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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation on Monday which he said makes it “crystal clear” that only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote in elections in his state. “I just signed off on a joint resolution to make it crystal clear under the Texas Constitution that if you are not a citizen of the United […]
Solar power CEOs believed the billions of dollars that they invested in Republican congressional districts would ultimately shield their industry from President Donald Trump’s threats to end federal support for renewable energy. But they may have been disastrously wrong. The tax bill that House Republicans passed this week is a “worse than feared scenario” for […]
A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain dead after a medical emergency and doctors have kept her on life support for three months so far to allow enough time for the baby to be born and comply with Georgia’s strict anti-abortion law, family members say. She could be kept in that state for months […]
The Texas governor Greg Abbott on Saturday signed a law making more than 5 million students eligible to use state funds for private schools, a watershed moment in the conservative campaign to remake public education in the US. Texas is allocating $1bn for the first two years of the program to offer parents vouchers to […]
The US Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of accused Venezuelan gang members. A civil liberties group is suing the administration over planned deportations of Venezuelans detained in north Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. On Saturday, the Supreme Court ordered the government to “not remove any […]
Georgia Senate Bill 202 was proposed after record numbers of voters turned out for both the 2020 and 2021 elections for two Senate seats with Democrats winning all three races. The DOJ under U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi (R, seen Monday in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC with Trump) claimed […]
Donald Trump escalates his assault on law firms. Wildfires have burned thousands of acres in the Carolinas. And Canada’s prime minister calls for snap elections amid a trade war with the U.S. Here’s what to know today. Trump targets law firms that file ‘frivolous’ suits against his administration President Donald Trump escalated his assault on […]
Reality Check team BBC News Getty Images After a former police officer was found guilty of murder over the death of George Floyd, there’s a renewed focus on the experience of African-Americans when it comes to law enforcement in the US. We’ve looked at some of the data around crime and justice. 1. African-Americans are […]
A federal judge on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to cease use of an obscure wartime law to deport Venezuelans without a hearing, saying that any planes that had departed the United States with immigrants under the law needed to return. As of early Sunday morning, it was unclear whether any such planes had departed […]
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The United States has fallen to its lowest ranking ever on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Transparency International reported. The index comes as President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting the enforcement of a long-standing anti-bribery law. The law, in place for nearly five decades, prohibits […]