5 Highlights from Tuesday’s Primary Races
Voters in several states went to the polls Tuesday to vote in primary elections that will directly affect which candidates appear on the ballot this fall in the upcoming midterm elections
Politics
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100 IL State’s Attorneys Oppose New Law Ending Cash Bail System: ‘More Than Half of the Inmates’ to Go Free on Jan. 1?
The news that the cash bail system for the state of Illinois will go away in 102 days is not sitting well with state prosecutors and law enforcement officials who are calling for the new law's repeal.
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Taliban Swaps Drug Lord for U.S. Veteran
The Biden Administration on Monday traded Bashir Noorzai, a drug lord and member of the Taliban, for Mark Frerich, a Navy veteran and civilian contractor. Frerich’s family said he had been held for ...
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Same-Sex Marriage Bill Stalled in Senate
Sen. Tammy Baldwin told reporters that the bill will not be taken up until after the 2022 midterm elections in November.
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California Launches $1M Website Informing Minors, Out-of-State Women How to Get Abortions
California launched a 1 million website last week as part of the state s efforts to strengthen abortion access through a 200 million budget package funded by taxpayers, part of Gov Gavin Newsom s vow ...
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Evangelical Group to Spend about $40M Mobilizing Christian Vote ahead of Midterms
With less than two months until the midterm elections, a prominent Evangelical political advocacy nonprofit looks to spend upwards of 40 million to mobilize the Christian vote as Democrats and ...
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Special Master Chosen to Review Trump Documents
A federal judge in Florida appointed a colleague in New York on Thursday to serve as a special master in the Justice Department’s investigation of former president Donald Trump. U.S. District Judge ...
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California Funds Abortion Ads
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that his campaign paid for 18 pro-abortion billboards in states with pro-life laws. The ads are in Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina,...
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Supreme Court Vacates Protection for Jewish University Ordered to Recognize LGBT Club
The U S Supreme Court reversed a temporary ruling and ordered that a New York-based Orthodox Jewish university must approve the establishment of an LGBT organization on campus
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Veteran NY Judge Named Special Master in Trump Mar-a-Lago Investigation, Deadline Set for Review to be Completed
A federal judge approved former President Donald Trump's pick to independently review documents taken from his Florida home last month.
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Senate Delays Vote on Same-Sex Marriage Bill Until after Midterms
After more than 400 Republicans have signed on to a letter urging the United States Senate to pass a bill that would codify a right to same-sex marriage into law, leading supporters of the ...
