#Supreme Court leaves Illinois assault weapons ban in place

#Supreme Court leaves Illinois assault weapons ban in place

The Supreme Court declined to immediately block Illinois’s assault weapons and high-capacity magazine bans, leaving them in place, for now. A gun rights group and gun shop owner asked the justices to pause the law’s enforcement by intervening in the case ahead of an appeals court’s final ruling. The lawsuit also challenges an ordinance in…

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#Trump appeals E. Jean Carroll verdict

#Trump appeals E. Jean Carroll verdict

Former President Trump has appealed the jury’s verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll. A nine-member jury on Tuesday ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million in damages after siding with the writer in her lawsuit. Trump’s attorneys filed a notice of appeal with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court…

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#In an era of book bans, sci-fi and fantasy offer an LGBTQ refuge for young readers

#In an era of book bans, sci-fi and fantasy offer an LGBTQ refuge for young readers

Science fiction and fantasy are providing an oasis for young readers craving LGBTQ characters they can relate to as activists and wary parents increasingly clamp down on material they find offensive. Books featuring LGBTQ content are disproportionately targeted for bans in U.S. schools and libraries, with the most challenged titles regularly including “Gender Queer,” “All…

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#Biden finally ready to shift into campaign mode

#Biden finally ready to shift into campaign mode

D.C.’s favorite parlor game is coming to an end.  President Biden is expected to make his reelection announcement as soon as Tuesday, beginning the 80-year-old career politician’s final campaign.  The president recently told reporters upon arriving back in the U.S. from a week in Ireland that he would make a 2024 announcement “relatively soon,” but…

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#Greene vs Green: silencing sparks round of GOP infighting

#Greene vs Green: silencing sparks round of GOP infighting

Comments from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) this week again presented a challenge to GOP leadership after she was silenced Wednesday following an exchange with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in which she accused him of being a liar. Greene’s comments pushed Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee to move to take down her…

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