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Florida's 2021 anti-riot law gives drivers a civil legal shield for hitting protesters who block a road during a riot if they feared for their safety - but the immunity is civil only, and criminal charges still apply.
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After Congress declined to fund it, the White House redirected $352 million earmarked for the Secret Service into a vague 'security' line item that sources tie to the new East Wing ballroom - contradicting Trump's promise it would be privately funded.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin unveiled a package of bills to bar presidents from accepting payments from the people they pardon or their appointees, and to block collusive federal settlements. The measures are introduced bills, not law.
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Sen. Mike Lee has introduced the National Constitutional Carry Act, a bill to let Americans carry firearms in public nationwide without a permit. It is an introduced bill, not law.
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Rep. John Larson filed House Resolution 1155 with 13 articles of impeachment against President Trump. Here's what the resolution alleges — and why it has almost no chance of advancing.
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The Trump DOJ has moved to halt Evanston, Illinois' reparations program, the first ever created by a U.S. city, calling its $25,000 grants for Black residents unconstitutional.
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Rep. Steve Cohen filed a resolution to impeach Chief Justice John Roberts, citing the Trump immunity ruling and ethics failures. It is a long-shot filing, not a vote.
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Sean Penn will direct a Warner Bros. drama, with Bradley Cooper in talks to star, about a police officer who defended the Capitol on January 6.
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ICE plans to sell or transfer at least 7 of the 11 warehouses it bought for more than $700M to detain migrants, reversing a ~$1B mass-detention buildup, per internal documents obtained by the NYT.
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin and five co-sponsors introduced the Protect Our Polls Act, a bill that would explicitly bar any president from sending troops or federal agents to America's polling places.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna have introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, a 5% annual wealth tax on roughly 938 billionaires that would fund $3,000 payments to every person in households earning $150,000 or less.
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Georgia's GOP legislative leaders declined Gov. Kemp's and President Trump's call to redraw the state's districts in a special session, citing legal risk after the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act.
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