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'Our state and local governments together operate a massive, ruthlessly efficient collection and repossession machine for the benefit of landlords'

A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshire had enacted this kind of legislation, and lawmakers in at least another eight states had introduced similar measures.

The transportation secretary, who is openly gay, criticized a video reposted by DeSantis' team that goes after Trump on LGBTQ issues and features images of "shirtless bodybuilders."

"But the fact that you are at the level of Rudy Giuliani[...]that means there is nowhere else to go," Jill Wine-Banks said.

President Biden said he won’t expand the Supreme Court because doing so would “politicize” the court in an unhealthy way. But it’s a political institution by its nature — and a disturbingly undemocratic one.

The pastor tweeted in support of Uganda's new "Kill the Gays" law...

Lawyer for President Joe Biden’s son says screengrabs released by investigating committee suggesting leverage for business deal are bogus

Stephanie Grisham, former Trump White House Press Secretary and Communications Director, joins Alex Witt to discuss new reports that Trump's 2024 campaign aide Susie Wiles has been identified as the key witness in classified docs indictment and why the former president's lack of respect for classified information is so dangerous. "I watched him show documents to people at Mar-a-Lago on the dining room patio," Grisham says. "He has no respect for classified information [and] never did."

Biden vs. Trump: The 2024 race a historic number of Americans don't want | CNN Politics

Neither Trump nor Biden are anywhere near positive territory this cycle, and we’re not talking about one outlier poll.

The average of all polling so far indicates that both men have favorable ratings below 40% with unfavorable ratings into the mid-50s.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/25/politics/biden-trump-unpopular-president-election-2024/index.html

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday warned of an “authoritarian expansion of power” by the Supreme Court after it released several controversial opinions in it’s last week of the…

In a phone call, Trump tried to pressure Arizona's governor to overturn the state's 2020 election results. Trump then asked his vice president to repeatedly follow up.

Actor Michael Imperioli has something to say about the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in favor of a Christian web designer who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings.

What we see here is dramatic evidence of asymmetrical partisan indoctrination in the news media — and it's primarily a right-wing phenomenon.

The Florida governor isn’t shy about using his pen to punish his perceived enemies, just because he can.

The “parental rights” group Moms for Liberty is looking to expand its efforts to elect school board candidates in 2024 and beyond, as well as get involved in other education races.

The incident is the latest evidence that Moms for Liberty’s pretense that it’s a wholesome, grassroots movement focused on protecting students is slipping.

The ex-president praised the Supreme Court’s devastating decisions during a summit for Moms for Liberty — a right-wing, anti-government group — on Friday

Rep. Santos (R-N.Y.), a serial liar, faces federal charges for fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors say they have a mountain of evidence against him.

Colorado artist Lorie Smith said she had received a request to create designs for a same-sex wedding. The man named in the request said he never asked for that.

From its recent rulings to its billionaire donor scandals, this supreme court term has been defined by judicial activist Leonard Leo

The former president traveled to Philadelphia on Friday to speak at the conservative "Joyful Warriors National Summit."

July 1 marks the start of a new fiscal year for most U.S. states, and with that comes the enactment of new laws. Here's a list of the notable ones:

• Floridians can carry weapons without a permit

• California makes it easier for residents, local governments and the state attorney general to sue firearm retailers in civil court

• Kansas bans transgender people from using restrooms, locker rooms, domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers that are consistent with their gender identities

• Georgia blocks most gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18

• Florida bans classroom instruction on STIs and periods before sixth grade

• Near-complete ban on no-knock warrants in Minnesota

• Virginia classifies fentanyl as a 'weapon of terrorism'

• Marriage licenses for kids are banned in Connecticut

• Indiana repeals ban on throwing stars, except on school property. The statute defines throwing stars to "mean a throwing-knife, throwing-iron, or other knife-like weapon with blades set at different angles."

• Tougher consumer data privacy laws in Colorado and Connecticut expected to afford residents more control over their personal data

• Pornography sites required to take "reasonable steps" to verify that their users are at least 18 years old in Virginia

• School books with sex acts are now banned in Iowa

• Restrictions on certain race and gender topics in Tennessee

• Mississippi picks the blueberry as its state fruit

Notable laws not included in NBC's article:

• Maryland legalizes recreational marijuana for those 21 and above presenting an ID

• Connecticut makes it legal for people to grow marijuana

• Massachusetts allows people who are in the country illegally to apply for a state driver’s license

• Washington will deduct a tax from workers' paychecks to fund a mandatory long-term care insurance program for residents who can't live independently due to illness, injury or aging-related conditions

• Washington and Idaho pick state dinosaurs

The chief justice doesn’t like his conservative Supreme Court colleagues getting called out for judicial overreach.