GOP legislative leaders call on Missouri governor to resign

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top Republican legislative leaders abandoned fellow GOP Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday, calling on him to resign instead of continuing to fight allegations that he illegally took advantage of both a charity he founded and a woman with whom he had an affair. Greitens quickly replied that he won’t... Read More

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Eric Greitens

April 18, 2018

High court worries about abandoning online sales tax rule

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounded concerned Tuesday about doing away with a rule that has meant shoppers don’t always get charged sales tax when they hit “checkout” online. The justices were hearing arguments in a case that deals with how businesses collect sales tax on online purchases at sites from Amazon.com to Zappos.... Read More

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Sales Tax, Supreme Court

April 17, 2018

GOP attorneys general support citizenship question on census

A Trump administration plan to ask people if they are U.S. citizens during the 2020 census has prompted a legal uproar from Democratic state attorneys general, who argue it could drive down participation and lead to an inaccurate count. Yet not a single Republican attorney general has sued — not even from states with large... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Immigration, News, Politics

Eric Schneiderman, Immigration

April 17, 2018

What’s in those seized records? Trump’s biggest new worry

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies have hit a new level of anxiety after the raid on his personal attorney’s office, fearful of deeper exposure for Trump, his inner circle and his adult children — and more than concerned that they don’t know exactly what is in those records and electronic devices... Read More

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Donald Trump

April 13, 2018

Ex-Texas congressman convicted of fraud, conspiracy

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal jury convicted a former Texas congressman of fraud and conspiracy on Thursday for misusing charitable donations to pay for personal and political expenses. Steve Stockman, a Republican, was accused of conspiring with two staffers to bilk conservative foundations out of at least $775,000 that was meant for charitable purposes and... Read More

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Steve Stockman

April 5, 2018

Mueller’s Russia probe shows it pays to cooperate

WASHINGTON (AP) — George Papadopoulos, taken by surprise by FBI agents at an airport last summer, now tweets smiling beach selfies with a Mykonos hashtag. Rick Gates, for weeks on home confinement with electronic monitoring, gets rapid approval for a family vacation and shaves down his potential prison time. Michael Flynn, once the target of... Read More

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Rick Gates, Robert Meuller

April 3, 2018

Trump administration sues California over sales of US land

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday sued California over a law that aims to give the state power to override the sale of federal lands, the latest battle between President Donald Trump and the nation’s most populous state. California vowed to fight for the state’s first right to purchase federal... Read More

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California, Donald Trump

April 3, 2018

Court to hear case accusing Maine governor of blackmail

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit accusing Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage of abuse of power and blackmail. The full 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston will meet on Tuesday to examine the case brought by former Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves. Eves says... Read More

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Paul LePage

March 29, 2018

Official: Indicted Maryland lawmaker submits resignation

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland state senator facing federal bribery and obstruction of justice charges submitted a resignation letter Wednesday night. Sen. Nathaniel Oaks met Wednesday evening with Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. Jake Weissmann, a Miller spokesman, said Oaks gave the Senate president a letter stating he was resigning effective 9 a.m.... Read More

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Nathaniel Oaks

March 29, 2018

Trump says Second Amendment won’t be repealed

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that the Second Amendment “WILL NEVER BE REPEALED” and called on voters to elect more Republicans in this fall’s congressional elections because the GOP “must ALWAYS hold the Supreme Court.” Trump’s statements came a day after retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in an essay... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Guns, News, Politics

2nd Amendment, Donald Trump, Guns

March 27, 2018

White House disputes porn star’s claim she was threatened

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday disputed adult film star Stormy Daniels’ claim that she was threatened to keep quiet over her alleged affair with Donald Trump and said the president continues to deny the relationship. Daniels’ detailed her allegations in a widely watched interview with “60 Minutes” that sparked new legal wrangling... Read More

Criminal Justice News, Entertainment, News, Politics

Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels

March 26, 2018

Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under “limited circumstances,” following up on his calls last year to ban transgender individuals from serving. The White House said retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of “gender dysphoria” — those... Read More

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Donald Trump, Military

March 26, 2018

Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit alleging partisan gerrymandering in the drawing of a Maryland congressional district. Eight years after the 2010 Census provided the basis for legislative redistricting, several other cases alleging unconstitutional gerrymandering in various states also are still working their way through the court system.... Read More

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Supreme Court

March 21, 2018

Judge temporarily blocks most restrictive abortion law in US

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The most restrictive abortion law in the United States was in effect less than 24 hours before a federal judge temporarily blocked it Tuesday during what could become a long legal fight between Mississippi’s Republican governor and the state’s only abortion clinic. Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday signed a bill banning... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Abortion

GOP legislative leaders call on Missouri governor to resign

High court worries about abandoning online sales tax rule

GOP attorneys general support citizenship question on census

What’s in those seized records? Trump’s biggest new worry

Ex-Texas congressman convicted of fraud, conspiracy

Mueller’s Russia probe shows it pays to cooperate

Trump administration sues California over sales of US land

Court to hear case accusing Maine governor of blackmail

Official: Indicted Maryland lawmaker submits resignation

Trump says Second Amendment won’t be repealed

White House disputes porn star’s claim she was threatened

Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving

Numerous redistricting challenges pending in courts

Judge temporarily blocks most restrictive abortion law in US

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