ages...Read more
Student anger over the Vietnam War erupted into violence in the ’60s − a terrorism expert explores if the same could happen today
Following a wave of pro-Palestinian protests led by students at universities across the country, a few schools, like Brown University, say they are considering divesting from companies that support or work in Israel....Read more
How the Gaza humanitarian aid pier traces its origins to discarded cigar boxes before World War II
Palestinians in Gaza have begun receiving humanitarian aid delivered through a newly completed floating pier off the coast of the besieged territory. Built by the U.S. military and operated in coordination with the ...Read more
Commentary: House committee bickers over need for bill to ban noncitizen voting
WASHINGTON — Members of the House Administration Committee clashed last week over the true purpose of a hearing called by Republicans to address the perceived threat of noncitizens voting in federal elections.
The title...Read more
Trudy Rubin: Netanyahu moves toward military reoccupation of Gaza with no exit strategy
Watching Benjamin Netanyahu blunder into Rafah with no plan for “the day after” is like watching a Greek tragedy whose end is foreseen but can no longer be blocked.
Netanyahu’s push into the city at Gaza’s ...Read more
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