Conservatives have been waiting decades for this moment: a transformed Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an abortion case that directly challenges women’s reproductive rights tracing to the 1973 Roe v. Wade milestone. And unlike past times when Roe teetered in the balance, this is not a 5-4 court with the potential to suddenly…… MORE
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Georgia’s Republican lieutenant governor, a Trump critic, says he will not seek reelection in 2022
Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan — a Republican who has been critical of former President Donald Trump’s false claims of fraud in the state’s election — announced Monday he will not seek reelection in 2022. “It always feels coldest right before the sun rises,” Duncan wrote in a statement posted on Twitter. “I believe that…… MORE
Supreme Court says unanimous jury verdict requirement does not apply retroactively
The Supreme Court said on Monday that a decision last term holding that the Constitution requires unanimous jury verdicts for state criminal trials does not apply retroactively. The ruling is a loss for Thedrick Edwards and hundreds of others in Oregon, Louisiana and Puerto Rico, jurisdictions that allowed non-unanimous verdicts before the Supreme Court’s decision…… MORE
White House says Biden will release tax returns ‘soon’
The White House will release President Joe Biden’s tax returns “soon,” press secretary Jen Psaki announced Monday, reinstating a presidential tradition that was halted by former President Donald Trump. Psaki suggested that Biden’s tax returns could come as early as Monday, telling reporters to “stay tuned.” Trump became the only major party presidential candidate in…… MORE
Giuliani’s attorneys argue recent search warrants are ‘fruit of this poisoned tree’ after ‘illegal’ iCloud search review in 2019
Attorneys for Rudy Giuliani argued in a letter to the court unsealed Monday that federal authorities’ review of material seized from a covert search of his iCloud account in 2019 was illegal and suggested the search warrants executed late last month on his Manhattan home and office were the “fruit of this poisoned tree.” Lawyers…… MORE
US announces more sanctions against Myanmar’s military government
The Biden administration announced more sanctions on Monday against Myanmar‘s military government, which has conducted a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, and against key figures in the military regime as well as some family members of previously designated officials. The sanctions, which were announced in coordination with Canada and the UK, target the State Administrative…… MORE
Biden announces US will share more vaccines globally: ‘Our nation is going to be the arsenal of vaccines’
President Joe Biden said Monday his administration would share millions more doses of Covid-19 vaccines with other countries in addition to the 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine he has already committed to sharing by July 4. Biden said the US would share at least 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by the end…… MORE
Supreme Court sides with man who said police illegally seized firearms from his home without a warrant
The Supreme Court on Monday wiped away a lower court decision that held that law enforcement could enter a Rhode Island man’s home and seize his firearms without a warrant after his wife expressed fear that he might harm himself. A lower court had allowed the search, holding that the decision to take the firearms…… MORE
White House concerns rising over civilian deaths in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The growing number of civilian deaths in the intensifying battle between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is causing worry inside the White House as officials work the phones with partners in the region. President Joe Biden has so far resisted calls from fellow Democrats and foreign allies to increase pressure on Israel amid the worsening…… MORE
Supreme Court takes up major abortion case next term that could limit Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a major abortion case next term concerning a controversial Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks, rekindling a potentially major challenge to Roe v. Wade at the majority conservative court. Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, which then-Gov. Phil Bryant, a Republican, signed into law in…… MORE
