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California State Bar recommends ex-Trump attorney John Eastman be disbarred for 2020 election efforts
(LOS ANGELES) -- The California State Bar has recommended that former Trump election attorney John Eastman be disbarred, a judge said in a filing on Wednesday.Eastman was charged with multiple disciplinary counts by the State Bar of California last January from allegations that Eastman engaged in "a course of conduct…
‘This is the beginning, not the end’: Republicans brace for continued abortion rights fallout
(WASHINGTON) -- Republicans accomplished a longtime goal in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, scrapping constitutional protections for abortion. They've been faced with seemingly monthly electoral setbacks ever since, with no end in sight.Democrats have made defending reproductive rights a rallying cry, seizing on it to defy…
Prosecutors say Trump team trying to ‘rewrite indictment’ in bid to dismiss Georgia election case
(ATLANTA) -- Attorneys for Donald Trump said that Trump's comments "calling into question" the election of 2020 were "the height of political speech," in arguments seeking the dismissal of the former president's Georgia election interference case Thursday.Trump's lawyers were back in a Fulton County courtroom, where they argued that the…
Prosecutors say Trump team trying to ‘rewrite indictment’ in bid to dismiss Georgia election case
(ATLANTA) -- Attorneys for Donald Trump said that Trump's comments "calling into question" the election of 2020 were "the height of political speech," in arguments seeking the dismissal of the former president's Georgia election interference case Thursday.Trump's lawyers were back in a Fulton County courtroom, where they argued that the…
Former Senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82
(NEW YORK) -- Former Sen. Joe Lieberman has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 82 years old.Lieberman died in New York City "due to complications from a fall," his family said in a statement."His beloved wife, Hadassah, and members of his family were with him as he passed. Senator…
What states could vote on abortion access, reproductive rights in November?
(WASHINGTON) -- Advocates in as many as 14 states hope to get measures related to reproductive rights and abortion access on the 2024 general election ballot during a presidential election year, and as abortion access remains a major flash point in the United States, including at the Supreme Court.It's not…
What states could vote on abortion access, reproductive rights in November?
(WASHINGTON) -- Advocates in as many as 14 states hope to get measures related to reproductive rights and abortion access on the 2024 general election ballot during a presidential election year, and as abortion access remains a major flash point in the United States, including at the Supreme Court.It's not…
Democrats sound alarm on RFK Jr. and new running mate, Shanahan
(WASHINGTON) -- Democrats are leaving no room for doubt on how they view former party colleague turned independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his freshly minted vice presidential pick, deep-pocketed lawyer Nicole Shanahan: the pair are a danger to voters and present as a "spoiler" ticket, destined to…
There’s a long road ahead to cleaning up Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse: Not ‘quick or easy or cheap’
(WASHINGTON) -- In the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge's partial collapse in Baltimore on Tuesday, "Rebuilding will not be quick or easy or cheap," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said."But we will get it done," he told reporters at a White House press briefing on Wednesday.Buttigieg reiterated the federal…
There’s a long road ahead to cleaning up Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse: Not ‘quick or easy or cheap’
(WASHINGTON) -- In the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge's partial collapse in Baltimore on Tuesday, "Rebuilding will not be quick or easy or cheap," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said."But we will get it done," he told reporters at a White House press briefing on Wednesday.Buttigieg reiterated the federal…