Following the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the power to regulate any aspect of abortion not protected by federal law to individual states, another debate over abortion rights is brewing. At the center of the struggle is a piece of legislation from the 1870s, known as…

According to a report, the ballot printer issues in Maricopa County, Arizona, during the 2022 midterm elections were caused not by malicious actions, but by changes to the paper that was used. The issues led to precinct-based vote tabulators having trouble reading ballots. In the report released Monday, April 10, retired Arizona Supreme Court Justice…

Gun rights supporters have scored recent victories in courts in California and Texas related to handguns and the ability to carry guns in public. The Senate is currently battling over a legislative response to the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc v. Bruen. That ruling declared it was unconstitutional…

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas admitted to taking vacations with real estate magnate Harlan Crow. The justice and the billionaire political donor have been friends for more than 25 years, during that time, Thomas has traveled on Crow’s private jet, yacht and stayed at his private resort in the Adirondacks. The information about Justice Thomas’…

States are continuing to make their own decisions on abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022. Some states are expanding access and rights to an abortion, while others are limiting, banning the procedure, or inserting state laws to protect unborn children. The latest decisions coming down are in Michigan and…

Donald Trump — the first former U.S. president to be criminally indicted — has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts connected to falsifying business records with the “intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof.” Prosecutors allege Trump made false and illegal accounting entries to hide the fact he paid…

Former President Donald Trump is back in Florida after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. What’s next in the unprecedented criminal case against him? And Nashville police executed a search warrant at the home of the school shooter who killed six people at a Christian private school. These stories and…

Finland is set to become the newest member of NATO today, doubling NATO’s presence along Russia’s borders. It is election day in Chicago, as two Democratic candidates are in a run-off for Chicago mayor. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Tuesday, April 4, 2023.  Finland joins NATO as 31st member Finland will…

New York prosecutors have moved to file criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, marking the first criminal indictment of a former U.S. president in history. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has spent the last few years investigating whether Trump violated campaign finance laws in connection to hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels…

After Former President Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to face indictment on criminal charges, many may be wondering what’s next in the legal process. The next step is the arraignment, which an attorney for former President Trump said will likely happen Tuesday, April 4. “The president will not be put in…