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Lawmakers from New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin decry the ruling, now on hold by supreme court until at least 19 AprilTop Democratic senators across the US are pushing back after a federal judge in Texas decided to block the FDA-approved abortion drug…
Member of air national guard, 21, accused of leaking sensitive documents pertaining to US intelligenceSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email“This is not just about taking home documents,” US attorney general Merrick Garland said a…
Reinstatement by unanimous vote of local commission follows similar move for fellow Black Democrat Justin JonesThe second of two Black Democrats who were kicked out of the Republican-led house of representatives in the Tennessee legislature followed hi…
Representatives Ro Khanna and Dean Philips tweet echoing sentiments as ailing senator has missed 60 of 82 votes taken so farUS representative Ro Khanna has joined in on the calls for California senator Dianne Feinstein’s resignation following her decli…
Lawsuit claims former fixer breached attorney-client privilege and unjustly enriched himself, among other allegationsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailTennessee’s neighbor Kentucky is having its own reckoning with gun violence…
Memphis officials voted to reinstate Justin Pearson, the second of two lawmakers expelled from legislature by RepublicansHundreds of supporters marched Justin Pearson through Memphis to the Shelby county board of commissioners meeting on Wednesday, cha…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Ukrainian hackers claim to have broken into the emails of a senior Russian military spy wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for hacking the Hillary Clinton campaign and other senior U.S. Democ…
Chief justice John Roberts pressed to open inquiry into conduct deemed inconsistent with ethical standardsThe US Senate judiciary committee’s Democratic members on Monday unanimously urged the supreme court chief justice, John Roberts, to investigate l…
Republican majority had ousted Jones and fellow house member Justin Pearson over protests they led demanding gun controlThe city of Nashville’s governing council on Monday afternoon voted unanimously to return expelled Black lawmaker Justin Jones to th…
Judiciary committee will review supreme court justice’s undeclared luxury travel with Republican mega-donor Harlan CrowDonald Trump is trying to prevent his former vice-president, Mike Pence, from testifying to the grand jury investigating the January …