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Grassley postpones vote in US Senate panel on Blanche nomination for AG
Sens. Cornyn and Tillis demand written proof the Trump-IRS tax settlement was changed before backing Blanche, with a party-line panel vote hanging in balance.
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Ohio lawmaker calls Bernie Moreno's Fauci outburst 'the weakest and most pathetic thing I've ever seen in politics'
State Sen. Casey Weinstein contrasts Moreno's Fauci theatrics with his months of public silence on abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller, his own son-in-law.
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Fauci pleads the Fifth to COVID questions by US Sen. Rand Paul at intense hearing
Paul says the committee will vote next week to hold Fauci in contempt, arguing Biden's pardon does not cover statements made since he left office.
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Courts issue conflicting rulings on Trump executive order restricting vote-by-mail
The split rulings push the fight toward the Supreme Court, which must decide by Aug. 3 whether to hear the case ahead of the midterms.
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DHS removes interview requirement for asylum seekers, possibly speeding removals
USCIS estimates the rule could affect 444,000 pending applicants, while an immigration lawyers group warns it will worsen a 1.4 million case court backlog.
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Ohio Supreme Court: Victim can’t file delayed appeal, despite initial legal confusion
The Cuyahoga County woman lost restitution for a 2017 break-in after dismissing her first appeal amid unclear Marsy's Law rules, the court ruled 30-day filing was required.
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Ohio MAGA rep allegedly threw hot water on his wife and put a gun to her head. Republicans are silent.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, Miller's father-in-law, has stayed silent as Cook Political Report shifts the district from solid to likely Republican.
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Reflecting Pool damaged before Olympian charged with felony touched it, witness says
Hearn's lawyers say a photo he took before touching the pool proves no damage, and want grand jury transcripts released to challenge the felony charge.
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Administration asks US Supreme Court to uphold sweeping Trump order restricting vote-by-mail
The emergency appeal comes days after a federal appeals court sided with 23 states, setting up a Supreme Court showdown 99 days before the midterms.
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Federal judge says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful
The Virginia ruling echoes a Hawaii decision and comes as separate lawsuits from Louisiana to Texas seek to restrict or revoke mifepristone entirely.
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State AGs expand consumer work as prices rise and Trump guts federal protections
Bipartisan coalitions of state AGs won a Ticketmaster monopoly verdict and a $45 million CashApp settlement after Trump's CFPB dropped or scaled back both cases.
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Suit alleges Homeland Security targeted people observing, protesting immigration agents
Plaintiffs say DHS used facial recognition and license plate readers to identify observers, then revoked their TSA Precheck and Global Entry status.
