Today: October 07, 2024
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In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled states should decide the legality of abortion, voters at the state level have been doing just that: 4 essential reads

Abortion-rights demonstrators protest in front of the Supreme Court building on June 25, 2022, a day after the announcement of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling. Brandon Bell/Getty Images News via Getty Images When the Supreme Court ruled on June 24, 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that states – some of which have been chipping away at women’s access to abortion for years – should decide the legality of abortion, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the court’s majority opinion that “women are not without electoral or political power.” In one fell swoop, the court’s 6-3

In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled states should decide the legality of abortion, voters at the state level have been doing just that: 4 essential reads
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Prosecuting a former president is not an easy decision. A criminal law professor explains why

Former President Donald Trump speaks out against his federal indictment on June 10, 2023, during a speech in Georgia. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The question of whether to indict a former U.S. president is a difficult one. And yet, a state prosecutor has charged Donald Trump with violating New York business laws. And a federal prosecutor has charged Trump with violating national security laws as well. On one hand, the U.S. judiciary system is based on a basic principle of English law that dates back to the early 1200s, that no one is above the law. As medieval jurist Henry de

Prosecuting a former president is not an easy decision. A criminal law professor explains why
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The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II

A 1945 photograph of detainees at the Honouliuli Internment Camp. courtesy of National Park Service In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, the U.S. government incarcerated a large number of Japanese American civilians from the U.S. mainland. Often forgotten are the Japanese Americans who lived in Hawaii and were also forced from their homes and imprisoned in Hawaii and on the U.S. mainland. Their forced relocation and incarceration has been largely omitted from the dominant narrative of Japanese American internment in the U.S. during World War II. Additionally, attempts by

The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II
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Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another

Things looking up for the Bush-Berlusconi relationship. Philippe Desmazes/AFP via Getty Images) When the administration of Geroge W. Bush needed an ally to help sell its proposed invasion of Iraq to a skeptical European audience, Silvio Berlusconi stepped forward. It wasn’t that the Italian prime minister was particularly concerned over the threat of Saddam Hussein’s imagined weapons of mass destruction to his country, or the region – he wasn’t. But it was a chance for the former businessman to burnish his credentials as an international statesman and to draw the U.S. closer into Italy’s orbit. Indeed, strengthening U.S.-Italian relations was

Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another
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Refugees are living longer in exile than ever before, with complex consequences for them and their host communities

Rohingya girls share a laugh in Kutupalong, the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images The number of people forced from their homes, primarily because of conflict or climate change, is on the rise, topping 100 million people in 2022 – more than double the number of displaced people in 2012. About a third of those 100 million people are refugees. Refugees live in a legal limbo that can increasingly stretch for decades. And the number of people remaining refugees for five years or longer more than doubled over the past decade, topping 16 million in 2022. These

Refugees are living longer in exile than ever before, with complex consequences for them and their host communities
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Trump's GOP rivals grapple with their response as his legal woes dominate the presidential contest

Just last week, former Vice President Mike Pence said he hoped federal prosecutors would not bring charges against former President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, a day after Trump was arraigned on dozens of felony counts related to classified documents, Pence described the allegations as “a very serious matter.” “I cannot defend what is alleged,” Pence, who is now challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, said on CNBC. The former vice president’s evolving message highlights the high-stakes dilemma for Trump’s Republican rivals, who are struggling to find a clear and consistent strategy to take on the

Trump's GOP rivals grapple with their response as his legal woes dominate the presidential contest
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Fox onscreen message calls Biden a 'wannabe dictator' following Trump arraignment

Fox News said Wednesday that an onscreen message that called President Biden a “wannabe dictator” was taken off TV immediately after it aired and “addressed.” The headline appeared Tuesday night under onscreen video of former President Donald Trump speaking to supporters live following his arrest, next to Biden speaking at an earlier White House event. The message, called a chyron, read in full: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.” Fox said in a statement Wednesday that “the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed.” There was no explanation

Fox onscreen message calls Biden a 'wannabe dictator' following Trump arraignment
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Everyone's got something to say about Trump -- except world leaders who might have to deal with him

In the final days of the 2016 U.S. election campaign, European Union leader Donald Tusk could no longer contain himself: “One Donald is more than enough!” he wrote on Twitter. When Trump was elected less than a week later, it made for an awkward start to what proved to be four difficult years of trans-Atlantic relations. As Trump becomes the first former president to face federal charges that could put him in jail, many Europeans are watching the case closely. But hardly a single world leader has said a thing recently about the man leading the race

Everyone's got something to say about Trump -- except world leaders who might have to deal with him
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Surveillance has caught hackers and fentanyl smugglers, White House says in promoting spying law

The U.S. has used electronic surveillance programs to catch fentanyl smugglers and the hackers who temporarily shut down a major U.S. fuel pipeline, the White House said Tuesday as part of its push to have those programs renewed by Congress. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires at the end of this year. President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to convince Congress to renew the law, which authorizes spy agencies to capture huge swaths of foreign emails and phone calls. But lawmakers in both parties have concerns about protecting Americans’ privacy from warrantless searches after

