The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday in a suit contending that the ERA has been ratified by the necessary 38 states and has come into force.
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Afghan evacuees press for bill that could help give them US legal status
The bipartisan bill, introduced in both the House and the Senate, would provide Afghans who worked with the United States during the 20-year war in Afghanistan a clear path to legal residency.
Signs of rising voter registrations by women could alter midterm election history
The ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned two prior Supreme Court decisions, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, giving individual states the power to regulate all aspects of abortion not otherwise regulated by federal law.
CNS explores evolution, future of Supreme Court in ‘Takeover’ podcast
With the high court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year, the moment seems right to trace the evolution of the Supreme Court, weigh the pressures it is facing now and assess its future.
Military sexual assault reports rise ahead of planned reforms
President Joe Biden in January signed an executive order making sexual harassment a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Monkeypox cases drop, but disease hit Maryland’s Black communities harder
There are over 22,000 monkeypox cases in the United States and one person has died, according to the CDC. Infection rates have slowed over the past weeks.
War in Ukraine, energy concerns prompt new US focus on Central Asia
The Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – are the middle ground between China to the east, Russia to the north and Caspian sea to the west.
In Washington, British embassy becomes focus of Queen Elizabeth II tributes
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden left their condolences in the embassy Thursday evening. Biden told reporters Friday that he planned to attend the queen’s funeral but “I don’t know what the details are yet.”
Biden, other U.S. leaders pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II
President Biden issued a proclamation ordering that all American flags on U.S. government buildings, at military installations and on naval vessels are to be flown at half-staff until sunset on the day of the queen’s burial.
Basketball’s Mo Creek was ensnared in Ukraine war, then helped by a man he barely knew
Maurice “Mo” Creek one day was a professional basketball player playing in Ukraine. The next day, he was a civilian in the middle of a war zone.