Senate Republicans demanded that border security be added to a White House request for aid to Ukraine and Israel, but they are now balking at the details of a potential border deal.
The court's action sets up a collision between the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year study and supervision of mifepristone, and the circumstances under which it can be prescribed.
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan failed to secure enough votes for the speakership Tuesday, and his allies are continuing to try to convince Republican opponents to get onboard before a second vote on Wednesday.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a major test of his leadership in the days ahead, after one of his loudest Republican critics in the House reiterated a promise to try to remove him from his post.
Capitalism. Anything that isn’t bought fresh in the US is LOADED with sugar because food manufacturers figured out that sugar is extremely addictive, and they also buy a lot of politicians so that nothing can be done about it.
The only way this works is if people join. I’ve worked in quite a few right-to-work states. There is a lot of poverty and there is always someone willing to work more for less money. That is also true in the north, but unions already have a foothold here. Republicans also have convinced a lot of people down there that unions are just trying to steal your money.
Two members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group who took part in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol with the intention of keeping Donald Trump in the White House were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Friday....
There should definitely be consequences for Greg Abbott. He should be charged with conspiracy and manslaughter at a minimum. He’s literally killing children for a political points now.
That’s exactly what it is. They’ve never allowed cameras in federal court before and Trump’s lawyers know it. The problem is that it’s a win-win for Trump. If they deny cameras, he gets to cry conspiracy to his braindead followers. If they DO allow them, then it’s Trump getting special treatment. This is what happens to a population of people who’s government has been systematically destroying the education system for decades.
Senate GOP split threatens bipartisan border deal as Trump looms large ( www.npr.org )
Senate Republicans demanded that border security be added to a White House request for aid to Ukraine and Israel, but they are now balking at the details of a potential border deal.
Supreme Court to hear abortion pill case ( www.npr.org )
The court's action sets up a collision between the Food and Drug Administration's 23-year study and supervision of mifepristone, and the circumstances under which it can be prescribed.
Leftist Democrats invoke human rights law in scrutiny of Israel military aid ( www.theguardian.com )
House approves GOP’s $14.3 billion Israel aid package ( thehill.com )
Judge finds Trump's testimony was 'hollow and untrue' ( abcnews.go.com )
Get live updates from the trial of former President Trump in a $250 million fraud suit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy ( www.cnn.com )
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U.S. House pauses for the night before another attempt to elect a speaker ( www.npr.org )
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan failed to secure enough votes for the speakership Tuesday, and his allies are continuing to try to convince Republican opponents to get onboard before a second vote on Wednesday.
Sean Hannity Reveals His Father Beat Him ( www.newsweek.com )
[Analysis] McCarthy’s Speakership Is in Jeopardy as Gaetz Renews Threat to Oust Him ( www.nytimes.com )
Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a major test of his leadership in the days ahead, after one of his loudest Republican critics in the House reiterated a promise to try to remove him from his post.
Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to use congressional map with just one majority-Black district ( www.nbcnews.com )
The court’s decision is in line with its June ruling in the same case that reaffirmed key protections for minority voters.
Why has the percentage of the population that are obese or overweight increased so much in the US?
Unions seek gains in hostile territory: ‘If you change the South, you change America’ ( www.politico.com )
They’re wielding new tactics with low-wage workers after decades of failed organizing efforts.
Two Proud Boys members get lengthy prison terms for Capitol attack ( www.theguardian.com )
Two members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group who took part in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol with the intention of keeping Donald Trump in the White House were sentenced to lengthy prison terms on Friday....
3-year-old migrant girl dies aboard bus headed from Texas to Chicago ( www.cbsnews.com )
Not just any bus as the headline implies, but one of Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s trafficking asylum seekers to Democratic cities as a political stunt.
Trump demands cameras in courtroom for potential election fraud case ( www.independent.co.uk )
An indictment, Mr Trump’s third in four months, could be handed down any day after he was sent a ‘target’ letter by Jack Smith