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Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 39 | Friday, September 22, 2023 HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect. District Court Judge Jason Marks agreed with transgender youth, their families… Continue reading Montana judge blocks law banning gender-affirming medical care for minors

Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 39 | Friday, September 22, 2023 NASHVILLE (AP) — A former Tennessee state senator can stay out of prison as he challenges his 21-month sentence for violating federal campaign finance laws, a federal judge ruled. Brian Kelsey, a Republican, was supposed to report to federal prison in October,… Continue reading Former TN lawmaker Kelsey can stay out of prison while challenging sentencing

VOL. 47 | NO. 39 | Friday, September 22, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge’s ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud as he built his real-estate empire tarnishes the former president’s image as a business titan and could strip him of his authority to make major decisions about the future of his marquee properties in… Continue reading A judge found Trump committed fraud in building his real-estate empire. Here’s what happens next

VOL. 47 | NO. 39 | Friday, September 22, 2023 NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for wielding his political influence to secretly advance Egyptian interests and do favors for… Continue reading Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case

VOL. 47 | NO. 39 | Friday, September 22, 2023 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The double-barreled strike that brought Hollywood to a halt may be half over after a tentative deal has been struck to return screenwriters to work after nearly five months. The two sides had been divided on issues of pay, the size… Continue reading As writers reach tentative deal and actors look ahead, here are the Hollywood Strikes’ key players

Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 39 | Friday, September 22, 2023 DENVER (AP) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely used “insurrection” clause of the Constitution should be dismissed as a violation of his freedom of speech. The lawyers… Continue reading Trump argues First Amendment protects him from ‘insurrection’ cases aimed at keeping him off ballot

Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 39 | Friday, September 22, 2023 By Kimberlee Kruesi | Associated Press Updated 12:12PM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A newly enacted Tennessee law designed to lower the threshold needed for Nashville leaders to approve improvements to its fairgrounds speedway violates the state’s constitution and cannot be enforced, a… Continue reading Tennessee judges side with Nashville in fight over fairgrounds speedway

VOL. 47 | NO. 38 | Friday, September 15, 2023 By Farnoush Amiri and Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday came face-to-face with his most ardent critics as House Republicans used a routine oversight hearing to interrogate him about what they claim is the “weaponization” of the… Continue reading Attorney General Garland faces his GOP critics as Justice Department is under heavy scrutiny

Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 38 | Friday, September 15, 2023 By Kate Brumback | Associated Press Updated 10:10AM ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans who falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the state and that they were “duly elected and qualified” electors are set to argue Wednesday that criminal charges… Continue reading 3 fake electors want Georgia election subversion charges against them to be moved to federal court

Home > Article VOL. 47 | NO. 38 | Friday, September 15, 2023 By Kate Brumback | Associated Press Updated 5:24AM ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge who rejected efforts by former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his charges in the Georgia election subversion case to federal court is set… Continue reading Judge will hold hearing on ex-DOJ official’s request to move Georgia election case to federal court