Law

The Briggle family is fighting back after the Texas governor and attorney general said transgender children receiving gender-affirming care are the victims of child abuse.

Politics & Government

Texas governor calls gender affirming care 'child abuse.' This family fights back

11:45am March 24, 2022

by Wade Goodwyn

Texas Child Protective Services opened an investigation into the Briggle family after the governor and attorney general called gender-affirming care child abuse.

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Politics & Government

News brief: Russia-Ukraine crisis, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Idaho abortion law

11:04am March 24, 2022

A month into the Russian invasion, the situation worsens in Ukraine. Biden's Supreme Court nominee faces a final day of senators' questions. A new Idaho law is modeled after the abortion ban in Texas.

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Idaho will ban most abortions in the state as the governor signs Texas-style law

11:04am March 24, 2022

Most abortions will be illegal in Idaho in about a month — unless the courts intervene. A new law in Idaho is modeled after a Texas abortion ban that took effect in September.

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Judge Jackson faced nearly 24 hours of questions over the last 2 days

7:23am March 24, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former Democratic Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama, who was tasked by the White House to prepare Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the grueling Supreme Court confirmation process.

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Jackson's confirmation hearing devolved into bickering among senators

7:22am March 24, 2022

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faced two long days of questions with the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a hearing that was at times combative and emotional.

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Former prosecutor says Donald Trump is 'guilty of numerous felony violations'

5:11am March 24, 2022

Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor who resigned amid a criminal probe into Donald Trump's business practices, said he thinks the former president should be tried by a jury on felony charges.

National

Alex Jones missed his deposition in the Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit

5:11am March 24, 2022

by Frankie Graziano

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones skipped a deposition in a defamation case brought by families of the victims of the Sandy Hook killings. A judge ordered that he appear Thursday or face possible arrest.

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., hugs Johnny Brown, the father of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, after Booker spoke Wednesday during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to become a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Politics & Government

Sen. Booker speaks to the love that brings Jackson to the verge of the Supreme Court

8:02pm March 23, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

In emotional comments at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, the New Jersey Democrat also expressed shock at the questioning she faced from some of his GOP colleagues.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson listens to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

GOP questions for Jackson in her hearings were about midterm messaging — 4 takeaways

7:20pm March 23, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

If Biden's Supreme Court nominee gets any GOP votes, it's pretty clear by the bitterness displayed during her confirmation hearing they likely won't come from Republicans on the Judiciary Committee.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson finishes her testimony in Supreme Court confirmation hearings

4:28pm March 23, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson finishes her testimony in the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for her Supreme Court nomination.