New legislation would allow Fla. gun owners to conceal carry without a license
If signed into law, the measure would allow the concealed carry of firearms without the currently required permit or training.
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Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wis., received pushback from Democrats after asking at a House hearing why Hunter Biden had not been charged with allegedly lying on an ATF gun form.
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'Daily Show' Guest Host Al Franken Gives Susan Collins A Blunt Reminder Of Her Failure
The former senator from Minnesota roasted his onetime colleague from Maine.
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Posts revive US Capitol riot, Pelosi conspiracy theory
Social media posts claim documents released under a law requiring public access to information show former House speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke by phone with Ray Epps, a man frequently mentioned in conspiracies surrounding the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. This is false; there is no evidence such records exist and only the executive branch is legally required to comply with freedom of information requests.
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Sen. Kennedy’s question on legal procedure stumps Biden judicial nominee in front of Senate committee
Kato Crews, President Biden's nominee for district judge in Colorado, was stumped by questioning from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., over a legal procedure called a "Brady motion."
- The Hill
Newsom gets big win: California Senate approves first-of-its-kind ‘price gouging’ bill
California lawmakers voted on Thursday to advance a bill that would penalize oil companies for “price gouging” — a first-of-its-kind legislation pushed forward in recent months by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). The SBX1-2 bill, sponsored by state Sen. Nancy Skinner (D), received the approval of the California State Senate in an Extraordinary Session convened to fast-track…
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Supreme Court justices privately said the abortion leak locked in their votes on overturning Roe v. Wade: report
The leaked draft opinion stopped debate on the case between the justices, CNN's Joan Biskupic reported.
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South Carolina's top accountant to resign after $3.5B error
South Carolina's embattled top accountant will step down next month after a $3.5 billion error in the year-end financial report he oversaw, according to a resignation letter written Thursday that was obtained by The Associated Press. Republican Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom's decision to leave the post he has held for 20 years came after intense scrutiny of his performance following the blunder and amid rising calls for him to either quit or be removed. The Senate panel investigating the financial misstatement issued a damning report last week accusing Eckstrom of "willful neglect of duty.”
- Business Insider
The TikTok CEO's day in Congress was a 'disaster' that means the app will still likely get banned or sold, Wall Street says
US lawmakers grilled TikTok's CEO about the company's ties to China and its content moderation policies, but it did little to change their views.
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Noticed cars around St. Louis without valid tags? You’re not alone, here’s what to know
Do you frequently see expired tags or unregistered vehicles on St. Louis City roads? Here’s how many charges police issued for related offenses last year.
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Bill sponsored by metro-east rep allowing all-gender bathrooms passes Illinois House
Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, reported receiving threats and personal attacks over her bill sponsorship. “I think it’s just the general mood. Unfortunately, we’ve gotten to kind of a real ugly place in our politics where people stoke division and fear and hate for political gain. And they’re not ashamed to lie in the process.”
- The Hill
Texas ‘preemption’ bills escalate war between liberal cities, conservative legislature
AUSTIN, Texas – New legislation is heating up the long-running cold war between Texas’ relatively progressive cities and its GOP-dominated legislature. Local officials across Texas are worried that far-reaching state bills could roll back their attempts to ensure construction workers get rest breaks in Texas’ searing heat, to run no-kill animal shelters and to maintain local water…
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MO lawmakers move to strip public library funding in retaliation over book ban lawsuit
“Our rural libraries rely the most heavily on this funding to serve their communities, and they will be crippled by this drastic budget cut,” the Missouri Library Association said Thursday.
- The Courier Journal
Group urges James Comer investigation over remarks about 2015 email leak
The Congressional Integrity Project has asked a Kentucky prosecutor to investigate Jamie Comer's admission that he leaked emails to discredit a rival
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Coinbase Furious as SEC Suggests It Will Take Enforcement Action
Announcing the news, a punchy blog post from the exchange said: "We asked the SEC for reasonable crypto rules for Americans. We got legal threats instead."
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Officials: Oily rags probably started fire that destroyed home of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s son
Oily rags are the likely cause of the raging fire that destroyed a Medford home owned by the son of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren Tuesday morning.
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Senate Ethics admonishes Graham for campaign solicitations
The Senate Ethics Committee is admonishing South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham for soliciting campaign contributions inside a federal building after a Nov. 2022 Fox News interview in which he asked viewers to donate to a GOP candidate. Graham violated Senate rules and standards of conduct because he was in a Senate office building when he did the interview, the leaders of the ethics panel said in a rare public letter released on Thursday. “The public must feel confident that Members use public resources only for official actions in the best interests of the United States, not for partisan political activity,” wrote Senate Ethics Committee Chairman Chris Coons, D-Del., and Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, the panel's Republican vice chairman.
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Mark Woods: Laws for thee, not for me. The Florida Legislature is in session.
Doctors used to take the Hippocratic Oath. These days it seems like before heading to Tallahassee, some Florida politicians take a Hypocritical Oath.
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Names, photos of Los Angeles undercover police posted online
The Los Angeles police chief and the department's constitutional policing director are under investigation after the names and photographs of undercover officers were released to a technology watchdog group that posted them online, the Los Angeles Times reported. LAPD Chief Michel Moore offered his “deep apologies” to the undercover officers, who were not given advance notice of the disclosure, during a police commission meeting Tuesday. The watchdog group Stop LAPD Spying Coalition posted more than 9,300 officers' information and photographs last Friday in a searchable online database, the Times reported, following a public records request by a reporter for progressive news outlet Knock LA.
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3 people die in Arizona after being caught in floodwaters
At least three people were found dead this week after their vehicles were swept away by floodwaters in Arizona, authorities said. Gila County Sheriff’s officials said the bodies of a couple missing after their vehicle was stuck in floodwaters in the Payson area were located Thursday.