By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – A day after all five women in the South Carolina state senate banded together to block a proposed abortion ban, Republican Senator Sandy Senn posted a picture of the group on her Facebook page calling the three Republicans, one Democrat and one Independent “united and unstoppable.” The senators came together…
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -North Carolina’s highest court on Friday ruled that state law does not bar lawmakers from drawing congressional and state legislative maps for partisan benefit, boosting Republicans’ odds next year of maintaining their narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. The decision – divided along party lines – appears to clear…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. charges last week against two people for allegedly running a Chinese “secret police station” in New York marked the latest case in a broad ramp-up in the use of a century-old law meant to curb the activity of foreign agents. The law, Section 951, was passed as…
LONDON (Reuters) – Ron DeSantis met Britain’s foreign minister James Cleverly during a visit to London on Friday aimed at boosting economic ties, ahead of an expected announcement by the Florida governor that he will run for U.S. president. DeSantis has been on an international tour this week as he prepares to launch a 2024…
By Gabriella Borter and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – State legislatures are wrestling with how much to restrict or expand abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Here is a snapshot of pending and passed legislation seeking to restrict or protect access in 2023, including details on a law that…
By Nathan Layne MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) -Donald Trump said on Thursday that if he wins the 2024 presidential election, he will order the Justice Department to investigate “radical” county and state prosecutors whom he accused, without evidence, of targeting conservatives. In a campaign speech, the former president, who faces multiple criminal investigations, said the…
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld several Republican-backed voting restrictions in Florida, overruling a lower court judge who had found the laws intentionally discriminated against minority voters. In a split 2-1 decision, a panel of judges at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the evidence did not…
(This April 26 story has been corrected to show that the trade group Flex has not taken an official position on the nomination in paragraph 11) By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday voted along party lines to advance President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. labor secretary, Julie Su, to the…
By James Oliphant and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) -In his face-off with Walt Disney Co, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has frequently adopted the pose of a swaggering gunfighter out of the Wild West. “There’s a new sheriff in town,” DeSantis boasts to conservative audiences nationwide as he prepares to launch his 2024 presidential bid. The flex…
By Kanishka Singh and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – West Virginia Governor Jim Justice launched his campaign on Thursday for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate who has been a constant thorn in his party’s side. Justice, 72, has repeatedly changed parties, most recently in 2017 when he switched…
