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Pro-Abortion Ballot Initiative Garners Enough Signatures to Advance to Referendum in Ohio: Advocates

A pro-abortion measure to amend the Ohio Constitution has received enough signatures to advance to a referendum in the state, advocates of the measure say. The measure would declare abortion a constitutional right in the state of Ohio until the point of fetal viability, at which a baby has a substantial chance of surviving independently…


White House Daily Briefing With National Security Adviser Sullivan

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds the daily briefing with national security adviser Jake Sullivan at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 7. …


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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds the daily briefing with national security adviser Jake Sullivan at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 7. …


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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds the daily briefing with national security adviser Jake Sullivan at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 7. …


Scientists Investigating ‘Long Vax’ Symptoms Linked to COVID Shot

Scientists at Yale and Harvard say they are starting to pay attention to conditions that may be caused by COVID-19 vaccines, which has been dubbed “long vax” in media outlets this week. “You see one or two patients, and you wonder if it’s a coincidence,” Dr. Anne Louise Oaklander, a neurologist and researcher with Harvard…


Blinken Delivers Closing Remarks at Virtual Ministerial Meeting Against Synthetic Drug Threats

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosts and delivers closing remarks at a virtual Ministerial meeting to form the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats at 12:15 p.m. ET on July 7 at the Department of State. …


FTC Imposes Industry Ban On Extended Vehicle Warranty Scammers

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has instituted an industry ban on operators of an extended vehicle warranty scam that defrauded millions of dollars from Americans. In February last year, the FTC charged Kole Consulting Group and its owner Daniel Kole as some of the defendants who ran the American Vehicle Protection (AVP) operation and…


Tennessee Supreme Court Rules Against Felon Seeking to Restore Voting Rights

A decision to deny a man the right to register to vote in Tennessee after receiving clemency in Virginia for a crime he committed in 1986 was upheld by the Tennessee Supreme Court on June 29. The 3–1 decision (pdf) came after Ernest Falls, a Tennessee resident since 2018, tried to register to vote in…


Supreme Court Ethics Reform Bill Moving Forward, Top Senate Democrat Says

The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to vote soon on Supreme Court ethics reform legislation, its chairman announced on July 6. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a press release: “The highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards. That’s why, as I previously announced, the Senate Judiciary Committee will mark up…


Dust Cloud Headed for US Is so Large It Can Be Seen From Space

A massive dust cloud from the Sahara Desert is currently drifting west over the Atlantic Ocean and is slated to impact the United States starting this weekend, forecasters say. “The Saharan dust is so dense and widespread that it could be seen from space on Thursday. NOAA’s GOES-EAST weather satellite spotted the first cloud of…