Surveillance has caught hackers and fentanyl smugglers, White House says in promoting spying law
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Ex-NSA employee gets 14 days in jail for storming Capitol with members of white nationalist movement

A former National Security Agency employee has been sentenced to two weeks of imprisonment for storming the U.S. Capitol along with associates described by authorities as fellow followers of a white nationalist movement. Federal prosecutors had recommended 30 days of imprisonment for Paul Lovley, who lived in Halethorpe, Maryland. Lovley, 24, worked as an information technology specialist for the NSA before riot on the Jan. 6, 2021, according to prosecutors. NSA spokesperson Cameron Potts referred questions about Lovley and his employment to the Justice Department, which did not elaborate in court filings on the nature of his work for the

Ex-NSA employee gets 14 days in jail for storming Capitol with members of white nationalist movement
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Blinken heads to China this weekend on mission to salvage sinking ties and keep communications open

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this weekend as part of the Biden administration’s push to repair deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing and keep lines of communication open, the State Department said Wednesday. Blinken will be the most senior U.S. official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office. His visit had initially been planned for earlier this year but was postponed indefinitely after the discovery and shootdown of what the U.S. said was a Chinese spy balloon over the United States. Since then, however, there have been lower-level engagements between

Blinken heads to China this weekend on mission to salvage sinking ties and keep communications open
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Democrats and Republicans share core values but still distrust each other

Americans on the right and the left have a lot more in common than they might think — including their strong distrust of each other. A survey published on Wednesday finds that when asked about core values including fairness, compassion and personal responsibility, about nine in 10 Democrats and Republicans agreed they were very or extremely important. Yet only about a third of either group said they believed the same was true for the opposing party. The results of the survey, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago and the nonprofit group Starts With Us, reveal

Democrats and Republicans share core values but still distrust each other
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Stove wars: Republican-controlled House takes up bills to protect gas stoves

Venturing back into the nation’s culture wars, the Republican-controlled House is taking up legislation that GOP lawmakers say would protect gas stoves from overzealous government regulators. A bill approved Tuesday would prohibit use of federal funds to regulate gas stoves as a hazardous product, while a separate bill set for a vote Wednesday would block an Energy Department rule setting stricter energy efficiency standards for stovetops and ovens. Both bills were set for approval last week, but action was postponed after House conservatives staged a mini-revolt in retaliation for Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership on a measure to

Stove wars: Republican-controlled House takes up bills to protect gas stoves
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Trump turns his day in court into a campaign event despite serious political and legal threats

Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, even on some of the most consequential days of his presidency, were punctuated by the spectacle and attempts at showmanship he cultivated from years as a tabloid fixture and reality star. The former president’s history-making appearance Tuesday as a criminal defendant in a Florida federal court was no different. The former commander in chief, accused of being careless with some of the country’s most sensitive secrets and obstructing authorities as they tried to recover critical documents, pleaded not guilty to 37 charges. But he treated the day like

Trump turns his day in court into a campaign event despite serious political and legal threats
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Biden celebrates Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, at the White House

President Joe Biden hosted a massive concert on the South Lawn of the White House to commemorate Juneteenth, the country’s newest federal holiday which the president said will “breathe a new life in the very essence of America.” “To me, making Juneteenth a federal holiday wasn’t just a symbolic gesture. It was a statement of fact for this country to acknowledge the origin of the original sin of slavery, to understand the war was never fought over it, it wasn’t just about a union, but it was most fundamentally about the country and freedom.” Vice President Kamala

Biden celebrates Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, at the White House
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Biden dispatching Sullivan to Tokyo for talks with Japan, Philippines, South Korea officials

President Joe Biden is dispatching White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan to Tokyo this week for talks with his counterparts from Japan, Philippines and South Korea. Sullivan will also take part in “the first-ever trilateral meeting of the Japanese, Philippine, and U.S. national security advisers” while in Japan, the White House National Security Council said in a statement Tuesday. The White House offered scant details about Sullivan’s two-day visit that begins Thursday, saying Sullivan and his counterparts “will discuss ways to deepen collaboration on a number of key regional and global issues.” Sullivan’s visit comes after

Biden dispatching Sullivan to Tokyo for talks with Japan, Philippines, South Korea officials
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White House press secretary has violated rule against politics on the job, watchdog says

Since taking on the role of White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre has become known for frequently dodging questions by citing the Hatch Act. The law bars civil servants from politicking during their day jobs, and Jean-Pierre uses it to deflect reporters’ questions involving campaigns. But apparently she wasn’t careful enough. The Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces the Hatch Act, said in a recent letter that Jean-Pierre violated the law before last year’s midterm elections. Her offense: Making frequent references to “MAGA Republicans” during White House briefings. According to a letter from the

White House press secretary has violated rule against politics on the job, watchdog says
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Kentucky GOP gubernatorial nominee mostly steers away from Trump's latest legal woes

