The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a century-old New York state law that limited who can carry concealed weapons in public, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing for the 6-3 majority that the statute violated the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. The ruling vastly expands gun rights in the U.S.
It was just a gaffe by the same woman who cited Adolf Hitler last year, insists her spokesperson.
“The sitting president of the United States” is “telling me he actually won the 2020 election when in fact he didn’t,” Alex Holder told Jim Acosta.
“Being for life always means defending it against the threat of firearms, a leading cause of death of children in the U.S.,” chided a Vatican spokesperson.
Sweeping Supreme Court rulings on guns and abortion this past week have sent an unmistakable message.
“The writings from which the Court cherry-picked my quotes were totally supportive of the result in Roe,” says Laurence Tribe.
“For them, the dam has burst,” she said of the justices.
Federal and state government officials and judges are “probably most at risk,” along with those at protests and reproductive health care facilities, warns DHS.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argued that same-sex marriages don’t merit federal protection. His own marriage, however, could also be at risk.
A victim told HuffPost that the agitated driver careened into protesters on purpose in downtown Cedar Rapids. At least one person was hospitalized.
Brooks sought preemptive “all-purpose” pardons for Republicans who challenged the results of the 2020 election, CBS’s Robert Costa reported.
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol revealed Thursday that six Republican members of Congress who supported Donald Trump’s lies sought broad presidential pardons for their involvement in the campaign to discredit the election results: Mo Brooks of Alabama, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Andy Biggs of Arizona.
Former top officials in President Trump’s Justice Department told the House January 6 committee Thursday they threatened to resign en masse when Trump mused about appointing Jeffrey Clark, a loyalist who backed the baseless voter fraud claims, as acting attorney general. “I said, ‘Mr.
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has revealed new details about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure the Justice Department to help him stay in power after he lost the 2020 election. In the committee’s fifth televised public hearing Thursday, former top DOJ officials testified about how Trump urged the department to seize voting machines and declare the election results corrupt.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a century-old New York state law that limited who can carry concealed weapons in public, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing for the 6-3 majority that the statute violated the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. The ruling vastly expands gun rights in the U.S.
“Today’s Court thinks that gun regulations should be frozen in time,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called it the “most significant piece of anti-gun-violence legislation Congress has passed in three decades.
He calls for evidence of what doesn’t exist: a rigged election.
This could be the quote that demonstrates the former president’s criminal intent, according to Eric Holder.
Whether Republicans are watching the hearings or not, they know the “earth is shaking,” adds Woodward’s Watergate partner Carl Bernstein.
Hundreds of public health and civil society organizations have denounced the World Trade Organization for approving a text last week that they say leaves in place intellectual property barriers that will continue to limit global access to COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments. We host an in-depth discussion about the WTO’s move, and what should come next, with two global health justice advocates, Mihir Mankad and Fatima Hassan.
We speak with food systems experts Sofía Monsalve Suárez and Rachel Bezner Kerr about how to prevent a looming global food shortage. The global food crisis “is not a food shortage crisis” yet, says Suárez, secretary general of FIAN International, a human rights organization working for the right to food and nutrition. “The problem is access to food, that people don’t have money to pay for food, that people are jobless.
Experts are warning of a pending global food shortage due to the climate crisis, blocked grain shipments amid the Ukraine war, and a lack of humanitarian aid. Joining us from Mogadishu, Somalia, Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, says poorer countries in Africa aren’t able to financially compete with richer countries to afford basic staples like wheat.
A massive 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Afghanistan early Wednesday has killed more than 1,000 people, according to local officials, though the death toll is expected to rise. The earthquake comes as the United Nations reports nearly half of Afghanistan’s population already faces acute hunger. Thousands more have been injured and lost their homes along with everything they own.
Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro spoke to Democracy Now! in 2018 about his vision for the country after he placed second in the presidential election, losing to right-wing politician Iván Duque. Petro is a former M-19 guerrilla and the former mayor of Bogotá. “A new progressivism is emerging,” explained Petro.
The California Democratic slammed the extremist congresswoman for inciting violence and shared audio of a call threatening his children.
The extremist Republican mocked Pete Buttigieg for taking paternity leave but now says the role of the father is “fundamental to the family.
For the first time, the U.S. government is formally acknowledging the scope of its former policy aimed at erasing Native American identity.
Looking to get out of town for the July 4 holiday, key lawmakers have agreed on a stopgap — for now.
A federal appeals court ruled that a state law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel is not an unconstitutional violation of free speech.