This year, the Biden team is pushing yet another federal rule that would prevent 3,000 local pregnancy resource centers across the nation from receiving $16.5 million in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds. The withholding of TANF funds is at complete odds wit...
The movement toward relaxing punishment on marijuana use took a new turn in October 2022, when President Joe Bidensaidhe would issue pardons to everyone convicted of the federal crime of simple marijuana possession, while calling for governors to make similar moves for convictions under state laws...
Black women have always been among the most reliable voters in the Democratic base and were central to former President Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012. Enthusiasm was also robust for President Joe Biden in 2020. But this year, before hebowed out of the raceand Harris became the ...
“I would say the odds are in her favor with the majority of the Senate floor," ranking Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin said. "I don't know if a single Republican is going against her. We're still going to ask the tough questions today and tomorrow." Sen. Adam ...
If confirmed, Sohn would become the vote to break the FCC deadlock, putting Democrats in charge. Without that majority, the agency will be hamstrung in fulfilling Biden's promise of delivering affordable, equitable broadband service to all Americans, as well as his promise to restore Obama-era...
A federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts, appointed by former President Joe Biden, is objecting to President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deporting several illegal aliens, all with final deportation orders, convicted of murder, rape, child sex crimes, and robbery. Congress...
Medication abortions were the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. As more states seek abortion limits, demand is expected to grow. They involve using two prescription medicines days apar
“The Supreme Court ruling in favor of preserving these services is not going to end the issue,” said Andrew Pincus, a partner at the law firm Mayer Brown who filed an amicus brief supporting the mandates on behalf of the American Public Health Association. Pincus, speaking at the Protec...
And Trump — being Trump — brought up Biden, despite his team saying ahead of time that the former president didn’t plan to say the current president’s name. Trump acknowledged in his speech that he wasn’t supposed to say the name and was only going to use the term once, be...
But Carnell’s move is likely to presage a flood of similar motions by hundreds of other Jan. 6 defendants with cases still pending. The Justice Department has yet to signal how it will handle Jan. 6 cases in the final months of the Biden administration. Lead...