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2022-06-07 21:00:06 Supreme Court has 33 opinions remaining in one-month sprint to end controversial term

As the Supreme Court rounds the final weeks of the term it has yet to decide an unusually high number of cases including disputes over abortion, gun rights, religious liberty, immigration and the environment - issues that deeply divide the public and exacerbate the ideological split on the 6-3 conservative-liberal court.

June is always a fraught time at the court, as several justices have openly acknowledged in speeches over the years. But this spring is different. Not only are the nine judges reshaping contours of social issues that drive the public debate, but they are also working to salvage the institutional legitimacy of their own branch of government.

Along with their rush to finish the remaining 33 opinions, the justices are dealing with unprecedented turmoil triggered by an internal investigation. Open / Comment

2022-06-07 14:00:13 America's deadly weekend of more mass shootings raise stakes for Senate gun talks

In South Carolina and Texas, victims were shot at a high school graduation party. In Kentucky, funeral goers were hit outside a church. Multiple shooters sprayed a crowd with bullets in Philadelphia. In Chattanooga, Tennessee, shots rang out at a nightclub.

Just America going about its normal business this weekend under the deadly daily shadow of gun violence, as a staggering 10 mass shootings since Friday deepened trauma from recent massacres at a Buffalo supermarket, a Texas elementary school and a mass shooting at a Tulsa, Oklahoma medical center.

The horrific new trail of death and injury, of broken families and mourning and fear, raised the stakes for the Senate's latest effort to finally do something to stem the shootings and massacres and the costs for yet another political failure. Open / Comment

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2022-06-06 17:00:08 Trump mobilizing his MAGA allies to defend him ahead of January 6 hearings

Former President Donald Trump has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection - and some prominent names in Congress and the Republican Party are answering the call.

Trump's team has communicated to some of his most loyal acolytes on Capitol Hill that the former President wants people vigorously defending him and pushing back on the select committee while the public hearings play out.

Committee members have teased that the hearings could be focused on Trump's direct role in undermining the election results. The committee has been working toward a thesis that Trump's obsession with losing the election and his peddling of false claims about the results is what laid the groundwork for the violent and deadly riot at the Capitol. Open / Comment

2022-06-05 21:00:07 DOJ declines to charge Meadows and Scavino with contempt of Congress

The Department of Justice has informed the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection that it will not indict two former Trump White House officials found in contempt by the committee.

According to a source familiar with the notification, US Attorney Matt Graves notified Doug Letter, the House general counsel, that the Justice Department had completed its review and had decided it "will not be initiating prosecutions for criminal contempt, as requested in the referral against Messrs Meadows and Scavino."

The decision by the Justice Department is a blow to the House panel's efforts to enforce subpoenas related to its investigation and could embolden other Trump associates facing similar requests to not cooperate. It comes the same day that former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was indicted for failing to cooperate with the committee. Open / Comment

2022-06-05 14:00:13 20 state and local elections to watch this year

With Democratic control of the US House and Senate on the line in this fall's midterm elections, the races for those chambers have drawn plenty of attention. Republicans appear to be in good position to make gains in November, buoyed, in part, by historic midterm headwinds facing the party in power, economic concerns and President Joe Biden's low approval ratings.

But races at the state and local level will also have consequences that extend far beyond this year. New state laws targeting abortion, guns and voting rights, among other issues, have put a spotlight on the state and local officials responsible for signing or enforcing those measures.

Democratic candidates for governor, secretary of state and attorney general are presenting themselves as bulwarks against full GOP control of their states. Open / Comment

2022-06-04 21:00:06 Federal review says Dominion software flaws haven't been exploited in elections

Federal cybersecurity officials have verified there are software vulnerabilities in certain ballot-marking devices made by Dominion Voting Systems, discovered during a controversial Georgia court case, which could in theory allow a malicious actor to tamper with the devices.

The vulnerabilities have never been exploited in an election and doing so would require physical access to voting equipment or other extraordinary criteria standard election security practices prevent, according to the analysis from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

But because the subject is Dominion voting equipment, which has been the target of conspiracy theorists who falsely claim there was large-scale fraud in the 2020 election, federal and state and local officials are bracing for election deniers to try to weaponize news of the vulnerabilities ahead of midterm elections. Open / Comment

2022-06-04 19:12:00 Canada will financially support refugees from Ukraine

Canadian authorities will pay an allowance to refugees from Ukraine who arrived in the country after February 24: adults - $2.4 thousand, children under 17 - $1.2 thousand, according to a press release from the government of the country.

Such assistance can be received by Ukrainians with a valid work or study permit, a temporary residence permit or those who participate in the program for emergency immigration (CUAET). Also, you must have a Canadian bank account, and payment will be received within 5 days of applying.

The country helps with opening an account and also with finding a job, learning the language, and enrolling children in school. Open / Comment

2022-06-04 16:13:00 The EU has adopted a sixth package of sanctions against Russia

The agreed package includes a number of measures aimed at increasing pressure on the Russian authorities and the economy, as well as limiting the Kremlin's resources, according to the website of the Council of the European Union.

The 6th package, among others, includes:

Banning the purchase, import or transportation of crude oil and certain petroleum products from Russia to the EU.
Disconnection of three Russian banks from the SWIFT system: Sberbank, Moscow Credit Bank and Rosselkhozbank
Banning the broadcasting of three Russian media outlets: Russia 24, RTR Planet and TV Center
A ban on the import of chemicals (80 chemicals that "may be used to produce chemical weapons") and high-tech goods into Russia
Ban on providing accounting, public relations and consulting services, and cloud services to Russia.
Personal sanctions lists, which include, among others, Russian and Belarusian legal entities Open / Comment

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