Biden student protests
President Joe Biden wasn’t likely to please Republicans or the left with his remarks on campus protests, but he made them anyway.
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May 02, 2024 11:14 AM
President Joe Biden vowed on Thursday to protect both free speech and the rule of law. “There’s the right to protest, but not to cause chaos,” he said during remarks announced shortly ahead of time. Biden replied “no” when asked whether the National Guard should intervene in campus protests.
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May 02, 2024 09:41 AM
Former President Donald Trump confirmed that he asked to go to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a key part of testimony he previously tried to discredit. “I said, ‘I’d like to go down there because I see a lot of people walking down,’” he said Wednesday. “They said, ‘Sir, it’s better if you don’t.’ I said, ‘Well, I’d like to.’” He said he then let it go.
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May 01, 2024 05:38 PM
The House voted Wednesday to pass a bill that would require the Department of Education to follow the definition of antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Some Democrats were staunchly opposed, as NOTUS reported, but the bill easily passed in a 320-91 vote.
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May 01, 2024 02:57 PM
The Arizona Senate has the votes to repeal a near-total abortion ban that’s been on the books since the 1860s. Two Republicans joined with Democrats to support repeal, which will next go to Gov. Katie Hobbs for a signature.
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May 01, 2024 09:21 AM
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday that she’ll force a vote next week on her motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. It’s expected to fail; Democrats already said they will vote to table it.
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May 01, 2024 09:20 AM
Florida’s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy took effect on Wednesday, signed into law last year by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The state Supreme Court cleared the way for the law to go into effect last month.
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April 30, 2024 02:55 PM
After years of debate, the DEA will officially propose to move pot from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug. Once it is reviewed and confirmed by the White House, the rescheduling will make it easier for multiple industries to work with pot, from businesses to medical research.
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April 30, 2024 10:22 AM
At least some drama appears to be fading away. “We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to Vacate the Chair,” House Democratic leaders said in a joint statement this morning. “If she invokes the motion, it will not succeed.”
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April 30, 2024 09:50 AM
The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial found him in contempt on Tuesday for violating his gag order nine times. He has to pay $1,000 for each violation and take down posts from Truth Social.
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April 29, 2024 03:02 PM
Lawyers for the president’s son sent a letter to the cable network last week saying a defamation suit is imminent. “For the last five years, Fox News has relentlessly attacked Hunter Biden and made him a caricature in order to boost ratings and for its financial gain,” one of his lawyers said in a statement to NBC News.
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April 26, 2024 03:56 PM
The Biden administration is delaying a potential ban on menthol cigarettes, the White House said. Black public health officials have been worried about this outcome for months.
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April 26, 2024 12:57 PM
The president told Howard Stern he’s planning on debating his predecessor. The path here is still uncertain at best: Trump has spent years attacking the debate commission and, more recently, has pushed for more debates, starting soon.
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April 25, 2024 10:50 AM
You can listen to the arguments here.
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April 24, 2024 12:24 PM
The New Jersey Democrat had suffered a heart attack earlier this month. Gov. Phil Murphy announced his death in a statement.
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April 24, 2024 11:06 AM
The president spoke from the White House after he signed the supplemental the Senate passed last night, following weeks of congressional drama. “It’s a good day for America, it’s a good day for Europe and it’s a good day for world peace, for real,” he said.
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