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Ohio murder rates far higher than NYC as state’s GOP Rep. Jim Jordan slams city’s crime woes

NEW YORK — Before Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan gavels into order a House Judiciary Committee hearing Monday aimed at shaming New York City’s crime problem, he might consider a deep look at the far higher murder rates of his home state.

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District attorney prosecuting Trump sues Republican Jim Jordan

DA Alvin Bragg accuses the House Judiciary Committee chair of a ‘transparent campaign to intimidate and attack’ him.

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg sues Jim Jordan and House GOP for ‘brazen and unconstitutional attack’ on his Trump case

NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg threw down the legal gauntlet against House Republicans on Tuesday, accusing them of a “brazen and unconstitutional attack” on his office over its criminal indictment of ex-president Donald Trump.

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Manhattan DA sues Jim Jordan to block ‘transparent campaign’ of intimidation over Trump prosecution

Lawsuit seeks to block any future subpoena targeting district attorney or his office

The Independent UK

Trump to surrender in days after being indicted on ‘more than 30 charges’ in Stormy Daniels hush money case

The indictment against the twice-impeached Mr Trump makes him the first former US president to face criminal charges

The Independent UK

GOP weighs protecting Trump with law shielding ex-presidents from prosecution

Manhattan District Attorney’s probe could result Mr Trump facing criminal charges over hush money payments he made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016

The Independent UK

Soap or a phone call? Colorado lawmakers want to make prison phone calls free so families don’t have to choose

DENVER — Norman Vasquez often has to choose between buying soap or calling his family while serving time at Colorado’s Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility.

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Lawmakers moving to repeal Michigan's 1931 abortion ban

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan House and Senate panels advanced bills Wednesday that would repeal a 1931 statute that bans abortion in Michigan, roughly four months after residents voted to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.

Tribune News Service

Biden administration urges Congress to renew warrantless surveillance law

Section 702 cast as an essential tool to gather intelligence about terrorists and other foreign targets located overseas

The Guardian - US

Lawmaker sparks outrage after asking about the potential economic benefits of the deaths of abused Alaska children

JUNEAU, Alaska — Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman sparked outrage online after asking whether there could be economic benefits from the death of abused children.

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Right-wing Reps Promote Racist Conspiracy Theories In ‘Border Crisis’ Hearing

GOP lawmakers accomplished nothing substantial except create a platform for nativist propaganda and debates about the Pledge of Allegiance.

Texas Observer

House panel votes to recite pledge, but not without a partisan quarrel first

WASHINGTON — What started as an amendment about the Pledge of Allegiance devolved into a heated and prolonged debate Wednesday between members of the House Judiciary Committee during their first meeting of the new Congress.

Tribune News Service

In first GOP-led hearing about the border, witnesses paint sharply different pictures

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee blamed Biden administration policies for the record number of migrant apprehensions. Democrats accused them of fear-mongering and spreading misinformation.

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New House GOP majority takes aim at Biden administration border policies

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday launched the opening salvo in what is sure to be many hearings related to the southwest border this year.

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House panel can recite pledge, but not without a partisan quarrel first

What started as an amendment about the Pledge of Allegiance devolved into a heated and prolonged House Judiciary Committee debate Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan slammed for saying police reform couldn’t have prevented ‘evil’ in Tyre Nichols beating

‘Throwing your hands up in the air and doing nothing is not helpful’

Axios

House GOP seizes on Biden docs as new attack line

The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee has already launched an investigation into Biden's handling of the records.

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Lawmakers set to press Supreme Court on ethics standards

WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and other Democrats plan to push for new ethical standards for the Supreme Court in the next two years, even as the Republican control of the House may make that more difficult.

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The Independent UK

Republicans push anti-abortion measures with new majority

House Republicans are trying for early action on abortion now that they are in the majority

Ballotpedia

Forty-three of 54 Pennsylvania House committee chairs raised less money than the average member this cycle

Elections for all 203 seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022.

Ballotpedia

Republicans map out their agenda on ESG and antitrust

The Republican Party’s majority in the House of Representatives will take office in January, and some members and committees have already started laying out their ESG agendas for the new Congress. Among those are members of the Judiciary Committee, who have indicated that they would like to understand better how…

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats hear some dissent in push to pass assault weapons ban

Concerns brought to lawmakers at a House Judiciary Committee hearing included the constitutionality of the measure, its cost and whether it will prompt more arrests for those under 21.

The Independent UK

‘How do we continue to allow this?’ Sandy Hook survivor and Uvalde families testify to Congress over assault weapons ban

‘We ran out of time a decade ago. We need to act now’

Salon

Kavanaugh party raises ethics questions

The Supreme Court justice attended a party with ex-Trump aide Stephen Miller, CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp

Chicago Sun-Times

State legislators urged to outlaw assault weapons: ‘If we don’t do something about this, shame on us’

Survivors and others testified at an Illinois House committee hearing, calling for bipartisan support for an assault weapons ban.

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