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Islamic State operative charged with plotting to assassinate George W. Bush

DALLAS — An alleged ISIS operative based in Ohio was charged on Tuesday with plotting to murder former President George W. Bush and attempting to bring assassins into the country illegally, across the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Uvalde school shooting quickly renews gun laws debate in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — In the immediate aftermath of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde on Tuesday, some Texas Republicans pushed back against renewed calls for more restrictive gun laws.

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Islamic State planned to assassinate George W. Bush, FBI report says

DALLAS — An alleged Islamic State operative based in Ohio was plotting to assassinate former President George W. Bush and even traveled to Dallas late last year to survey his home, according to an exclusive Forbes report and recently unsealed court documents.

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Funding mostly absent from Supreme Court security discussion - Roll Call

Renewed focus on threats to justices comes as calls to beef up lower court security funding have gone largely unheeded.

Roll Call

Abortion access a focus of Cuellar, Cisneros runoff in Texas

Rep. Henry Cuellar, one of the only anti-abortion Democrats remaining in Congress, will face progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros on in a runoff for the nomination in South Texas’ largest district

The Independent UK

Seven years later, still no trial for Texas AG Ken Paxton

It's been nearly seven years since Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted on felony securities fraud charges

The Independent UK

Congress acts to save segregated 'Mexican' school

DALLAS — The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation co-sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., to turn a formerly segregated, "Mexican" school in west Texas into a historic site, the first of its kind.

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Top Senate Republican meets Zelenskiy, Russia says U.S. involvement dangerous

Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday with other Republican senators and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for talks.

Reuters

Prepare for McCarthy-era crackdowns on pro-choice protesters

Conservatives and corporate media pundits want to use a Red Scare statute to arrest people demonstrating against the looming anti-abortion victory

The Guardian - US

Court set to rule on planned end to border expulsion policy

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Louisiana appears poised to step in as early as Friday to block the Biden administration from ending pandemic-related asylum restrictions later this month, something Republicans and some Democrats have pushed to do in Congress.

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Ukraine aid vote pushed to next week amid Senate snarl - Roll Call

Senators headed home for the weekend without clearing a $40.1 billion emergency spending package for Ukraine.

Roll Call

Court set to rule on planned end to border expulsion policy - Roll Call

A federal judge appears poised to step in as early as Friday to block the Biden administration from ending COVID-related asylum restrictions.

Roll Call

Senate passes bill to give police protection to families of Supreme Court justices

The bill follows a leak last week of a draft Supreme Court opinion that, if unchanged, would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that federally legalized abortions.

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Senate passes bill to boost security for Supreme Court

The Senate has passed legislation to beef up security for Supreme Court justices, ensuring they and their families are protected as the court deliberates abortion access and whether to overturn the landmark Roe v

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Supreme Court gets defensive after abortion draft leak - Roll Call

The leaked draft of a Supreme Court abortion decision marked a changing point for the historically cloistered institution.

Tribune News Service

Inflation and worker shortage fuel push on immigration bills

WASHINGTON — Rep. Dan Newhouse had a message for the grassroots organizers who gathered outside the Capitol to discuss what chances remain for bipartisan immigration legislation, such as his bill to address the labor shortages harming farmers in both red and blue states.

Roll Call

Inflation and worker shortage fuel push on immigration bills - Roll Call

Lawmakers are pointing to high inflation and critical labor shortages in a push for the Senate to take action soon on immigration bills.

Texas Observer

Texas Republicans Crow about ‘Roe’ Reversal, Lament Supreme Court Leak

State GOP leaders have spun the leak as the rightful return of abortion regulation to the realm of red-state rights—and a crusade against the conservative Court.

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Draft signals Supreme Court shift on civil rights, experts say

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion jolted some legal experts for how it would not only upend abortion rights, but move onto shakier ground other constitutional rights such as same-sex marriage, contraception and more.

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Draft signals Supreme Court shift on civil rights, experts say - Roll Call

The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion jolted some legal experts for how it would upend more than just abortion rights.

Roll Call

Senators relaunch bipartisan immigration discussions - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of senators has resumed efforts to revise the U.S. immigration system.

Salon

Kids used for covert ban on gay marriage

Republicans signaled a way to gut Obergefell during KBJ's hearing — now red state legislators are heeding the call

The Independent UK

GOP Senator Cornyn dodges on whether Trump’s praise of Putin ‘unwise’

Trump’s praise has been talking point for Democrats eager to highlight former president’s warm relationship with Putin

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Republicans hope the justices will keep rolling back rights after striking down Roe v. Wade

At a party of liberal activists to mark the end of the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, and her likely confirmation as the first Black female justice, the mood in the downtown Washington club this week was upbeat even before funk star Chaka Khan took…

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Panel vote likely split on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

The Senate Judiciary Committee appears on track for a tied, party-line vote Monday on whether to send to the Senate floor Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination for the Supreme Court, though that would not derail Democrats’ plan for a final confirmation vote later next week.

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