Day: May 14, 2025

Michigan Court Strikes Down Informed Consent Abortion Laws

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A Michigan court Tuesday struck down three safety laws that allegedly violated the state’s constitutional right to abortion.

The case was brought against the state of Michigan by an abortion clinic challenging three laws that mandated a 24-hour waiting period before performing an abortion, required clinics to provide counseling materials that the abortion providers claimed were “biased” and allowed only qualified medical staff to perform the procedures. Michigan residents voted to enshrine a right to abortion into the state constitution in 2022, an amendment that left no room for restrictions of any kind to be placed on the act.

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Trump Economy Defies ‘Gloom and Doom’ Expectations as He Notches More Key Trade Deals

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With April’s inflation report coming in below forecasts, the Trump economy appears to be defying analysts’ and politicians’ predictions of collapse in the wake of his “Liberation Day” tariffs and subsequent trade negotiations. As Trump adds more notches to his belt in deals with key trade partners, the stock market has rebounded to pre-tariff levels, even while many tariffs remain largely in place on major economies such as China and the UK.

In April of this year, former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the developments of Trump’s tariffs point to “a loss of confidence in U.S. economic policy” and called the tariffs “the worst self-inflicted policy wound I’ve ever seen in my career inflicted on our economy […] they are “doing immense damage.” 

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House Punts on Trump Impeachment Vote at 11th Hour

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Axios   A House Democrat abruptly scrapped his plans to force a vote on impeaching President Trump, which was set to come to the House floor on Wednesday, three sources familiar with the matter told Axios. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) was under considerable pressure from Democratic leadership to pull the vote, which had angered many of his colleagues. One House Democrat told Axios they “saw about 50 members pow-wowing with him on the floor” before his decision to pull the vote. READ THE FULL STORY               

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Colorado Murder Rate Dives After ICE Deports Tren de Aragua Gangbangers

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Breitbart   New data shows that homicides in Denver and Aurora, Colorado, have experienced a significant drop in the wake of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) efforts to take down the Tren de Aragua gang members that had been causing so much chaos in the area. But local Americans are still being killed by President Joe Biden’s migrants, including a 24-year-old woman killed in July of 2024 in Aurora by a 15-year-old reckless illegal-migrant driver. The local prosecutor just offered a sweetheart probation and community service deal to the youth migrant who is now applying for humanitarian asylum. The numbers have taken a significant downturn in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association, KSUA-TV reported. READ THE FULL STORY                 

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EPA Delays End to So-Called ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water to Extend Compliance Deadline

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The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to pause putting limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones.

The Biden administration set the first federal drinking water limits for PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, finding they increased the risk of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and babies being born with low birth weight. 

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Newsom Suddenly U-Turns on Free Healthcare for Illegal Migrants

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Gavin Newsom

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly wants to revise a program giving taxpayer-funded healthcare to illegal migrants in a proposed state budget.

Newsom’s spending plan for the state’s legislature requires illegal migrants to pay $100 monthly premiums to receive California Medi-Cal coverage, reversing existing policy, the Los Angeles Times reported. The policy offering free healthcare for migrants regardless of immigration status has put a major strain on California’s already stretched budget after just one full year of operating at its recently expanded capacity, according to state estimates.

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Tennessee U.S. Rep. Calls on House Speaker Johnson to Invite Pope Leo XIV to Address a Joint Session of Congress

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Chuck Fleischmann

Tennessee U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN-03) led a bipartisan letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-04) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) this week requesting that Pope Leo XIV be formally invited to address a Joint Session of Congress.

On May 8, Cardinal Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, Illinois, and studied at Villanova University, was elected as the first U.S.-born pontiff and chose to take the name Pope Leo XIV.

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Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Should Face Congressional Probe for Aiding Illegal Immigrants, Says Rep. Andy Ogles

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Ogles and OConnell

Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell should face prosecution or a congressional probe over his recent decision to create the “Belonging Fund,” which the mayor called a joint project by Nashville and the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT).

Announced on May 5 by O’Connell’s office, the “Belonging Fund” is designed to provide “financial resources to nonprofit emergency organizations offering emergency assistance” to illegal immigrants who “face sudden and destabilizing challenges,” in the wake of the joint immigration enforcement operation by Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

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Group Appeals to Tennessee Supreme Court in Lawsuit Claiming Nashville Transit Plan Violates IMPROVE Act

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A request to appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court was filed on Tuesday by the Committee to Stop an UnFair Tax and its chairwoman, Emily Evans, who sued Mayor Freddie O’Connell and the City of Nashville earlier this year over the Choose How You Move transit plan.

Evans and the committee allege O’Connell and the city failed to adhere to the IMPROVE Act of 2017, which specifically allows Tennessee’s large cities to enact a sales tax surcharge for the purpose of building a mass transit system. The Choose How You Move plan enacted a 0.5 percent sales tax surcharge.

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Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Suggests ICE Immigration Enforcement Unnecessary After DHS Says City ‘Would Rather Protect Illegal Aliens’

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Freddie O'Connell

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell on Tuesday suggested that the joint immigration enforcement operation between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) in Nashville was unnecessary, reportedly asserting the metro government is capable of reducing crime in a method that does not “separate families, hurt our economy,” or “distress an entire community” in the city.

He made the remarks shortly after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) criticized the mayor for his new “Belonging Fund,” which he called a partnership between Nashville and the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

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Nashville Officials Could Be In Violation of State Immigration Laws

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Freddie O'Connell

Recent statements from Nashville officials seem to run perilously close to violating state law. From Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s carefully crafted statements — to Police Chief John Drake’s declaration that the Metro Nashville officers “do NOT work with ICE” — to an admission from State Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville) that she physically worked to “distract and delay” the immigration enforcement activities of ICE; these actions, statements and policies have raised eyebrows AND questions. 

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