House Democrats call for removal of provisions targeting LGBTQ service members from NDAA
More than 160 House Democrats on Friday called for provisions related to LGBTQ service members and their dependents to be removed from Congress’s annual defense policy bill, arguing that the GOP-backed amendments discriminate against LGBTQ people and threaten military readiness and retention.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4903987-house-democrats-lgbtq-defense-bill/
Texas AG sues Austin over out-of-state abortion travel
Ken Paxton announced the lawsuit on Friday alleging the Reproductive Health Grant violates a state constitution gift clause that prevents the government from using public money for an individual’s benefit.
The city’s one-time grant seeks to provide financial support for airfare, gas reimbursements, hotels, ride reimbursements, childcare stipends, companion travel and food.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4903954-texas-attorney-general-suing-austin/
The Real Way to Fight Russian Disinformation
Here’s why the U.S. is outpacing European efforts.
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Newsmax settles with Smartmatic days ahead of trial
Newsmax has settled a lawsuit brought by voting systems provider Smartmatic in connection with the channel’s airing of false claims about its software after the 2020 election, the network announced Thursday.
“Newsmax is pleased to announce it has resolved the litigation brought by Smartmatic through a confidential settlement,” a spokesperson for the outlet told The Hill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4901908-newsmax-settles-lawsuit-smartmatic/
Rudy Giuliani disbarred in DC months after disbarment in New York over 2020 election subversion efforts
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4900658-rudy-giuliani-disbarred-dc/
FBI searching Gracie Mansion, home of NYC Mayor Eric Adams, amid investigation
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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/gracie-mansion-search-fbi-eric-adams/5831074/
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on federal criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the matter, an extraordinary culmination to weeks of searches, subpoenas and resignations of top officials that have thrust the city’s government into crisis.
The indictment detailing the charges against Adams, a Democrat, was expected to be unsealed Thursday
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https://apnews.com/article/aoc-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-investigations-419eb7135ac7d52edbf32f7e45d0f5da
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Wednesday called for Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) to be censured for a since-deleted social media post criticizing Haitian migrants as “thugs.”
CBC Chair Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and other Democrats took to the House floor to call for a censure in an extensive and at times heated back-and-forth with Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4899734-congressional-black-caucus-higgins-censure-haitians/
Meanwhile in Wisconsin
The mayor of a central Wisconsin city who ran for office on his opposition to absentee ballot drop boxes said Wednesday he did nothing wrong when he put on work gloves, donned a hard hat and used a dolly to cart away a drop box outside City Hall.
It is a felony in Wisconsin to impede or prevent “the free exercise of the franchise at an election.”
#FreeAndFairElections #Wisconson #News #Politics
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-absentee-ballot-drop-box-mayor-0cb22602cb91b98051dff02a5e9be604
Vance-Walz VP debate going to be ‘most important … in US history’: Presidential historian
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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4896026-vance-walz-vp-debate-cbs-trump-harris/
Gunfire damages Harris campaign office in Arizona
The Tempe Police Department is investigating the incident, which took place a few days before Harris has a scheduled visit to Arizona.
Since no one was at the office during the incident, law enforcement is labeling it a property crime, The Associated Press reported.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4897142-arizona-office-gunfire-harris-campaign/
Haitian group files criminal affidavit demanding arrests of Trump and JD Vance for ‘making false alarms’ with ‘harmful lies’ about immigrants ‘eating the cats’
The filing then asked a judge to find probable cause that Trump and Vance committed several crimes by doing so, including “Making False Alarms,” “Aggravated Menacing,” “Disrupting Public Services,” and “Telecommunications Harassment.”
Swing states in US election are biggest winners in Democrats’ landmark climate bill
$63bn, or nearly half, will flow to just seven states – Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin – that form the battleground fought over by Harris and Trump for November’s presidential election, bringing more than 50,000 new manufacturing jobs, according to an analysis carried out for the Guardian by Atlas Public Policy.
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Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
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Coalition pushes lawmakers to sign ‘No Dictators Declaration’ in wake of immunity decision
“This declaration is about protecting the freedoms of the people by closing statutory loopholes that could allow a president to exploit the executive power to trample constitutional freedom in liberty,” Raskin said during a press conference in front of the White House, saying Congress would need to intervene if the nation faces “a runaway president.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4894814-bipartisan-coalition-no-dictators-declaration/
Texas jury clears most ‘Trump Train’ drivers over 2020 Biden-Harris bus encounter
But one driver was found liable in the civil case.
#Texas #News #Politics #LawAndCrime
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/23/texas-trump-biden-harris-drivers-00180577
A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for Donald Trump appeared doomed Monday when a state lawmaker denied backers his crucial support for the move.
GOP Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha said in a statement that he opposes awarding Nebraska’s five electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis.
#News #Politics #Nebraska #WontWork #Election2024
https://apnews.com/article/trump-presidential-election-nebraska-9e50607926915b1a6b34a8d1ac2fd40f
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