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Jan. 6 Obstruction Case at Supreme Court Could Help Trump and Many Others
The justices will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could alter hundreds of prosecutions for the assault on…
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House Passes 2-Year Surveillance Law Extension Without Warrant Requirement
Speaker Mike Johnson scaled back the measure to two years from five after Donald J. Trump had urged Republicans to…
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Kari Lake Backs G.O.P. Effort to Drop 1864 Abortion Law in Favor of 15-Week Ban
The Senate candidate and Donald Trump ally is supporting a handful of state Republicans who have backed away from a…
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Arizona Republicans Thwart Attempts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban
Democrats in both houses of the Legislature were blocked from advancing bills to roll back a reinstated 160-year-old ban on…
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Joining Texas, Iowa Enacts Law for State Immigration Enforcement
Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed the bill on Wednesday and accused the Biden administration of failing to secure the…
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As Speaker, Johnson Advances What He Once Opposed, Enraging the Right
Now that he is the leader, the Louisiana Republican has found himself bowing to governing realities that are now his…
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Arizona Reinstates 160-Year-Old Abortion Ban
The state’s highest court said the law, moribund for decades under Roe v. Wade, was now enforceable, but put its…
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Switzerland’s Climate Shortfalls Violate Rights, European Court Rules
But the court ruled as inadmissible two other climate-related attempts to hold governments accountable.
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Trump Says Abortion Will Be Left to the States. Don’t Believe Him.
When Donald Trump was asked about the recent Florida Supreme Court decision upholding his adopted state’s abortion ban, he promised…
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New York to Pay $17.5 Million for Forcing Removal of Hijabs in Mug Shots
New York City reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by two women who were arrested and made to remove…
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