The governor has requested nearly $100 million for the new State Guard force.
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United States Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) has a powerful “partner” in his political “crusade” against reproductive autonomy. Erin Morrow Hawley, the lawmaker’s wife since 2010, is an attorney representing right-wing groups suing to have the abortion medication mifepristone banned nationwide.Mor…
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Netanyahu later doubled down on his controversial plans to weaken Israel’s judiciary, despite long-running protests and interventions from international leadersHundreds of Israeli reservists, including specially trained Air Force crew, had announced they would refuse calls to serve if the overhaul passed, as they would no longer feel that they’d be serving a democratic government
r a vote in the Knesset on Tuesday to roll back 2005 legislation that previously ordered the evacuation of four Israeli settlements established in the northern West Bank.
Under international law, the West Bank is considered occupied territory and settlements there illegal, which Israel disputes.
said, “I believe that the protests must be a sign of warning and the signals that are coming from Washington must be a red light to Benjamin Netanyahu and to make him stop what he’s doing in order to save not only Israeli democracy and the state of Israel, but relations with the US as well.
One of the drivers for this judicial coup that they’re trying to pass now is the settlers that have been wanting to bring down the Supreme Court of Israel for many, many years because they want to be able to do in the West Bank whatever they want to do,” she added.
the law that was passed is “a shameful, disgraceful law whose whole purpose is prevent Netanyahu from being sent to prison.”
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Wagner warns Russia military chief of imminent Ukraine attack | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera
The owner of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group has warned Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu that the Ukrainian army is planning an imminent offensive aimed at cutting off his forces from the main body of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin ran hot dog stalls after his release from prison. Now he leads the Wagner group.
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Early Edition: March 21, 2023 – Just Security
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The 11th Circuit panel refused to lift an injunction against the law.
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Putting the bank bailout in context
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