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Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday used his line-item veto authority to strike down the so-called "heartbeat bill" legislation that would have created the most restrictive abortion law in the nation. At the same time, Kasich signed into law a separate piece of legislation, SB 127, that forbids abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a move that certainly will prompt court challenges.
This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Romell Broom, whose 2009 botched execution was called off after two hours. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a condemned Ohio killer who said the state should not get a second chance to put him to death after he survived a botched execution.
A news organization in Ohio is reporting that Bernie Sanders supporters are working to draft a former state senator to run for governor. Cleveland.com reports that Democrat Nina Turner, of Cleveland, is being recruited by supporters of the Vermont senator inside and outside the state.
In the midst of his Cabinet deliberations, President-elect Donald Trump flew to Ohio Thursday to meet with victims and families after the latest U.S. outbreak of violence, a somber duty that became all too familiar to his predecessor. In Columbus, Trump met with those who had been attacked by a knife-wielding Ohio State University student and had words of tribute for astronaut and senator John Glenn of Ohio - "indeed an American hero" - who died Thursday at 95. Then he was off to Des Moines, Iowa, for the latest stop on his victory tour of states that helped him win the presidency.
In this Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 file picture, anti-abortion and pro-choice activists stand next to each other in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. On Tuesday, the Ohio General Assembly passed what could become among the strictest abortion laws in the nation if it is signed into law by Ohio Governor John Kasich .
Trump thanked voters in Ohio, one of several states in the industrial Midwest that helped give him his margin of victory in the Electoral College. 'In a true sense, history called and the people of this great state [Ohio] answered and you are going to be very happy,' Trump told cheering supporters.
Former U.S. Sen. and astronaut John Glenn has been hospitalized, officials at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at Ohio State University said. Glenn had heart-valve replacement surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in 2014 and suffered a stroke, but the exact illness leading to his hospitalization has not been disclosed.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday advised state electors not to vote for him in an anti-Donald Trump protest. Kasich, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for president, told The Associated Press Tuesday that he is not a candidate for president, the election was held and Trump was the winner.
House conservatives intend to re-launch an effort Tuesday afternoon to force a vote to impeach Internal Revenue Service commissioner John Koskinen this week in the final days of this congressional session. The impeachment drive, confirmed by Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio and his office, comes after he and other members of the House Freedom Caucus had agreed to delay such action in September, at the urging of Speaker Paul Ryan and other party leaders.
The newly elected Minority Leader insisted Sunday Dems aren't looking for a "new direction" even after the bruising Election Day defeats and a GOP monopoly in Washington. A defiant - and possibly delusional - Pelosi stood firm about her party's future when pressed with what she'll do differently to deal with Democrat discontent.
Big Labor pumped $530 million of workers' dues into mostly Democratic Party groups and liberal causes over a four-year period - with dismal results, according to a new analysis. Despite the unions' massive cash infusion into Democratic causes, GOPer Donald Trump still won the union-heavy Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio in his presidential bid against Dem candidate Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump, who is on what he calls a "thank you" tour, saluted his supporters in Ohio and made a surprise announcement that he will be offering the position of defense chief to retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis.
House Democrats will vote Thursday to adjust how they operate internally in the 115th Congress, a move that Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hopes will placate members who complained that the caucus leadership is too closed off from rank and file lawmakers. Although his bid to replace the 76-year-old Californian as party leader failed Wednesday, her challenger, Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, succeeded in forcing her to accept some of his proposed rule changes , most notably making the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairmanship an elected position.
"The people have lost trust in us, and we have to find a way to get it back," said Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, after House Democrats endured a bruising battle over their leadership . House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California prevailed, but only after insurgent Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, won 63 of the 197 votes cast.
President-elect Donald J. Trump's appointments so far indicate that he has in mind betraying the forgotten people who voted for him. It's no comfort, but in my opinion Hillary Rodham Clinton in office would not have had their interests in mind any more than Mr. Trump apparently does.
Critics of Ohio's mayor's courts say the time has long passed for their extinction, but mayor's court officials say they offer lower fees and more services for Ohioans who land in their courts. Ohio is one of only two states that allow mayor's and appointed magistrates to handle violations of local ordinances.
An Ohio man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol during President Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union address kept trying from behind bars to urge others to violence in support of the Islamic State group, federal authorities say. Prosecutors described 22-year-old Christopher Lee Cornell's jail activities in a sentencing memorandum filed this week ahead of a Dec. 5 sentencing hearing.
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate investor Wilbur Ross, who became a billionaire by acquiring and restructuring troubled companies, as secretary of commerce, according to a person familiar with the transition planning. Todd Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, is in line to be appointed as Ross's deputy, the person said.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi is feeling the heat following Democrats' Election Day losses. An Ohio congressman on Thursday announced he's running against her in the race for House minority leader.