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DeSantis faces criticism for comments on COVID-19 vaccine

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Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried who is running against Governor Ron DeSantis for his seat in 2022 is calling on journalists to fact check all elected officials after DeSantis publicly said vaccines are merely a personal choice. As COVID-19 cases continue to soar in Florida the governor is coming under fire for those comments by many of those in the medical community and on the front line of the COVID-19 battle. The number of children being hospitalized in Florida has increased more than tenfold as the number of COVID-19 cases has skyrocketed to new heights. “It’s about your health...

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Rudy Giuliani’s law license has been suspended in DC

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WASHINGTON / CNN — Rudy Giuliani is no longer allowed to practice law in Washington, DC, after he temporarily lost his license in New York for pushing election lies. The appeals court in DC said Giuliani would be suspended from working as an attorney in the city “pending outcome” of his situation in New York, disciplinary court records show. Giuliani doesn’t regularly practice law in court — and hadn’t for several years before representing President Donald Trump in 2020 in a failed legal bid to throw out the popular vote in Pennsylvania and other states....

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Supreme Court upholds restrictive Arizona voting laws

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WASHINGTON (NBC News) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld two election laws in the 2020 battleground state of Arizona that challengers said make it harder for minorities to vote. The case was a test for what’s left of one of the nation’s most important civil rights laws, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which the Supreme Court scaled back in 2013, NBC News reports. A remaining provision allows lawsuits claiming that voting changes would put minority voters at a disadvantage in electing candidates of their choice. Civil rights groups were hoping the Supreme Court would use the Arizona...

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Trump Organization CFO surrenders ahead of expected charges

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Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney’s office Thursday morning ahead of expected criminal charges against him and the company in connection with alleged tax crimes. Weisselberg is set to be arraigned later Thursday at a lower Manhattan courthouse, reported CNN. The indictments were filed Wednesday by a Manhattan grand jury and they are set to be unsealed Thursday around 2 p.m. ET. The exact type or number of charges they are expected to face is not clear. Though former President Donald Trump faced multiple federal...

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Judge blocks Florida law aimed at punishing social media

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday blocked for the time being a new Florida law that sought to punish large social media businesses like Facebook and Twitter if they remove content or ban politicians. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle granted a preliminary injunction stopping the new law from being enforced. The law — which was supposed to take effect on Thursday — enabled the state to fine large social media companies $250,000 a day if they remove an account of a statewide political candidate, and $25,000 a day if they remove an account of someone running for a local office....

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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88

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CNBC— Donald Rumsfeld, former Defense Secretary, has died at the age of 88. His family confirmed his passing in a statement on Wednesday afternoon. “It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.  At 88, he was surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico. History may remember him for his extraordinary accomplishments over six decades of public service, but for those who knew him best and whose lives were forever changed as a result, we will remember his...

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Supreme Court won’t hear case over transgender bathroom rights

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The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allowed a transgender student in Virginia to use the bathroom that corresponded to his gender identity. The Supreme Court’s action is a victory for the LGBTQ community that has been fearful the high court would take up the case and reverse a lower court opinion, reported CNN. The student’s case concerns the scope of Title IX that prohibits schools from discriminating “on the basis of sex.” The dispute began when Gavin Grimm, a transgender student, challenged a decision by the school board in Gloucester County,...

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