Rep. Bruce White voted against key measures backed by his party, including a law expanding abortion access later in pregnancy and a proposed constitutional right to abortion. His opponent, Cassie Julia, has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood.
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Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers
Meanwhile, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, the judge who was randomly assigned to preside over the election interference case, also fended off a challenger, winning a nonpartisan election to keep his seat.
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Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Biden, Trump win Kentucky primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end
After Tuesday, 8 presidential nominating contests will remain: Democrats in Idaho, the District of Columbia, Guam and the Virgin Islands, and both parties in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News, Politics
Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception, then backpedals
This is the first time Donald Trump has suggested he would have a policy on contraception since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion 2 years ago.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to felony charges in Arizona election interference case
The indictment alleges the former NYC mayor spread false claims of fraud and pressured county officials and state legislators to change the outcome of results.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Defense rests without Trump taking witness stand in hush money trial
Jurors could begin deliberating as soon as next week to decide whether the former president is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump’s social media account shares campaign video with headline about ‘unified Reich’
It was shared on the former president’s Truth Social account while he was on a lunch break from his Manhattan hush money trial.
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Third candidate challenges Angus King for U.S. Senate seat
King, an independent, is now being challenged by a Democrat, a Republican and an independent.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Gov. Mills to create commission to prepare Maine for more battering storms
Mills will sign an executive order Tuesday to create the commission in the wake of an extremely warm and stormy winter.
Posted inBusiness, Politics
Top Democrat calls for Biden to replace FDIC chairman to fix agency’s ‘toxic culture’
Sen. Sherrod Brown, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, says the agency is broken and there must be ‘fundamental changes at the FDIC.’