RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says she'll step down March 8 ( www.npr.org )
The decision is not a surprise. McDaniel previously said she'd step down after the South Carolina primary, which was held Saturday.
Billionaire Koch brothers-backed network stops Nikki Haley spending ( www.bbc.com )
The decision by Americans for Prosperity Action is another setback for Ms Haley after another Trump victory.
The Neglected History of the State of Israel ( prospect.org )
One of Chotiner’s best interviews ran this past November. A leader of the militant West Bank settlement movement told him that Jews have a sacred duty to occupy all the land between “the Euphrates in the east and the Nile in the southwest,” that nothing west of the Jordan River was ever “Arab place or property,” and...
Trump faces some half a billion dollars in legal penalties. How will he pay them? ( www.npr.org )
Donald Trump owes legal penalties totaling hundreds of millions of dollars in two civil cases recently decided in New York, raising questions about how he'll pay the amount.
Florida election bill targets drop boxes again, brings back primary runoffs ( www.sun-sentinel.com )
A new Florida election bill would further restrict where voters can drop off ballots, as well as force party primary candidates into runoffs.
Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are 'children' under state law ( www.npr.org )
The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a decision critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatment in the state.
Supreme Court will hear challenge to EPA's 'good neighbor' rule that limits pollution ( www.npr.org )
The justices will consider whether to hit pause on a federal rule designed to reduce air pollution that drifts across states and can cause health troubles.
Wisconsin Picks New Legislative Maps That Would End Years of GOP Gerrymandering ( www.propublica.org )
Under legal pressure to address Wisconsin’s “Swiss cheese” and oddly shaped districts, the Legislature approved redrawn maps that promise to create a new dynamic in a state known for its pivotal role in national politics.
In historians' Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close call ( www.npr.org )
A survey of historians and presidential experts ranks President Biden in 14th place all-time, just ahead of Woodrow Wilson and Ronald Reagan. Former President Donald Trump came in last.
How far can cities go to clear homeless camps? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide ( www.npr.org )
Lower courts have said it's unconstitutional to punish people for sleeping outside if no shelter is available. Cities say these rulings have paralyzed their efforts to manage growing tent encampments.
Israel must end its occupation of Palestine to stop fuelling apartheid and systematic human rights violations ( www.amnesty.org )
Israel must end its brutal occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which it has maintained since 1967, said Amnesty International, as public hearings begin at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to examine the legal consequences of Israel’s prolonged occupation....
[Analysis] AOC's questions years ago helped spark the investigation into Trump's business. Now, he's been ordered to pay $355 million. ( www.businessinsider.com )
In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned Michael Cohen about Donald Trump. Cohen's answers eventually led to Letitia James's fraud lawsuit.
News: Poll Ranks Biden as 14th-Best President, With Trump Last ( www.nytimes.com )
President Biden may owe his place in the top third to his predecessor: Mr. Biden’s signature accomplishment, according to the historians, was evicting Donald J. Trump from the Oval Office.
Opinion | As New York’s mayor, I watched Trump evade consequences for years — until now ( www.msnbc.com )
Judge Engoron just handed Trump 355 million reminders that he is not, in fact, above our great city's laws.
[News] Wisconsin’s Democratic governor signs his new state legislative maps into law ( www.politico.com )
Republicans control the Legislature but approved the new lines to avoid a court fight.
Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity, US court rules ( www.bbc.com )
The former president loses a landmark legal bid to shield him from charges of election fraud.
The Veto That Damned America ( deets.blog )
Grand Jury Subpoena Issued for Documents from House Sergeant at Arms ( www.c-span.org )
Palestinians Charge Genocide in U.S. Court; Biden, Blinken Sued for Backing Israel’s War on Gaza ( www.democracynow.org )
The Biden administration is on trial in the United States for failure to prevent the “unfolding genocide” in Gaza. On Friday, lawyers for the Biden administration argued the court lacks the proper jurisdiction to decide the case, while Palestinians and Americans testified about atrocities committed by Israel with American...
South Africa v. Israel || International Court of Justice || Live webstream ( icj-cij.org )
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)...
Press Conference: Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ( webtv.un.org )
Press briefing by H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire GOP primary ( apnews.com )
Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire GOP primary, a commanding victory that would make a November rematch with President Joe Biden look more likely than ever.
Decoding Iran’s missile, drone strikes ( www.indianpunchline.com )
The building described as ‘Mossad Headquarters’ in Iraqi Kurdistan with underground facilities for conducting covert operations hit by Iranian missile attack, Erbil, Northern Iraq, January 15, 2024 The stunning missile and drone strikes on three countries — Syria, Iraq and Pakistan — over a period of 24 hours and Tehran...
Is Iowa the next step to civil war? ( unherd.com )
In the silence of the Civil War’s Antietam battlefield on a winter day, bucolic hills give way to rows of small, white gravestones in the nearby cemetery. Wandering over the deadliest ground in American history, a melancholy visitor may be excused for wondering if this November’s presidential contest poses the greatest...
