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Supreme Court marshal asks Maryland officials to prohibit picketing outside justices’ homes
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Supreme Court marshal Gail Curley is asking Maryland officials to enforce state and local laws that prohibit picketing outside the homes of justices. Curley sent the requests to Maryland Gov. [Read More…]
Kamala Harris to speak at Essence Festival, expected to discuss Roe overturn
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to New Orleans on Saturday to take part in the Essence Festival of Culture. According to White House officials, Harris will speak in “a fireside [Read More…]
Military struggling to find new troops as fewer young Americans willing or able to serve
U.S. Army Reserve (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military has a recruiting problem, with a former senior military official telling ABC News the viability of the all-volunteer force could be at stake. Pentagon data show a simple, [Read More…]
Democratic governors urge Biden to use federal facilities for abortion care
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday met virtually with Democratic governors to talk reproductive health care amid some party disappointment over the administration’s response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. New [Read More…]
New National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number needs more state-level commitment: Becerra
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters Friday that the upcoming launch of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s new three-digit number, 988, on July 16, “will work, if the [Read More…]
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to McCain, Biles and more
Eric Thayer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday announced the next list of recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, gun control advocate Gabrielle Giffords and actor Denzel Washington are [Read More…]
Sinema opposes Biden’s call for filibuster exception to pass abortion rights
Bonnie Cash-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema remains committed to upholding the Senate filibuster, a spokesperson said Friday, a day after President Joe Biden said he would support making an exception to codify [Read More…]
How feasible are Republicans’ ‘pro-family’ plans in wake of new abortion restrictions?
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican lawmakers are proposing what they call “pro-family” platforms following the Supreme Court’s scrapping of the constitutional protections around abortion to try to help people who, in some states, could [Read More…]
New questions after Cassidy Hutchinson’s Jan. 6 committee testimony
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s dramatic testimony this week has provided not only a new account of the actions of then-President Donald Trump and chief of staff Mark Meadows before and [Read More…]
Supreme Court to hear redistricting case that could upend state election laws everywhere
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will hear a case this fall that could upend state election laws across the country. Moore v. Harper focuses on a new North Carolina voting [Read More…]
GOP’s Ted Cruz feuds with Elmo over kids getting COVID-19 vaccines
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas took aim at Sesame Street’s “Elmo” after the popular children’s show puppet promoted COVID-19 vaccines for children on Twitter. A minute-long clip posted on the [Read More…]
Law enforcement frustration along border ‘earned,’ Mayorkas says
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of the apparent worst human smuggling tragedy in U.S. history, and amid migrants crossing the border at record levels, frustration among border patrol agents and other law [Read More…]
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson, the incoming Supreme Court justice? And the inside story behind her name
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When word came that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was retiring, the spotlight immediately shifted to who might replace him with most attention focused on Ketanji Brown Jackson, who clerked for [Read More…]
Supreme Court limits EPA’s ability to reduce emissions
Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to fight climate change. The case involved how far the federal government could [Read More…]
Supreme Court allows President Biden to end Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy for asylum seekers
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Biden administration can end a Trump-era immigration policy known as “Remain in Mexico” that had forced thousands of asylum seekers to wait south [Read More…]
Biden backs exception to Senate filibuster rule to get abortion rights codified
Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and said he would support carving out an exception to the Senate filibuster [Read More…]
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as Supreme Court justice at noon
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Justice Stephen Breyer retires from the U.S. Supreme Court at noon on Thursday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, his former law clerk, will mark a milestone in American representation when [Read More…]
Rep. Liz Cheney ‘confident’ in Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney told This Week co-anchor Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview that she has full faith and confidence in the testimony of Cassidy [Read More…]
Former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee
Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was subpoenaed Wednesday for a deposition by the House’s Jan. 6 committee. “The Select Committee’s investigation has revealed evidence that Mr. [Read More…]
New York governor to unveil new gun legislation in response to Supreme Court ruling
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday detailed what is in gun safety legislation she will propose during a special state legislative session scheduled for Thursday.Hochul is set [Read More…]