Politics

Deadly Jacksonville shooting is latest racist attack amid rise in hate crimes

By Ali Rogin

Saturday’s fatal shooting of three Black people by a white gunman in Jacksonville, Florida, is a brutal reminder that race-based hate is still present in America. Authorities say the shooter left writings detailing his racist ideology, and the FBI is…

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Harris praises 2022 WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces for 'grit and determination' on and off court

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Harris noted that the team is relatively new to Las Vegas but already is the first major professional sports team in Nevada history to win a championship.

South Carolina abortion ban with 'fetal heartbeat' definition creates confusion, doctors say

By James Pollard, Associated Press

Up for debate is whether the law's definition of "fetal heartbeat" as "cardiac activity" or the "rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart" refers to the same or two separate points in a pregnancy.

Smarsh and Abernathy on the GOP debate and Trump's arrest in Georgia

By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz

Washington Post columnist Gary Abernathy and freelance journalist Sarah Smarsh join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the first GOP debate of the election season and the response to Trump's arrest in Georgia.

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Biden says he will request more funding for a new COVID-19 vaccine

By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

President Joe Biden said Friday that he is planning to request more money from Congress to develop another new coronavirus vaccine, as scientists track new waves and hospitalizations rise, though not like before.

Texas ban on gender-affirming care for trans children blocked, Missouri ban allowed to take effect

By Summer Ballentine, Jim Vertuno, Associated Press

Friday's opposite outcomes underscore the mixed verdict in courtrooms across the U.S. this year over a historic wave of restrictions aimed at transgender youth.

Dutch Supreme Court confirms immunity of 2 former Israeli officers over a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike

By Mike Corder, Associated Press

The highest Dutch court on Friday confirmed findings by judges in two lower courts that Benny Gantz and former air force commander Amir Eshel are protected from civil proceedings in the Netherlands because they have "functional immunity."…

Who is indicted alongside Trump in Georgia election case?

By Hannah Grabenstein, Justin Stabley

Fulton County District Attorney has asked for Georgia's 2020 election interference trial to start in October. Here's what we know about the defendants.

New York man sentenced to 3 months in prison for threats to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

By Associated Press

Joseph Morelli was sentenced Thursday in a Syracuse federal court after pleading guilty in February to threatening Greene in several calls to her Washington, D.C., office.

Backers blast revised ballot language for Ohio's fall abortion amendment as misleading

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

The new language changes the word "fetus" to "unborn child," and suggests that the amendment would prohibit citizens from limiting abortion access when it would actually limit the government from doing so.