Apr 09 Group to study more justices, term limits for Supreme Court By Jonathan Lemire, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press President Joe Biden has ordered a study of adding seats to the Supreme Court, creating a commission that will spend the next 180 days examining the incendiary political issues of expanding the court and instituting term limits for its justices. Continue reading
Apr 09 Women ambassadors, national security leaders urge Biden to prioritize gender parity in upcoming nominations By Ali Rogin Piper Campbell, former ambassador to Mongolia and the U.S. mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said the timing of the letter was to influence a selection process that, to the groups’ understanding, was still ongoing. … Continue reading
Apr 09 WATCH: Pentagon to better screen recruits for extremist behavior By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Kirby also said that service leaders meeting with Austin made it clear that troops want clearer guidance on exactly what constitutes extremist activity so they know what types of behavior to report. Continue reading
Apr 09 Wisconsin Supreme Court says don't purge voters from rolls By Scott Bauer, Associated Press The court's 5-2 ruling Friday means about 69,000 people on the list of likely movers will not have their voter registrations deactivated. Continue reading
Apr 09 Gaetz hires prominent New York lawyers amid federal probe By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Florida congressman Matt Gaetz has retained two prominent New York attorneys as he faces a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls. Continue reading
Apr 09 Kentucky limits no-knock warrants after Breonna Taylor death By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Associated Press Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a partial ban on no-knock warrants a year after the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. The law Beshear signed Friday is not the total ban many demonstrators called for. Continue reading
Apr 09 WATCH LIVE: Psaki holds White House briefing as Biden makes moves on guns, infrastructure and immigration By Laura Santhanam The briefing comes after the Biden administration has unveiled new actions on jumpstarting the economy and gun control and ahead of the return of Congress next week. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 7:03 News Wrap: Number of minors at southern border hits all-time high amid claims of abuse In our news wrap Thursday, the number of children arriving at the southern border hit an all-time high last month as authorities apprehended nearly 19,000 minors in March. In another mass shooting, a man in South Carolina killed five people… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch 5:37 How Biden's infrastructure plan aims to tax corporations that move profits overseas By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris One major way that President Joe Biden and his team propose paying for his $2 trillion infrastructure plan is by revamping the way U.S. corporations pay taxes. As Amna Nawaz reports, the plan would both raise tax rates, and go… Continue watching
Apr 08 Interior secretary steps into Utah public lands dispute By Sophia Eppolito, Associated Press Haaland is visiting Utah as she prepares to submit a review on national monuments in the state. Residents there have both staunchly supported establishing and increasing the size of national monuments, and fiercely rallied against them. Continue reading