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Arizona abortion ruling, which Democrats decry, splits Republicans and abortion opponents
(WASHINGTON) -- The Arizona Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday to uphold a near-total abortion ban predating Arizona's statehood has drawn differing reactions from state Republicans who previously claimed to be "100% pro-life" while both local and national Democrats vowed to push to protect abortion access in one of the most…
UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron defends meeting with Trump in trip to the US
(LONDON) -- U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Tuesday defended his meeting with former President Donald Trump, describing engagements between foreign envoys and political opposition leaders or major opposition candidates as standard practice."This was entirely in line with precedent of government ministers meeting with opposition politicians in the run-up to…
Foreign terrorists targeting US ‘increasingly concerning’: FBI director
(WASHINGTON) -- Foreign adversaries and terrorist groups are sharpening their aim at the United States -- targeting cyber operations, security and "mafia-like" tactics in an "increasingly concerning" way, FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a speech on Tuesday.At the American Bar Association luncheon in Washington, D.C., Wray said the agency…
Cost of US effort to build humanitarian aid pier off Gaza expected to top $180M
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's plan to build a humanitarian pier floating off the coast of Gaza that could enable delivery of food, water and medicine into the devastated region is expect to cost at least $180 million and could top $200 million, ABC News has learned.The price tag was…
Mayorkas impeachment proceedings pushed to next week: Speaker Johnson
(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Mike Johnson's office said Tuesday that it will delay the transmission of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas -- pushing the process' start until next week.Johnson had said he would send the articles of impeachment to the Senate on Wednesday, which would immediately…
Arizona Supreme Court further restricts abortion, enforcing near-total ban
(PHOENIX, Ariz.) -- The Arizona Supreme Court has allowed a near-total abortion ban from 1864 to go into effect, only permitting care to save the life of the mother. The decision further restricts abortion in the state where a 15-week ban was in effect.However, the court will allow a temporary…
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg faces perjury sentencing
(NEW YORK) -- Allen Weisselberg, once the long-serving chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, will be sentenced Wednesday to five months in jail for lying under oath during his testimony in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial.Weisselberg is expected to report to Rikers Island immediately following the sentencing…
Judge declines to postpone Trump hush money trial, will consider whether to relax gag order
(NEW YORK) -- A New York appeals court judge declined to postpone the April 15 trial in former President Donald Trump's hush money case. The full Appellate Division First Department will consider later this month whether to relax a limited gag order as Trump has requested.The full panel of the…
Trump attorneys argue hush money trial should be delayed, gag order relaxed
(NEW YORK) -- Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a New York appellate court to delay the former president's trial in his hush money case and relax a limited gag order during a brief oral argument Tuesday morning.Trump's defense lawyer Emil Bove argued that the gag order creates an "irreparable harm"…
In scathing letter, GOP’s Marjorie Taylor Greene slams Johnson with speakership under threat
(WASHINGTON) -- The House is back in session Tuesday after a two-week-long Easter recess, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is ratcheting up her attacks on Speaker Mike Johnson in a letter to her Republican colleagues on Tuesday in an effort to convince them to join her call to remove him…