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Supreme Court appears to favor Oregon city in dispute over homeless camping ban
(WASHINGTON) -- A majority of Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic to an Oregon city making it a crime for anyone without a permanent residence to sleep outside in an effort to crack down on homeless encampments across public properties.The case, City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, carries enormous…
Supreme Court appears to favor Oregon city in dispute over homeless camping ban
(WASHINGTON) -- A majority of Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic to an Oregon city making it a crime for anyone without a permanent residence to sleep outside in an effort to crack down on homeless encampments across public properties.The case, City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, carries enormous…
Congress seems poised to pass potential TikTok ban in US. How would it work?
(WASHINGTON) -- A potential ban of TikTok in the United States sailed through the House of Representatives over the weekend as part of a $95 billion foreign aid package that garnered bipartisan support.The social media crackdown may stand poised to become law, since President Joe Biden has vowed to sign…
Supreme Court will take up ‘ghost guns’ case next term
(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it would take up the issue of "ghost guns" next term and the Biden administration's appeal seeking to regulate the self-assemble weapons kits as any other firearm.The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a 2022 regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
Congress gets closer to forcing TikTok to be sold or face US ban: What’s next
The $95 billion foreign aid package that passed the House on Saturday included legislation to force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.If the measure becomes law and if that sale then doesn't occur within a year, the app would be banned in the U.S. amid widespread…
Mike Johnson earns bipartisan praise for backing Ukraine aid, suggesting his speakership is safe
Speaker Mike Johnson earned praise from both a top Republican and a progressive Democrat on Sunday for allowing votes on a $95 billion foreign aid package, suggesting he'll be able to hold onto his job if conservative hard-liners make good on their threat to force a vote to remove him…
Stephen Breyer insists politics don’t play a role in Supreme Court’s decisions
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is pushing back on claims that the institution has become increasingly political, reflecting the partisan divides in America at large as the high court weighs in on Donald Trump's candidacy, abortion access and more."I've not seen politics in the court, and I've been…
Climate advocates want to solve their ‘biggest problem’ in the US: Turning out voters
In battleground states across the country, environmental activists like Dr. Emily Church are canvassing on behalf of an organization called the Environmental Voter Project in an effort to turn out people who care the most about climate change -- but who haven't shown up for past elections.During a recent effort…
State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections
After much public debate, a Maine law has brought the country closer to having the popular vote determine the winner of national presidential elections -- but it's unlikely that will happen before November or even at all.Earlier this week, Maine Gov. Janet Mills allowed a bill to become law without…
House approves $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
(WASHINGTON) -- The House of Representatives on Saturday passed a series of foreign aid bills that include $60.8 billion in aid to Ukraine, $26.38 billion in aid to Israel, $8 billion in aid to the Indo-Pacific region, including Taiwan, and a foreign aid bill that includes a TikTok ban provision.The…