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Roe vs. Wade: Landmark Supreme Court abortion ruling divides America
Pelosi accuses Republicans of seeking to ‘punish and control women’ with state abortion bans U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol May 12, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of seeking to “punish and control […]
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Roe v. Wade overturned: Here’s how tech companies and internet users can protect privacy
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Abortion rights protesters participate in nationwide demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in New York City, U.S., May 14, 2022. Caitlin Ochs | Reuters The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to roll back the […]
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Here are the states set to ban or severely limit abortion access now that Roe v. Wade is overturned
The overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling by the Supreme Court is set to almost immediately remake how access to abortion looks in America, with nearly half of the states on track to outright ban or severely limit the procedure. Twenty-two states had laws or constitutional amendments that were already in place which […]
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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rights
Pro life protestors march in front of the Supreme Court building amid the ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade on June 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. Roberto Schmidt | AFP | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to abortion in the U.S. in 1973. The court’s […]
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Zendesk to be acquired by investor group for $10.2 billion
Zendesk co-founder and CEO Mikkel Svane Eric Piermont | AFP | Getty Images Customer experience software company Zendesk agreed to be acquired by an investor group in an all-cash transaction valuing it at around $10.2 billion, the company announced Friday. The deal, led by investment firms Permira and Hellman & Friedman, will give shareholders $77.50 […]
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Senate passes most sweeping gun bill in decades, setting up House vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday night passed the most sweeping gun bill in decades designed to prevent gun violence, a major victory for advocates and a rare defeat for the National Rifle Association. The vote was 65 to 33, with all 50 Democratic members and 15 Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, voting to send the bill […]
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Republicans lawmakers sought Trump pardons on heels of Jan. 6 Capitol riot, committee told
Excerpts from an email by U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asking for pardons for members of Congress are shown on a screen during the fifth public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol […]
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Federal agents visit the home of former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark who tried to help Trump overturn election results
Acting Assistant U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Clark speaks next to Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen at a news conference, where they announced that Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges over the handling of its addictive prescription opioid OxyContin at the Justice Department on October 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. […]
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Republican draft bill would tighten rules for finance firms using customer information
Rep. Patrick McHenry, a Republican of North Carolina and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A new draft bill from House Financial Services Ranking Member Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., lays the groundwork for how the GOP will tackle financial data […]
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Jan. 6 hearing to spotlight Trump’s pressure on DOJ and plan to replace attorney general
Former President Donald Trump appears on screen during the fourth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol […]
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