Rep. Barbara Lee enters CA Senate race
Rep. Barbara Lee joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss her quest to be only the third Black woman EVER elected to the U.S. Senate.
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Skeptics have long claimed Putin uses body doubles who have been surgically altered to resemble the Russian leader as stand-ins at major appearances.
- The Hill
Manchin calls Biden administration priorities ‘absolutely infuriating’ after ESG veto
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McConnell’s absence leaves colleagues wondering about GOP’s future
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) extended absence from the Senate has stirred speculation among Republican senators over how much longer the 81-year-old senator will lead the Senate GOP conference. There’s no word yet on McConnell’s date of return, but some lawmakers expect he may not come back to the Senate until mid-April, after the…
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Illinois General Assembly: House sends cat declawing ban, rideshare service bills to Senate
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Republicans torch Biden veto of bipartisan ESG bill: 'Good luck explaining this one'
President Biden's first veto of a bipartisan bill striking down his Labor Department's new ESG rule drew sharp rebukes from Republicans in Congress.
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Sen. Mark Kelly flew with Russian pilots in the Navy and with NASA, and he said the Russian fighter jet running into a US drone shows 'how incompetent they are'
Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy combat pilot, compared the drone incident to the "incompetence that we see on the battle field every day in Ukraine."
- The New Voice of Ukraine
Mariupol residents in Putin video identified, unknown heckler caught in audio
Several residents of the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol were identified in a video with Russian leader Vladimir Putin during his nighttime visit to the city, according to a report by the Mariupol.Sprotyv Telegram channel on March 19.
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Carolina squats aren’t illegal yet. But has a crackdown in Myrtle Beach already begun?
A wave of TikTok videos posted over the weekend showed Myrtle Beach and other local police stopping Carolina squat drivers and towing companies moving vehicles away. Why is this happening?
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Arkansas House Approves Bill to Hold Libraries Accountable for ‘Obscene’ Material
The Arkansas House approved a proposed law on Wednesday that would open the door to criminal liability for the distribution of “obscene” content by school and public libraries, despite bipartisan opposition. Seven Republicans joined the 18 House Democrats in voting against Senate Bill 81, including Rep. DeAnn Vaught (R-Horatio), who called the bill “government overreach.” […]
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Netanyahu softens judicial overhaul but showdown with top court looms
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced a softening of his judicial overhaul plan but an unallayed opposition said it would still challenge key legislation in the Supreme Court, setting the stage for a constitutional showdown. The package of reforms sought by Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition have triggered weeks of unprecedented street demonstrations and stirred worries among Western allies who see a threat to the independence of Israel's justice system. After discussing the crisis with U.S. President Joe Biden, Netanyahu said he would postpone most of the bills apart from legislation shaking up Israel's system for selecting judges, which he wants ratified before a parliament recess on April 2.
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New law allows anti-abortion monument at Arkansas Capitol
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow a monument near the state Capitol marking the number of abortions performed in Arkansas before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. Sanders' office said Friday night that the Republican governor signed the bill that will allow the creation of a privately funded “monument to the unborn” on the Capitol grounds. The bill, approved by lawmakers last week, requires the secretary of state to permit and arrange the placement of the monument.
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President Biden signs Josh Hawley’s bill to declassify intelligence on COVID-19 origins
President Joe Biden said his administration “will declassify and share as much of that information as possible” while protecting national security.
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An irrational number offers rational lesson for Kansas lawmakers | Opinion
Kansas lawmakers can learn from the folly of trying to legislate a math constant.
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New York AG Letitia James appeals court ruling blocking people from being forced into quarantine, isolation
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed an appeal against a ruling by the state Supreme Court blocking a rule that allowed the state government to force people into quarantine.
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'We don't deserve to be priced out': Law aims to end gentrification in Black neighborhoods
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Putin sticks to protocol during Chinese leader Xi's visit
President Vladimir Putin wasn't waiting at the end of the red carpet to greet Chinese leader Xi Jinping upon his arrival in Russia on Monday for a high-profile visit. Russia's standard protocol for visiting dignitaries calls for them to be welcomed at the airport by a lower-ranking Cabinet official. Many observers argue that the fighting in Ukraine has made Russia increasingly dependent on China for support as the country becomes isolated from the West.
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Jackson dissents in abortion case
The newest justice objected as SCOTUS wiped out an appeals court’s decision on minors’ rights to terminate pregnancy.
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Huckabee Sanders signs law paving way for anti-abortion ‘monument to the unborn’
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) has signed a law that paves the way for a “monument to the unborn” to be built on the state capitol’s grounds, her office announced on Friday. The law aims to erect a monument “as a memorial to the lives lost from 1973 to 2022 due to the decisions…
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Trump DC hotel dispute with House Democrats lands at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is poised to decide if it will take up a case on whether Democratic lawmakers should be able to obtain documents related to former President Trump’s former D.C. hotel — a popular meeting place for GOP power-players during his administration that was a few blocks from the White House. The Democratic lawmakers…