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Trump immunity case live updates: Supreme Court to hear historic arguments
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday is hearing arguments on whether former President Donald Trump can be criminally prosecuted over his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss.The justices will take up the monumental question of if, and if so to what extent, former presidents enjoy immunity for conduct…
EPA limits four types of power plant pollution with sweeping rulemaking
(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration on Thursday announced a series of new rules to cut pollution emitted from coal and natural gas fired power plants impacting the air, water, land and climate."The electricity industry is central to America's economic growth and independence. These are the folks who keep the lights…
Giuliani, Meadows indicted in Arizona fake elector scheme; Trump unindicted co-conspirator
(NEW YORK) -- Several former and current key aides to former President Donald Trump appear to be among those charged by the Arizona State Attorney General over their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. They include Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and former Trump attorney John Eastman -- as well…
Expanded so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ education restrictions advance in Alabama
(NEW YORK) -- A bill aimed at furthering restrictions on discussions of "gender identity or sexual orientation" in public schools is progressing in the Alabama legislature, passing the state House on Tuesday.Current law states that classrooms in kindergarten through the fifth grade "shall not engage in classroom discussion or provide…
At Columbia, Speaker Johnson calls on its president to resign if she can’t ‘bring order’ to protests
(NEW YORK) -- During a visit to Columbia University on Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson joined his New York House Republican colleagues in calling on the school's president, Minouche Shafik, to resign unless she can improve what he called her failure to handle the anti-Israel protests on campus.In a news conference…
‘So appalled’: What witnesses told special counsel about Trump’s handling of classified info while still president
(WASHINGTON) -- In the summer of 2019, only hours after an Iranian rocket accidentally exploded at one of Iran's own launch sites, senior U.S. officials met with then-president Donald Trump and shared a sharply detailed, highly classified image of the blast's catastrophic aftermath.The image was captured by a U.S. satellite…
A provocative question in Trump’s immunity fight: Ordering rivals assassinated?
(WASHINGTON) -- It was maybe the most memorable moment so far in Donald Trump's case for "absolute presidential immunity" -- and it could come up again at the U.S. Supreme Court in historic arguments on Thursday.The arresting question: Could a commander in chief order SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a…
Arizona Democrats vote to repeal controversial 1864 abortion ban, with help of 3 Republicans
(PHOENIX) -- Three Republicans on Wednesday joined Democrats in the Arizona House to vote to repeal the state's controversial 1864 ban on nearly all abortions, which was revived by a court ruling earlier this month and which only includes exceptions to save the life of the pregnant woman.The final vote…
Biden needles Trump over his hair and ‘Mar-a-Lago values’ as he addresses union
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday needled rival Donald Trump, laying into the former president as he welcomed the North America's Building Trades Union's endorsement."You're the best in the world," Biden said while addressing the NABTU's legislative conference in Washington, D.C. "You know, you had my back in 2020…
Biden needles Trump over his hair and ‘Mar-a-Lago values’ as he addresses union
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday needled rival Donald Trump, laying into the former president as he welcomed the North America's Building Trades Union's endorsement."You're the best in the world," Biden said while addressing the NABTU's legislative conference in Washington, D.C. "You know, you had my back in 2020…