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Ilhan Omar faces censure resolution from Marjorie Taylor Greene over Somalia comments

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is the latest Democratic member to be targeted with a censure resolution as she faces accusations of “treasonous statements” over the weekend related to Somalia. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced the resolution on the House floor on Thursday to reprimand Omar over remarks she made at an event in Minnesota, […]

Eric Adams unites with state Republican chairman in opposing police reporting bill

New York City police officers are required to log basic information for all public interactions after the city council overrode Mayor Eric Adams’s veto of the controversial bill, putting the Democrat in an unlikely agreement with the chairman of the state Republican Party. On Tuesday, the New York City Council voted 42-9 to overturn Adams’s […]

California background checks for ammunition have ‘no historical’ basis: Judge

A U.S. federal district court judge ruled Wednesday that California cannot enforce a law requiring people to undergo background checks to purchase ammunition, holding that the law has “no historical pedigree” and violates the Second Amendment. “A sweeping background check requirement imposed every time a citizen needs to buy ammunition is an outlier that our […]

Louisiana governor hints at return of death row executions

Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) appeared to hint on Wednesday that death row executions could be making a return to the Pelican State. Executions have been missing as a part of Louisiana justice since 2010, but Landry committed himself during a press conference to maintaining “contractual obligations” between his state and the families of victims following […]

Cori Bush says criticisms of her security payments are ‘racism at its best’

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) renewed her response to criticisms surrounding a federal investigation into her campaign spending on private security. Bush appeared on MSNBC’s The ReidOut Wednesday to respond to the controversy surrounding the money that went to Cortney Merritts, her husband since February 2023. Host Joy Reid included a clip of Rep. Troy Nehls […]

Yearslong legal battle over Georgia’s voting machines finally reaches decisive moment

A federal judge will decide on Thursday if Georgia’s highly disputed Dominion voting machines are in violation of voters’ constitutional rights and are vulnerable to hacking, ahead of the swing state’s March 12 presidential primary. The heavily debated case has been in court for six years as state officials hashed out whether the machines were […]

Austin says he mishandled hospitalization but never directed staff to hide it

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin admitted he was wrong to hide his cancer diagnosis and subsequent hospitalization, though he maintained he never directed his staff to hide his trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The secretary was diagnosed with prostate cancer in early December, had surgery to treat it on Dec. 22, 2023, […]

DeSantis wins fight with pro-Palestinian groups he directed colleges to shut down

A federal judge in Florida denied a pair of lawsuits seeking an injunction on a memo by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) aiming to shut down pro-Palestinian student groups at state-run universities in Florida. Judge Mark Warner of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida denied motions for injunctions against a memo calling […]

California introduces reparations plan that leaves out most controversial tool

Lawmakers in California introduced several measures to serve as a form of reparation for the state’s black community Wednesday but left out one of the most hotly debated proposals. Several bills were introduced by California’s Legislative Black Caucus addressing areas such as education, criminal justice reform, and civil rights. The 14 measures did not include […]

El Paso police to ask for preferred names, pronouns, and gender identity

The El Paso Police Department introduced its new gender-inclusive policies requiring officers to ask all individuals they encounter for their preferred names, pronouns, and gender identity. “Constitutional Policing” is the title of the new policy, and it comes in the wake of previous efforts by the El Paso government to better relations between authorities and […]
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