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April 23, 2023
Ban comes after advocates sued Akron police after a protest over a grand jury’s vote against indicting officers who killed…
April 22, 2023
The FAA has been without a Senate-confirmed leader since Stephen Dickson stepped down in March 2022, halfway through his five-year…
April 22, 2023
Governor Kelly also nixed five bills rolling back transgender rights, including moves that would have ended gender-affirming care for minors.
April 22, 2023
Brian Gaherty, 60, is charged with several criminal counts of making threats in interstate communications and against a U.S. official.
April 22, 2023
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lower-court ruling restricting women’s access to a drug used for abortion while a lawsuit…
April 21, 2023
President Biden signed an executive order advancing federal efforts to address historic and current environmental injustice.
Poppy Harlow, Don Lemon and Vivitek Ramaswamy on CNN This Morning
April 21, 2023
GOP presidential Vivek Ramaswamy claims the Civil War was fought so Black people could own guns. Don Lemon (and facts)…
Book ban United States
April 21, 2023
EveryLibrary is keeping tabs on 113 potential laws it says will negatively impact libraries or restrict people's access to certain…
April 21, 2023
House Democrats are demanding that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas resign immediately following questions around ethical violations.
April 21, 2023
State Rep. Scotty Campbell, House Republican Caucus vice chair, violated the legislature’s workplace discrimination and harassment policy.
April 21, 2023
Elder joins a Republican field that includes former President Donald Trump and former governors Nikki Haley and Asa Hutchinson.
April 20, 2023
Advocates have long decried the lack of accountability for police officers and called for the end of qualified immunity. 
April 20, 2023
A Black woman-founded cannabis policy summit on 4/20 brings together lawmakers on Capitol Hill to talk about equity and legislative…
Oklahoma commissioner Mark Jennings
April 20, 2023
Oklahoma County Commissioner Mark Jennings quit days after news broke of a secret recording containing racially-charged language.
April 19, 2023
A new report by The Leadership Conference Education Fund finds that hate crimes in the United States hit record levels.