A Nebraska teen who enlisted her mother’s help to obtain abortion pills in violation of state law has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. Celeste Burgess was 17 years old and 24 weeks pregnant when she took Mifepristone and Misoprostol that her mother purchased online. In May, the now …
Read More »Special Counsel's Jan. 6 Target Letter to Trump Mentions Conspiracy, Tampering
The special counsel’s letter to Donald Trump related to Jan. 6 listed the federal statutes under which Trump is expected to be charged, including conspiracy, obstruction, and civil rights violations, according to a source with knowledge of the contents of the target letter. Special counsel Jack Smith sent the letter …
Read More »Private GOP Polling Data Reveals Why DeSantis' Campaign Is Sputtering
Rage against Covid-19 lockdowns and vaccine mandates accelerated Ron DeSantis’ rise to the top of the Republican Party. It was supposed to be a key part of the governor’s plan to outflank Donald Trump in the 2024 primary. But here’s the problem: Republican voters, at this point, largely just don’t …
Read More »A Trooper Issued More than 1,000 Fake Tickets. Connecticut Police Won't Say Whether He Still Has a Job
A single state trooper logged 1,350 fraudulent traffic tickets into a Connecticut database meant to detect racial profiling. The finding is key to a damning new audit of the Connecticut State Police, which reveals pervasive trooper malfeasance, including at least 26,000 false tickets logged over seven years, that masked racial …
Read More »These Black and Asian American Affirmative Action Advocates Won't Be Divided
Last month, when the Supreme Court ruled that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated the Constitution by considering applicants’ race in the admissions process — thereby ending affirmative action programs nationwide — Scripps News brought on two people for a heavily-moderated debate on the issue. One was …
Read More »Trump Cheered His Killing As 'Retribution,' Now His Family Is Suing in Court
When far-left activist Michael Reinoehl was shot dead by law enforcement in a hail of bullets in September 2020, then-president Donald Trump infamously cheered his death as “retribution,” and Attorney General Bill Barr touted the killing as the “takedown” of an “admitted Antifa member.” Reinoehl’s estate is now suing in …
Read More »Virulently Anti-Abortion Lawmaker Scared to Say 'the A-Word'
North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, does not want to talk about abortion — in fact, the leading Republican candidate for governor cannot even bring himself to say the word. Speaking at an ice cream social in Concord, North Carolina on July 6 —five days after the state’s new abortion …
Read More »Murdochs Start to Sour on DeSantis: 'They Can Smell a Loser'
Less than two months into Ron DeSantis’ declared run for president, his most important backers in conservative media are already starting to lose faith. Since the beginning of the Biden presidency, the powerful Murdoch family has favored the Florida governor in the 2024 presidential primary, largely due to a conviction …
Read More »The DOJ Is Probing Trump's Push to Overturn the Election. Here's What We Know
The Department of Justice has already indicted former President Donald Trump on a myriad of charges related to his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House, but Special Counsel Jack Smith’s work is far from over. Among the torrent of headlines, Truth Social rants, and court rulings pertaining …
Read More »Republicans Push to Strip Abortion Access for Veterans
Lindsay Church and their wife started planning for a family in 2021. Church, who served as a linguist in the U.S. Navy, is medically retired from the military. “I’m missing 42 inches of my ribs, all the cartilage in my chest, and I have a spinal cord stimulator that controls …
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