Kentucky Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron stuck to his solidly conservative playbook Tuesday but steered away for the most part from former President Donald Trump’s latest legal woes. Cameron, the state’s attorney general, didn’t mention the ex-president in a campaign speech. But when asked later by reporters, he echoed comments from other Trump defenders in raising concerns about a “weaponization of government power.” Cameron focused his attacks on the record of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, his opponent in the November election. It came during Cameron’s latest campaign appearance in counties ringing Louisville — fast-growing areas that

Kentucky GOP gubernatorial nominee mostly steers away from Trump's latest legal woes
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House passes resolution to overturn new federal gun regulation; Biden vows veto

House Republicans passed a resolution that would repeal a Biden administration rule tightening federal regulations on stabilizing braces for firearms, an accessory that has been used in several mass shootings in the U.S. over the last decade. The resolution passed 219-210 nearly on party lines and after a contentious floor debate where Republicans accused the administration of “executive overreach” and Democrats condemned a bill they said would “help kill people.” Two Democrats voted in support and two Republicans voted against it. The resolution, which was introduced by Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., will now go to the Senate,

House passes resolution to overturn new federal gun regulation; Biden vows veto
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LA28 Proposes Fresh Sports Lineup: A New Era for the Olympic Games?

The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee (LA28) made a bold proposal for the inclusion of five new sports in the 2028 Games. The sports under consideration include flag football, baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse, and squash. This proposed addition could mean a remarkable change for the Olympic Games, bringing a fresh wave of excitement for sports enthusiasts globally. LA28, undertook an intensive evaluation process. They meticulously assessed the potential impacts and contributions of each sport to the 2028 Games. Their decisions were driven by a desire to curate a dynamic sporting event, one that would captivate global audiences and

LA28 Proposes Fresh Sports Lineup: A New Era for the Olympic Games?
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Analysis: The empires strike back: Alabama, Ohio St, Clemson, Oklahoma regain their swagger in ’23

During the final season of the College Football Playoff’s four-team format, the empires will strike back. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Oklahoma have made more CFP appearances than any other schools through the nine years of the postseason system, but only two combined in the past two seasons. The Crimson Tide, Tigers, Buckeyes and Sooners are no longer the safe bets to win their conferences like they were through a good chunk of the last decade. No. 1 Georgia has bullied its way past fourth-ranked ‘Bama to the top of the Southeastern Conference and the sport. In the Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 9

Analysis: The empires strike back: Alabama, Ohio St, Clemson, Oklahoma regain their swagger in ’23
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Gun-rights advocates protest New Mexico governor's order suspending right to bear arms in public

Customers filed in and out of Mark Abramson’s gun shop on the outskirts of Albuquerque as outrage grew over the governor’s order to suspend the right to carry firearms to address what she said is an epidemic of gun violence. Abramson agreed that a debate is long overdue on how to tackle irresponsible, unjustified shootings such as the ones in Albuquerque that led to the deaths of an 11-year-old and a teen. “But to ban the largest city and the most populous county in the state simply because bad people engaged in bad behavior seems overkill,”

Gun-rights advocates protest New Mexico governor's order suspending right to bear arms in public
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Helping mothers and babies survive childbirth is a personal goal, says Melinda French Gates

Melinda French Gates says she takes personally the deaths of hundreds of thousands of women and babies during child birth each year and believes more people should get involved in the fight for improving maternal health care. French Gates, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-founder and co-chair told The Associated Press that when her daughter, Jennifer, gave birth to Leila — Jennifer’s first child and the Gateses’ first grandchild — earlier this year, she couldn’t help but think of her own experience giving birth. “That’s a terrifying day whether you’re in a great hospital in

Helping mothers and babies survive childbirth is a personal goal, says Melinda French Gates
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US sanctions Lebanon-South America network accused of financing Hezbollah

The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday slapped terrorism sanctions on a family network of seven individuals and businesses in Lebanon and South America accused of financing the militant group Hezbollah, including a Lebanese man who officials say was involved in two deadly attacks in Argentina in the 1990s. Amer Mohamed Akil Rada was described as “one of the operational members” who carried out the attack on the Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association in Buenos Aires in 1994, which killed 85 people and wounded hundreds. A 1992 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Argentina killed 29 people. “Today’s action underscores the

US sanctions Lebanon-South America network accused of financing Hezbollah
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US sanctions Lebanon-South America network accused of financing Hezbollah

The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday slapped terrorism sanctions on a family network of seven individuals and businesses in Lebanon and South America accused of financing the militant group Hezbollah, including a Lebanese man who officials say was involved in two deadly attacks in Argentina in the 1990s. Amer Mohamed Akil Rada was described as “one of the operational members” who carried out the attack on the Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association in Buenos Aires in 1994, which killed 85 people and wounded hundreds. A 1992 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Argentina killed 29 people. “Today’s action underscores the

US sanctions Lebanon-South America network accused of financing Hezbollah

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