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Judge blocks Florida’s transgender youth care ban for minors
(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- A federal judge has called Florida policies restricting gender-affirming care for minors and adults "unconstitutional," blocking the state's policies from being enforced."Transgender opponents are of course free to hold their beliefs," Judge Robert L. Hinkle said in the 105-page decision on Florida's SB 254 and similar Boards…
Trump campaign, Republicans seize on Hunter Biden verdict to ramp up attacks on father
(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, and many of the former president's Republican allies, are seizing on Hunter Biden's conviction to escalate attacks on President Joe Biden.The Trump team, shortly after the guilty verdict was handed down in the younger Biden's federal gun trial, sought to shift focus, without evidence,…
Justice Alito, in secretly recorded audio, apparently agrees nation needs to return to place of ‘godliness’
(WASHINGTON) -- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts had no comment Tuesday after a woman posing as a conservative Catholic allegedly secretly recorded them at a black-tie event last week.Lauren Windsor -- seeking out the justices at the Supreme Court Historical Society's annual gala -- apparently…
DOJ says no contacts between senior officials and Manhattan DA Bragg about Trump case
(WASHINGTON) -- An extensive search of Justice Department records uncovered no contacts between senior DOJ officials and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office relating to their state prosecution of former President Donald Trump, a top department official informed House Republicans in a letter Tuesday."The Department does not generally make extensive…
Andrew Cuomo testifies before House panel on COVID nursing home policy
(WASHINGTON) -- Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is speaking Tuesday before a congressional subcommittee about his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, including its highly-scrutinized handling of nursing homes.The transcribed interview is taking place behind closed doors with the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The GOP-led panel…
Taxpayers to foot bill for majority of Jill Biden’s Paris-Delaware trips for Hunter Biden trial
(WASHINGTON) -- Taxpayers will front the majority of first lady Dr. Jill Biden's travel between Paris, France, and Wilmington, Delaware, last week when she broke away early after D-Day commemorations to attend Hunter Biden’s trial, only to return to Paris a day later.When officials travel, they fly on military planes,…
Taxpayers to foot bill for majority of Jill Biden’s Paris-Delaware trips for Hunter Biden trial
(WASHINGTON) -- Taxpayers will front the majority of first lady Dr. Jill Biden's travel between Paris, France, and Wilmington, Delaware, last week when she broke away early after D-Day commemorations to attend Hunter Biden’s trial, only to return to Paris a day later.When officials travel, they fly on military planes,…
Judge Aileen Cannon rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss counts in classified documents indictment
(WASHINGTON) -- Federal Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case, has just denied one of a series of defense motions to dismiss many of the counts against him, according to a new order issued late Monday afternoon.Cannon did, however, agree to strike one paragraph…
Judge Aileen Cannon rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss counts in classified documents indictment
(WASHINGTON) -- Federal Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case, has just denied one of a series of defense motions to dismiss many of the counts against him, according to a new order issued late Monday afternoon.Cannon did, however, agree to strike one paragraph…
Sen. John Fetterman involved in crash on Maryland interstate, treated for bruised shoulder
(WASHINGTON) -- Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was involved in a crash on a Maryland interstate over the weekend, police and his office confirmed on Monday.The two-vehicle crash occurred on Interstate 70 near Hagerstown shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday, according to Maryland State Police.Fetterman, 54, was driving a Chevrolet Traverse west…