By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Republican Jody Hice, the Donald Trump-backed U.S. congressman seeking to become the top state election official in Georgia, wasted little time at a debate this week summarizing the cause driving his campaign. “The ‘big lie’ in all of this is that there were no problems with this past election,” he …
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By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that would end the recognition of a constitutional right to abortion could imperil other freedoms related to marriage, sexuality and family life including birth control and same-sex nuptials, according to legal experts. The draft ruling, disclosed in a leak that prompted Chief …
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By Moira Warburton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion has injected new urgency into a Texas primary that pits the House of Representatives’ lone anti-abortion Democrat against an advocate of abortion rights. Progressive Democratic challenger Jessica Cisneros on Wednesday called on top House Democrats to drop their support for …
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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A draft opinion suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court was ready to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing the right to abortion sparked a fresh call among progressive Democrats to scrap the Senate’s filibuster rule. “Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of …
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By Eric Cox and Nathan Layne CINCINNATI, Ohio (Reuters) -J.D. Vance, a candidate for the U.S. Senate who is backed by Donald Trump, won the Republican primary vote in Ohio on Tuesday, in an early test of the former president’s sway over his party as he eyes a possible White House run in 2024. Trump …
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By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday appealed to voters to protect abortion rights by backing candidates who support them in November’s elections after a leaked Supreme Court draft showed it could soon overturn its 1973 decision legalizing abortion. Biden said his administration would respond …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Moderate Democratic U.S. Representative Shontel Brown held off a primary election challenge by progressive Nina Turner in Ohio’s 11th congressional district, which will likely allow her to keep her safely Democratic seat, Associated Press projected. (Reporting by Moira Warburton; Editing by Scott Malone and Alistair Bell)
By Gabriella Borter and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats have needed something to turn around their flagging midterm election fortunes, and the U.S. Supreme Court may have just given it to them. A leaked draft showing the court’s conservative majority apparently poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has set off …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressman Tim Ryan won the Democratic nomination to run for U.S. Senate in Ohio on Tuesday, as party members chose a more moderate candidate to face off against a Republican in November’s general election for a seat vacated by retiring Republican Senator Rob Portman. (Reporting by Moira Warburton; Editing by Scott Malone …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to codify abortion rights into law, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday, following a report suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. “It is my intention with the Senate to hold a vote on legislation …
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