AG: Warrants out for immigration officials linked … A judge in Juarez has ordered Mexico’s immigration commissioner and one of his top assistants to appear in court next week in connection to a March 27 fire that claimed the lives of 40 migrants.
Calls for Feinstein to resign elicit accusations … Critics are highlighting what they say is a double standard against Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) as she faces calls to resign from her post over her health. Democratic Reps. Ro Khanna (Calif.) and Dean Phillips (Minn.) called on Feinstein, 89, to step down on Wednesday over her prolonged absence from the upper chamber due to […]
DeSantis signs Florida’s 6-week abortion ban into … With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s “Heartbeat Protection Act” into law late Thursday night.
Pelosi seeks balance in post-Speakership role Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is seeking a delicate balance in the new Congress where she’s ceded her official leadership duties but still exerts outsized influence within a caucus she piloted for 20 years. The unusual dynamics — Pelosi is the first Speaker in almost two decades to remain in Congress after stepping out of […]
Dianne Feinstein faces down Democratic firestorm Pressure is mounting on Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to step down as her prolonged absence from the Senate stymies Democratic business in the chamber with no clear end date. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) — closely followed by Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) — sent shockwaves from California to Washington on Wednesday when he said Feinstein should resign […]
DeSantis signs Florida GOP’s 6-week abortion ban … TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill approved by the Republican-dominated Florida Legislature to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The governor’s office said in a statement late Thursday that he had signed the legislation. The ban gives DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as […]
Latest ruling on pill shifts US abortion landscape … A federal appeals court has kept an abortion pill available, clarifying the U.S. abortion landscape but not settling it. The court’s decision late Wednesday preserved but narrowed access to an abortion pill across the U.S. It was a major development in a fast-shifting landscape in flux since June, when the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide […]
Key moments from the GOP-controlled House’s first … House Republicans entered the majority 100 days ago with a long list of policy priorities and investigative inquiries. In the past three months, the conference has ticked-off a number of those tasks: lawmakers passed messaging bills to appeal to the base, opened long-promised investigations and even clinched a few bipartisan victories. The GOP majority, however, […]
Whitmer signs stricter gun background check, storage … EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Anyone who wants to buy a gun in Michigan will have to undergo a background check, and gun owners will be required to safely store all firearms and ammunition when around minors under new laws signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The signing took place on the Michigan State University […]
Biden in Ireland encourages nations to ‘dream together’ DUBLIN (AP) — Holding up his family history as an example, President Joe Biden on Thursday told lawmakers in a packed parliament building that the story of Irish immigrants setting sail for the U.S. is at the very heart of “what binds Ireland and America together.” “Like so many countries around the world, though perhaps […]
Second expelled Black Democrat reinstated to Tennessee … NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The second of two Black Democrats who were kicked out of the Republican-led Tennessee House followed his colleague back to work at the Capitol on Thursday, a week after their expulsion for participating in a gun control protest propelled them into the national spotlight. State Rep. Justin Pearson, of Memphis, was […]