Democrats kick off push to pack Supreme Court with four new justices

A group of house-of-representatives Thursday formally launched a legislative effort to pack the judiciary by adding four new justices, in a move that was hailed by progressive activists but quickly met with fierce GOP opposition and skepticism by Democratic leadership.  Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., along with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Judiciary…

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Biden declares Russia threat 'national emergency,' lobs sanctions; 10 diplomats booted over election meddling

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< The White House also released a letter to Congress stating that the president has issued “an Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of…

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Secretary of State Blinken visits Afghanistan in surprise trip after Biden troop announcement

KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to sell Afghan leaders and a wary public on joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Joe Biden’s< politicians that the United States remains committed to the country despite Biden’s announcement a day earlier that the 2,500 U.S. soldiers remaining in the country would…

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Judiciary Committee approves bill funding commission that could recommend reparations

The House Judiciary Committee voted 25 to 17 Wednesday night to approve H.R. 40, which would establish a body to review racial disparities and form a “national apology” to the Black community.  The committee’s vote pushes forward legislation that would allocate $20 million to create a 15-person commission to study the effects slavery and Jim Crow era laws have had on Blacks….

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Brooklyn Center mayor letting ‘political activists’ control him, police group leader claims

Brooklyn Center, us-regions, Mayor Mike Elliott has been bowing to pressure from “political activists” following Sunday’s police crime of Daunte Wright, a police group leader claimed Wednesday. Brian Peters, executive director of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, made the remarks during an interview on Minneapolis radio station WCCO-AM. Peters previously served as police commander in…

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Sen. Kennedy urges public to 'wait and try to get the facts about what happened' in Daunte Wright shooting

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., joined “Hannity” Wednesday to respond to the death of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, us-regions and the arrest of former crime Kim Potter on a charge of second-degree manslaughter. KENNEDY: In terms of this entire discussion about police officers and race, it seems to me — I can tell you what I believe, Sean….

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SD Gov. Noem says state won't take undocumented migrants Biden administration wants to relocate

us-regions Republican Gov. Kristi Noem made her position on the immigration” target=”_blank”>migrant crisis< Noem’s tweet echoes the sentiment of other Republican governors, including South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, who issued an executive order Monday, barring federal officials from placing or housing unaccompanied migrant children.  “Sending unaccompanied migrant children from the border to states like South…

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FLASHBACK: FDR's attempt to 'pack the court' in 1937

Decades before joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made his own push to “pack the court” in the midst of the Great Depression. Roosevelt pushed for Supreme Court reforms shortly after he won a landslide victory in the 1936 election. FDR had faced pushback from the judicial branch on elements of his “New Deal”…

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