Ohio bill seeks to ban police ticket quotas
Cincinnati FOP president Ken Kober said when quota systems are in place, they tend to be more common in smaller departments that “focus on traffic enforcement as a means for revenue” in their small city.
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CNNSupreme Court rejects multibillion-dollar Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that shielded Sackler family
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a controversial settlement that would have sent billions of dollars to treatment programs and victims of the nation’s opioid epidemic but that also shielded the Sackler family from future lawsuits despite the fact that it made its fortune selling prescription opioids.
- The Hill
Alito rails against White House in social media case dissent
Justice Samuel Alito railed against the White House in a dissenting Supreme Court opinion Wednesday, accusing the Biden administration of leading a “campaign to coerce Facebook” when it attempted to moderate misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic on social media. Joined by fellow conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, Alito dissented from his six colleagues…
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McConnell breaks with Trump on vilification of Biden
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) says Joe Biden is a “good guy,” breaking with former President Trump’s repeated efforts to villainize the president as the corrupt mastermind behind schemes to steal elections and persecute political opponents. But McConnell, who has endorsed Trump, says there are plenty of compelling policy reasons to oust Biden from…
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The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday stripped the Securities and Exchange Commission of a major tool in fighting securities fraud in a decision that also could have far-reaching effects on other regulatory agencies.
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Justice Sotomayor warns Supreme Court conservatives are unleashing ‘chaos’: ‘Today’s decision is a power grab’
A decision that strips authority away from federal agencies threatens the separation of powers, she argues
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North Carolina's restrictions on public mask-wearing are now law after some key revisions
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's contentious restrictions on public mask-wearing became law on Thursday after GOP lawmakers successfully overrode a veto by the state's Democratic governor.
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Nadine Spencer removed from Toronto Police Services Board
Nadine Spencer has been removed from the Toronto Police Service Board.City council passed an urgent motion from Coun. Shelley Carroll (Ward 17), without debate, on Thursday to rescind Spencer's appointment to the board of the largest police service in the country.Earlier this month, a CBC Toronto investigation discovered three seemingly fabricated, or misrepresented, employees on the websites of marketing companies owned by Spencer. At that time, in a series of email statements provided through
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Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes crackdown
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday, that nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion.
- The Daily Beast
Supreme Court Leaks Opinion Overturning Extreme Abortion Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court suffered another embarrassing leak of a major abortion rights ruling on Wednesday when it briefly posted an order forcing Idaho to allow emergency abortions.The order in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States was uploaded in error and has not been officially released, meaning it does not yet have the power of law. But if the 6-3 decision that was posted is the one that is officially published, it would be a major blow to an anti-abortion drive by Republican stat
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House overwhelmingly rejects Greene, Gosar efforts to cut off aid to Ukraine
The House on Thursday rejected a flurry of amendments offered to an appropriations bill from Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to cut off aid to Ukraine, a signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine. Gosar and Greene proposed a series of amendments to the State Department, foreign operations and related programs appropriations…
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2 Important Moments Lost In The Panic Over Joe Biden’s Performance
Communication is part of the president’s job, but so is policy — and when these questions came up, it was clear how Biden stacked up to Donald Trump.
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Republicans advance contempt charges against Biden's ghostwriter for refusing to turn over records
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans advanced a resolution Thursday that would hold President Joe Biden's ghostwriter in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over records related to the special counsel investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents.
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One Loud GOP Congressman Is Spoiling His Party’s Messaging On IVF
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) claims in vitro fertilization, a broadly popular fertility treatment, kills more children than abortion.
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Indian interference claims by Canada politically motivated, says envoy
India has said a report by Canadian legislators alleging interference by New Delhi is politically motivated and influenced by Sikh separatist campaigners. Already chilly bilateral ties cooled further last month when a group of parliamentarians, citing intelligence reports, alleged some elected Canadian officials had been "witting or semi-witting" participants in foreign interference operations. India and China were the main foreign threats to Canada's democratic institutions, it said.
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Paris Hilton tells Congress how she was ‘sexually abused and force-fed meds’ during child welfare hearing
The heiress said that she wasn’t allowed to ‘look out a window for two years’ as a child in a residential facility
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7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as the high court is poised to rule on major cases involving former President Donald Trump and other divisive issues.
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US charges Russian in Ukraine hack, offers $10 million reward
A Russian was charged with conspiring to hack and destroy computer systems and data in Ukraine and allied countries including the United States, the Justice Department said on Wednesday, and announced a $10 million reward for information. A federal grand jury in Maryland returned an indictment against Amin Timovich Stigal, 22, on Tuesday, the department said in a statement. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the hacking targets included Kyiv's government systems and data with no military-related role, the department said.
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The Supreme Court just made it much harder to go after financial fraud
The Supreme Court ruled that defendants in financial-fraud cases have a right to a jury trial, rather than the SEC's in-house courts.
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Gavin Newsom defends President Joe Biden post-debate: ‘We’ve got to have this back’
Post-debate, Newsom brushed off concerns about Biden’s performance: “I hope he is back on the stage in another debate.”