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May 25 2023
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Advocates celebrate as Louisiana Senate kills gender-affirming care ban
Trans advocates are celebrating after a Louisiana bill seeking to ban trans youth from accessing gender-affirming care was defeated in the state’s Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Wednesday. After hours of public testimony from a packed room, the committee voted 5-4 to kill the H.B. 648. Committee Chairman Fred Mills (R) strayed from his fellow Republicans to break the tie and vote
LGBTQ Nation
May 25 2023
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Senate moves forward on its plan to create border police force
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) – The Texas Senate gave final approval Wednesday evening to the GOP’s priority immigration legislation, which would create a new state border police force. House Bill 7 would also make it a state crime for migrants to enter the state anywhere but a port of entry, create a mandatory 10-year minimum sentence for human smugglers, and devote $100 million for new detention
KXAN News
May 28 2023
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Ken Paxton’s impeachment defense focused on the Texas Senate that’s poised to hold trial
AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton’s fate is now firmly in the hands of the Texas Senate. As the House voted to impeach Paxton because of alleged misconduct on Saturday, Paxton’s allies turned their attention to the senators who will decide in a trial whether he should be ejected from statewide office. His office delivered a thick stack of documents to senators’ offices that included a
The Dallas Morning News
May 24 2023
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Texas to enforce immigration laws under bill passed by state Senate
AUSTIN, Texas — A sweeping border security bill that critics say would empower Texas law enforcement officers to enforce immigration laws passed the state Senate on Wednesday. The bill would create a new state crime of “improper entry from foreign nation” and establish a new border enforcement unit that would be permanently deployed along the Texas-Mexico border. The measure received approval
The Herald-Palladium
May 30 2023
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Opening arguments due in US synagogue massacre trial
Opening arguments are due Tuesday in the trial of an alleged gunman who killed 11 Jewish worshippers five years ago in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history. Robert Bowers, 50, is accused of opening fire inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, in the eastern state of Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018. He reportedly yelled “All Jews must die!” during the rampage that added to
Breitbart News
May 23 2023
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Utah Mayor Plans To Challenge Mitt Romney In GOP Primary For Utah Senate Seat
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs announced plans to run for U.S. Senate next year and challenge first-term Republican Mitt Romney in what could emerge as a competitive primary battle in the deeply conservative state. Romney, 76, has not yet announced whether he plans to seek reelection, but his transformation from 2012 presidential candidate to a recurring critic of President
HuffPost
May 22 2023
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Tim Scott secures another endorsement for President by a fellow senator
Things are getting interesting. Senator Tim Scott is set to launch his campaign for president and a fellow senator will be at the event to announce his endorsement for Scott. Senator John Thune of South Dakota and the number two Republican in the Senate is Scott’s second senate endorsement. Politico reports that Scott will launch his campaign Monday in North Charleston, S.C. The first senator
HotAir
May 16 2023
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Senate Passes Legislation To Block DC’s Anti-Cop Law
The U.S. Senate passed legislation Tuesday to block the Washington, D.C., City Council’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 2022. The Daily Caller first obtained the House version of the legislation in March. The legislation focuses on the D.C. crime law, which reduces police power amid rising crime in the district. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
The Daily Caller
May 09 2023
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Senator Feinstein is returning to D.C.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is en route back to Washington after a serious illness kept her from the Senate since February, according to her spokesperson.
Pressure had ramped up on the California Democrat to either return or resign, as the Senate Judiciary Committee struggled to clear certain judicial nominations and Democrats grew increasingly nervous about the looming debt fight. Treasury
Daily Kos