Lawmakers table bill that would ban ‘sanctuary city’ policies in New Hampshire communities A much-debated anti-sanctuary city bill at the state House is being sidelined. House Democrats joined eight Republicans on Thursday in tabling legislation that would ban towns and cities from ... 05/3/2024 - 1:02 am | View Link
Democrats halt ‘sanctuary city’ legislation – again (John Moore | Getty Images) New Hampshire Republicans appear on track to lose their latest attempt to prohibit so-called “sanctuary city” policies and require local police to help federal immigration ... 05/2/2024 - 7:31 am | View Link
Florida abortion clinics squeeze in as many patients as possible ahead of 6-week ban Clinic staff described packed waiting rooms, full parking lots and phones ringing nonstop in the final days before the state's new law takes effect. 05/1/2024 - 2:49 am | View Link
Sanctuary city police arrest over 1K migrants from this country as residents rage against Dem leaders Chicago police have made more than 1,000 arrests of Venezuelan nationals in the first three months of 2024, according to new data from a local outlet. 05/1/2024 - 12:16 am | View Link
Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect, cutting off access in much of the South More than 9,000 people traveled to Florida for abortions last year. The new law means the state is no longer a refuge for abortion access in the South. 04/30/2024 - 11:36 pm | View Link
“The presidential election may come down to a city in the Midwestern prairie that is home to Warren Buffett — a prospect that is raising hopes among some Democrats that the once-prolific political donor will come off the sidelines to try to power President Joe Biden to reelection,” Bloomberg reports.
“Back in 2016, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
“The U. S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, with the massive outlay being repaid with the windfall profits from sovereign Russian assets that have been frozen – and are accruing interest — mostly in Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
“Republicans have launched more than 30 investigations into the State Department since taking power in 2023, an unusually high number that is fueling partisan tensions,” Politico reports.
“Democratic lawmakers and State Department officials say this particular chapter of the growing partisan rancor on Capitol Hill is affecting U. S. foreign policy: It distracts U.
Nevada Independent: “The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government.”
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters.
In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required.