Ellen Ash Peters, first female chief justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, dies at 94
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Ellen Ash Peters, who was the first woman to serve as Connecticut’s chief justice and wrote the majority opinion in the state Supreme Court’s landmark school desegregation ruling in 1996, has died. She was 94. Peters, who also was the first female faculty member at Yale Law School, passed away Tuesday, Read More
Shock poll: Trump edges past Biden in key state, potential sign of cracks in Dems blue wall
Former President Donald Trump holds a two-point edge over President Biden in Wisconsin, according to a new poll on their 2024 presidential election rematch. Trump stands at 51% support among registered voters in the crucial Midwestern battleground, with Biden at 49%, according to a Marquette Law School Poll released on Wednesday. According to the survey, Read More
Sweeping gun control bills awaiting final passage as Maine legislative session nears its end
The Maine Legislature moved in fits and starts toward adjournment on Wednesday, with unfinished business including final votes on a series of gun safety bills that were introduced after the deadliest shooting in state history last fall. The Senate was awaiting an enactment vote on the governor’s gun safety proposals that would strengthen the state’s Read More
Texas Republicans rue Democrats for dismissing Mayorkas impeachment without trial
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the trial the “least legitimate, least substantive, and most politicized impeachment trial in the history of the United States.”
California Democrats ‘mutilate’ anti-trafficking bill targeting adults who pay for sex with minors
California Democrats “mutilated” part of a bipartisan anti-sex trafficking bill this week that makes it a felony for people to purchase sex with minors and requires those convicted to register as sex offenders, according to the lead author of the bill. Democrats added several amendments that only made proposed charges applicable if the child is Read More
Republicans predict Dems to pay ‘heavy price’ in election after Mayorkas impeachment bid fails
Republicans warned that vulnerable Senate Democrats would be punished in the upcoming November general election for their votes to kill the impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Every Democrat will pay a heavy price in November for willfully refusing to end this border crisis,” said Republican conference Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Read More
Former US ambassador, Cuban spy blames decision to betray country on Yale’s radical politics in 60s, 70s
A former National Security Council member and U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, who admitted to secretly acting as an agent for the government of the Republic of Cuba, blames the radical politics pushed on him during his formative college years for turning on his country. A federal judge sentenced 73-year-old Victor Manuel Rocha of Miami to Read More
‘Very scary prospect’: Spike in illegal immigrants from this US adversary blows lid off previous year’s record
The number of Chinese nationals entering the United States illegally and stopped by Border Patrol so far this fiscal year has exceeded the enormous number seen in all of fiscal year 2023 — with six months still to go. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, in the first six months of fiscal 2024, Read More
Surging GOP Senate candidate unfazed by personal war chest of millionaire Dem in key blue state battle
Former two-term Republican Gov. Larry Hogan — who’s aiming to flip a Democrat-controlled open Senate seat in his heavily blue home state of Maryland — is spotlighting his grassroots fundraising as he works to paint a stark contrast with the multi-millionaire front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Hogan, considered the overwhelming front-runner for the GOP nomination Read More
Fox News Politics: Capitol grill
Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail. What’s happening? – Democrats express openness to saving Speaker Mike Johnson – Seven jurors have been selected in Trump’s trial – Far left reps launch “Protect the Squad” fundraising effort In the Senate, the impeachment Read More