Baltimore seeks US Supreme Court review of abortion ruling

Attorneys in Baltimore are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that struck down as unconstitutional an ordinance requiring pregnancy centers notify patients if they don't offer abortion or birth control services. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in January that the ordinance unconstitutionally compelled speech by Christian-based Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns Inc., which opposes abortion.

The Guy in the White House Is Still a Birther

By now we all know that one of the ways this president has demonstrated that he has the maturity level of a typical second grader is with his penchant for assigning derogatory nicknames to his opponents. While it is a habit that would embarrass any normal 71-year-old man, it has always been pretty obvious what Trump is trying to communicate with them.

Liberal judge wins Wisconsin court race, Dems see hope

And Dallet's hammering of conservative judge Michael Screnock on Tuesday prodded Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who had endorsed Screnock, to warn his fellow Republicans that more losses could be coming. "Tonight's results show we are at risk of a #BlueWave in WI," Walker, who is up for re-election in November, tweeted.

‘He’s not in the clear’: Jason Chaffetz says Trump…

Former House oversight chairman Jason Chaffetz on Wednesday warned President Donald Trump not to be comforted by news that he is a "subject" of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation instead of being considered a "target." Chaffetz, a Fox News contributor, was asked during an appearance on Fox & Friends whether Trump should "breathe a sigh of relief" now that The Washington Post has reported that Mueller does not yet have enough evidence to charge Trump with a crime.

China Announces 25% Tariff On U.S. Soybeans, Other Ag Products

BREAKING: CHINA ANNOUNCES 25% TARIFF ON U.S. SOYBEANS, OTHER AG PRODUCTS Apr. 4, 2018 Oklahoma Farm Radio Network reports: Most U.S. Ag products that are exported to China may soon have a twenty five percent levy added to their imported prices- as farmers and ranchers are now sitting right in the middle- fully exposed- between two economic heavyweights as they are charging full speed towards a very nasty trade war. On Tuesday- as part of the U.S. response to China's unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of U.S. technology and intellectual property, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative published a proposed list of products imported from China that could be subject to additional tariffs- $50 Billion worth.

Marine helicopter crew of 4 is presumed dead after crash in California,

The four crew members aboard a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter that crashed in Southern California on Tuesday are presumed dead, authorities said. A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing went down "in the vicinity" of El Centro during a routine training mission, according to a statement from the Miramar air station near San Diego.

Trump plans to deploy military forces at US-Mexico border

New Delhi , April 4 : United States plans to deploy military forces at the US-Mexico border, said President Donald Trump while addressing the Baltic leaders at a summit earlier on Tuesday. Trump said that the US-Mexican borders are unprotected by laws, while holding high hopes from the ruling government to act together to make powerful laws like Canada and Mexico.

Ivanka Trump may soon face a difficult choice a ” and not just over where to spend spring break

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner listen to US President Donald Trump speak in the Rose Garden of the White House following the House of Representative vote on the health care bill on May 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Following weeks of in-party feuding and mounting pressure from the White House, lawmakers voted 217 to 213 to pass a bill dismantling much of Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and allowing US states to opt out of many of the law's key health benefit guarantees / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN Ivanka Trump appears to be at a turning point following a tumultuous first year as a senior White House advisor to her father, President Donald Trump.

State Senate breakaway Democrats to rejoin mainline conference

Eight breakaway Senate Democrats that have been aligned with the Republicans since 2011 have agreed to dissolve their independent conference and return to the mainline Democratic conference, a source with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday morning. Under the agreement, which was hashed out during a two-hour meeting on Tuesday with Gov. Cuomo, Rep. Joseph Crowley and influential labor unions, Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein will no longer be co-leader of the chamber.

Funding of Aborted Baby Parts Research Up Under GOP

The federal money spent on research that uses tissue from aborted babies - and sometimes transplants it into "humanized mice" - has increased since Republicans won control of both houses of Congress in the 2014 elections, according to data published by the National Institutes of Health. The recently passed omnibus, which funds the government through fiscal 2018, was stripped of language initially included in the NIH funding bill that would have expressly prohibited funding for research that uses tissue from aborted babies.

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Before the sweeping tax cuts were passed late last year, major U.S. corporations joined President Trump and Republicans in Congress in vowing the reform would grow the economy, create jobs and raise wages. And since then, many have boosted minimum wages, doled out bonuses and increased spending and charitable giving.

Has Mueller Already Been Subpoenaed in a Re-Impaneled Uranium One Investigation?

As the time seems ripe, we revisit here Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert's much ridiculed Uranium One chart presented at The House Judiciary Committee Committee Oversight hearing on November 14, 2017. Just prior to this hearing at a November 7th press conference, Gohmert had argued for Independent Counsel Robert Mueller's dismissal on the grounds that he was, "engaged in the cover-up of the initial Russian investigation that revealed Russia was trying to corner the market on uranium."

A Boon for Democrats as Liberal Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

Liberal judge Rebecca Dallet's runaway victory in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race cheered Democrats eager for more evidence their party is ready for a winning fall in midterm elections. And Dallet's hammering of conservative judge Michael Screnock on Tuesday prodded Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who had endorsed Screnock, to warn his fellow Republicans that more losses could be coming.