Jul 05 Wisconsin Supreme Court will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall, reversing 2022 decision By Todd Richmond, Associated Press The court ruled in 2022 that absentee ballot drop boxes could be used only in election offices and no one other than the voter could return a ballot in-person. Continue reading
Jul 05 Kansas' top court strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws, reaffirms previous stance on state constitution By John Hanna, Associated Press The court's decisions Friday in two separate cases reaffirm its stance that the state constitution protects abortion access. Continue reading
Jul 05 WATCH: Biden holds campaign rally in Wisconsin as he fights to save his endangered reelection effort By Colleen Long, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday, defiantly declared that “I’m staying in the race” during a campaign rally in a critical battleground state as he prepares to sit down for a network television interview where… Continue reading
Jul 05 U.S. employers add 206,000 jobs in June, sign of economic stability despite interest rates By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Friday's report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate ticked up from 4% to a still-low 4.1%. And the department sharply revised down its estimate of job growth for April and May by a combined 111,000. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 5:40 How some Democratic lawmakers and voters feel about Biden staying in the race By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman It’s been one week since President Biden’s poor performance in the first debate of the 2024 campaign caused a political shockwave. The president says he’s staying in the race. But even on this Fourth of July holiday, concerns continue to… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 9:48 Reviewing consequential and controversial decisions from the Supreme Court By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura The justices of the Supreme Court considered more than 60 cases this term before rendering their final decisions this week. Their rulings on abortion access, presidential immunity and the limits of executive branch agencies could have long-lasting impacts. They also… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 6:14 Advocates in Missouri work to put abortion access on the ballot this election cycle By Gabrielle Hays, Shrai Popat In Missouri, abortion was banned almost immediately after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Two years later, there's an effort to enshrine abortion access in the state's constitution by putting it on the ballot this election cycle. This comes as clinics… Continue watching
Jul 04 Days before high-stakes French election, government spokesperson attacked on campaign trail By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press French government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot, was assaulted by a group of people on Wednesday evening while putting up election posters near Paris. Several candidates have reported being attacked on the campaign trail… Continue reading
Jul 04 Moscow court sentences U.S. citizen Robert Woodland to 12.5 years in prison for drug trafficking By Associated Press Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, was convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison. He was found guilty of attempted trafficking of large amounts of illegal drugs as part of an… Continue reading
Jul 04 Mbappé says France election results are 'catastrophic' as the far right gets closer to power By Steve Douglas, Associated Press France soccer captain Kylian Mbappé says election results are “catastrophic” as the nation lurches closer to a first far-right government since World War II. The National Rally gained around a third of the vote in the first round of a… Continue reading