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Florida banned Palestinian groups on campus. ACLU says that’s illegal.

First Look Florida banned Palestinian groups on campus. ACLU says that’s illegal. Florida’s ban on pro-Palestinian university groups is unconstitutional, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. They are challenging the order from Gov. Ron DeSantis last month as violating students’ 1st Amendment rights. | View caption Hide caption The American Civil Liberties Union challenged Florida’s ban on pro-Palestinian university groups, arguing in a federal lawsuit on…

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Georgia prosecutor in Trump election case requests August trial

ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Friday requested an Aug. 5 start date for the trial of former President Donald Trump and his allied co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case. “This proposed trial date balances potential delays from Defendant Trump’s other criminal trials…and the other Defendants’ constitutional speedy trial rights,” Willis…

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New York Democrats seek a redo after their bungled gerrymander

New York’s top court will soon decide whether to allow the state’s congressional map to be redrawn for a third time this decade, as Democrats seek to eke out more favorable political boundary lines before the 2024 elections. Democratic lawmakers in the state bungled a gerrymander last year, passing maps that so significantly boosted their…

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Abortion boosts Democrats at the polls – again. Will it help Biden?

Abortion boosts Democrats at the polls – again. Will it help Biden? | View caption Hide caption In Virginia, where Democrats made abortion the No. 1 issue in state legislative races, the party won control of both chambers – a blow to GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s potential presidential ambitions.  And in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, pro-abortion-rights…

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Pilot who passed out reunites with passenger who landed plane with no flying experience

In a surprise reunion on NBC’s “TODAY” show, a passenger with no flying experience who landed a nose-diving plane and the pilot whose life he helped save shared a heartfelt hug more than a year in the making. “We are connected for life,” pilot Ken Allen said to Savannah Guthrie in an exclusive interview. “Occasionally…

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Suspect in Maryland judge’s slaying may have left the ‘immediate area,’ officials say

The search for a man suspected of fatally shooting a Maryland judge continued Monday, with officials saying they don’t believe he is in the area where his SUV was found abandoned.  Pedro Argote, 49, was named as the suspect in the fatal shooting of Washington County Circuit Judge Andrew Wilkinson, who was shot hours after he…

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Florida man found guilty of murdering wife after she refused to go on home renovation TV show

A jury convicted a Florida man of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 2018 strangling and beating death of his wife after she refused to appear on a home renovation reality TV show, prosecutors said. David Tronnes, 55, killed his wife, Shanti Cooper-Tronnes, on April 24, 2018, in the couple’s home in the Orlando neighborhood of…

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Jim Jordan suffers defeat on first ballot for speaker race, leaving fate uncertain

WASHINGTON — The House remained deadlocked Tuesday as Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed to secure enough votes to become speaker on the first ballot. Jordan, the GOP’s latest nominee for speaker, received 200 votes, well short of the 217 needed to win on the House floor. Twenty Republicans voted for someone other than Jordan. He…

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Why Republicans seem stuck in selecting a new House speaker

Why Republicans seem stuck in selecting a new House speaker | View caption Hide caption Whoever eventually prevails, the increasingly clear fractures in the party have raised questions about the next speaker’s ability to move legislation or remain in the post longer than their predecessor. “I think they will face the exact same challenges, maybe more,” says…

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