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Rage from the right: Threats against lawmakers rise for the GOP, tooMost death threats against members of Congress come from the political right. In a recent shift, they鈥檙e as likely to target Republicans as Democrats.
Traitor or scapegoat? How one cop became the face of Jan. 6.Thomas 鈥淭.J.鈥� Robertson is a military veteran and former police officer who lost his job for his participation in the Capitol assault on Jan. 6. His trial starts this week.
First LookWashington State creates alert system for missing Indigenous peopleWashington Gov. Jay聽Inslee signed a bill into law creating the聽Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women鈥檚 and People鈥檚 Alert System. It is the first statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people 鈥� particularly women 鈥� in the nation.聽
Election-year wild card: Blue state gerrymanderingDemocrats decry Republican gerrymandering, but those in some blue states say it鈥檚 unilateral disarmament if they don鈥檛 respond in kind.
First LookArizona, Oklahoma join wave of transgender sports bansOn Wednesday, Oklahoma and Arizona enacted legislation that bans transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams, following the lead of Iowa and South Dakota, which passed similar measures in the past two months.聽
First LookCollins to back Jackson, giving Supreme Court nominee GOP supportMaine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, announced on Wednesday that she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden鈥檚 nominee the 50 votes she needs to become the first Black woman to serve as a justice.
First LookLineage or race? California panel sets reparations eligibility.Since California鈥檚 task force on reparations first convened in June, the question of eligibility has been hotly debated. On Tuesday, the group decided that instead of including all Black people, compensation will be limited to descendants of slaves.
First LookOver a century later, Biden signs an anti-lynching bill into lawPresident Joe Biden signed the聽Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act Tuesday, an anti-lynching bill that was first introduced over 120 years ago and failed to pass in Congress 200 times. The bill is named after a Black teenager who was kidnapped and killed in 1955.聽
First LookJudge says Trump 鈥榤ore likely than not鈥� committed Jan. 6 crimesA federal judge in California ruled Monday that Donald Trump鈥檚 legal adviser, John Eastman, must release about 100 emails to the House Jan. 6 Committee. In doing so, the judge wrote that Mr. Trump 鈥渕ore likely than not鈥� committed crimes related to Jan. 6.
First LookFlorida signs controversial ed bill. How will it affect classes?Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the contentious聽Parental Rights in Education bill on Monday, dubbed the 鈥淒on鈥檛 Say Gay鈥� law. The law intends to prevent sexual orientation or gender identity instruction in kindergarten through third grade.聽
First LookWhy did Mississippi lawmakers pass its largest state income tax cut?Mississippi lawmakers passed the largest-ever state income tax cut on Sunday to spur economic growth and make the state 鈥渨ork friendly.鈥� Opponents say聽the cuts will benefit the wealthy the most and could lead to significant budget shortfalls.
First LookWhy support for Biden's leadership remains low among AmericansAlthough President Biden successfully forged a united front to聽punish Russia with sanctions, polls show Americans feel no better about his leadership as the war continues.
First LookIdaho abortion law sparks constitutionality debateOn Wednesday, Idaho followed Texas and enacted a law that bans abortions after approximately six weeks of pregnancy. Family members can enforce the law by filing lawsuits against doctors who perform abortions.
First LookSecretary Madeleine Albright remembered as diplomatic but toughMadeleine Albright, who died on Wednesday, was a trailblazer as the first U.S. female secretary of state. She was an avowed internationalist who pushed for diplomatic solutions throughout her career.聽President Obama awarded Ms. Albright the Medal of Freedom in 2012.
First LookVeto power: Utah governor stalls transgender sports banUtah鈥檚 Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a bill that would ban transgender students from playing on girls鈥� sports teams. The majority Republican state legislature has already called for an override session, prolonging the debate about what constitutes inclusion and fairness.
Senators decried lack of civility. Then the Jackson hearings began.Can the Senate restore luster to the confirmation process that it has battered over the past five years?
First Look'Don't Say Gay': How is Disney embroiled in Florida bill debate?The Walt Disney Co. is feeling pressure on both sides of a dispute over a Florida bill that would bar instruction on sexual identity in younger grades. The company has long supported Republican lawmakers in Florida but some employees are planning walkouts.
FocusOhio鈥檚 Senate race highlights Republican divide on UkraineRepublican voters in Ohio reveal an American mindset that far predates Trumpism: a wariness of engaging in foreign conflicts.
Biden鈥檚 high-wire act on UkraineWhere supporters tout Biden the coalition builder, critics say his response has been weak. A rousing Zelenskyy聽speech to Congress聽complicates the challenge.
First LookTennessee GOP uses Texas as a model, introduces anti-abortion billOn Tuesday, Republicans in Tennessee introduced a bill modeled after the Texas law that allows private citizens to sue doctors who perform abortions. However, the Tennessee bill would ban all abortions, not just those that occur after the six-week mark.聽
