The Supreme Court has stepped in to stay a lower court decision that would have imposed nationwide restrictions on access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion medication, but the court battle isn’t over. The high court’s order keeps mifepristone available as a fight over nationwide access continues to work its …
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Former President Donald Trump took classified material to Mar-a-Lago, the National Archives confirmed on Friday. The confirmation came in response to a Feb. 9 letter from the House Oversight Committee, which has been investigating the matter. “Because NARA identified classified information in the boxes, NARA staff has been in communication …
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Stewart Rhodes will remain jailed until trial on charges of seditious conspiracy for attempting to forcefully block the transfer of presidential power on — and after — Jan. 6, 2021. On Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge in Plano, Texas, ruled that Rhodes, the founder of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia, …
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The FBI executed a search warrant at Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar‘s Laredo, Texas, home and office on Wednesday as part of a probe into Azerbaijan and “several U.S. businessmen,” ABC News reported Thursday night. An aide to Cuellar said he will “fully cooperate” in the investigation, and “is committed to …
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Ivanka Trump, you’re next. The Jan. 6 committee on Thursday requested the the former president’s daughter voluntarily provide information to aid their inquiry into the attack on the Capitol and the former president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The panel noted that Ivanka has knowledge of …
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The office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion to compel testimony and obtain documents from former President Trump and two of his children that included a series of major new fraud allegations. In the motion, which was filed on Tuesday evening, James’ office claimed President …
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The city of Portland revealed Friday that it had discovered an “offensive” and “unauthorized” slide appended to a presentation meant to train Portland police on riot control. The meme depicts an officer with a raised fist, apparently in the act of beating of a long-haired citizen. The overlaid text reads: …
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Former President Trump’s habit of manipulating the value of his properties in an effort to skirt taxes is causing problems for a public school district and local property owners. The Daily Beast reported on Monday that Trump’s golf club in Westchester, New York, recently negotiated with the local government to …
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The Albany district attorney has dropped a misdemeanor sex crime charge against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Although the D.A. found the complaint “credible,” he said he doesn’t believe he can prove the case “beyond a reasonable doubt.” “While we found the complainant in this case cooperative and credible, …
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The GOP spent much of the past year chipping away at the authority of state and local election officials as part of the party’s ongoing efforts to destroy faith in US democracy, following the failed re-election of Donald Trump. With Trump and his supporters continuing to lie about the 2020 …
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