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Supreme Court to decide if ban on homeless encampments is ‘cruel and unusual’

ABC News (GRANTS PASS, Ore.) — Just past the outfield fence of the local little league ballpark, homeless residents of this sleepy Oregon town erect tents to spend the night protected from cold and rain. “It’s public access, plain and simple,” said Brandon, 38, a Grants Pass native who says the death of his wife three years ago plunged him …

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Biden, in counter to RFK Jr., to get endorsement of other Kennedy family members

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is wrapping up a three-day Pennsylvania campaign swing in Philadelphia on Thursday with an endorsement by 15 members of the politically famous Kennedy family — a counter to the political threat from RFK Jr. In speech excerpts released by the Biden campaign from Kerry Kennedy, a daughter of …

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Sarah Sanders’ office potentially violated state law in $19K lectern controversy, audit finds

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, May 2, 2023. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The little-seen, $19,000 lectern at the center of a controversy in Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office was made available for viewing on Tuesday night — after a monthslong audit into how the …

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Biden promises union workers to keep US Steel ‘American-owned, American-operated’

Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday continued his 2024 campaign swing through Pennsylvania, speaking to the United Steelworkers union as he proposed tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum and denouncing the sale of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel, promising union workers he will keep it a “totally American company.” “U.S. Steel has been an iconic …

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Johnson hawks $95 billion Israel, Ukraine aid package amid threats to speakership

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republican leaders released a $95 billion foreign aid package Wednesday that provides funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan – as Congress continues to grapple with a response to actions taken by Russia, Iran and China that have defied the international community. The package includes $26.4 …

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Trump, campaigning after court, comments on jurors in historic trial and seeks to spotlight crime

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Though he remains confined to a court room on most weekdays for his New York hush money trial, which began on Monday, former President Donald Trump is adapting his schedule and his message to try and boost his bid to return to the White House. On Tuesday evening, at the end of the second day …

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Senate kills Mayorkas impeachment trial, votes both articles ‘unconstitutional’

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday dismissed both impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, deeming them “unconstitutional.” The trial against Mayorkas, long a target of Republican criticism over his handling of immigration policy and the southern border, lasted just three hours after senators were sworn in as jurors. The votes to dismiss both articles and …

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Congressional committee grills Columbia University president on campus antisemitism

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik testified Wednesday before a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on the New York City campus after two of her counterparts at other elite colleges resigned amid a backlash over their responses at a previous hearing of the same panel. Prior to letting Shafik speak, Rep. Virginia Foxx, chair …

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Who are the key players in Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial?

Justin Lane/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jury selection began Monday in former President Donald Trump’s first criminal trial over allegations that he falsified business records to conceal criminal conduct. Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels are among the witnesses expected to testify in the weeks-long Manhattan trial. Trump is accused of allegedly engaging in a scheme with his then-attorney Michael Cohen …

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Will Arizona lawmakers repeal controversial 1864 abortion ban? What to know

Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — Arizona lawmakers are reconvening on Wednesday after a week’s recess and could soon take up legislation to repeal a controversial 19th-century ban on almost all abortions in the state, which the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled is enforceable. The Arizona state House is scheduled to hold a floor session first, followed by the state …

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