Democrats target 'zombie law' to shield against abortion ban
health care Full text Kelly and Giffords share IVF journeys, highlighting challenges to reproductive rights Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), have opened up about their past struggles with fertility treatments and highlighted the importance of alternative fertility options that they say are being undermined by politicians. In […]
Democrats make election-year push to undo ban on mailed abortion pills
Democrats are bringing an 1873 law that bans the mailing of abortion-related materials into the spotlight as the party makes access to the procedure central to their election messaging. The Comstock Act was enacted to ban people from sending anything “obscene, lewd or lascivious” in the mail, including “any article or thing designed or intended […]
TikTok admits US ban inevitable without court order blocking law
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Thursday asked a U.S. court to strike down a law that would ban the popular short-video app on Jan. 19, arguing the U.S. government has refused to engage in any serious settlement talks after 2022. Under a bill signed by President Biden in April, ByteDance has until […]
Biden admin to ban sales of Kaspersky software over ties to Russia: report
The Biden administration is expected to announce plans on Thursday to ban Kaspersky Lab’s antivirus software from being sold in the United States, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company’s large U.S. clients include critical infrastructure providers and state and local governments. The company’s close ties to the Russian government were found […]
Sen. Chris Murphy Says Trump Refused to Ban Bump Stocks
CLAIM: Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) claimed in a Tuesday X post that Donald Trump refused to ban bump stocks. Ruling: False. Trump’s ATF banned bump stocks at his direction. Let’s not mince words: by refusing to ban bump stocks and assault weapons, Donald Trump and the Republican Party are handing murderers the tools of genocide. […]
Bump Stock Ban Crashes And Burns In Senate
Senate Republicans shut down a Democratic effort to ban bump stocks on Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruled Friday against a Trump-era ATF rule outlawing the device. The bill would have imposed a federal ban on the sale of bump stocks, which enable a shooter to fire hundreds of rounds per minute with a semi-automatic […]
Supreme Court Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban
The Supreme Court tossed out a Trump administration-era ban on bump stocks Friday. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its authority when it issued a rule classifying firearms equipped with bump stocks as machine guns. The case, Garland v. Cargill, challenged the […]
Senate GOP Blocks Chuck Schumer’s Political Stunt on Bump Stock Ban
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) pushed for a unanimous vote to ban bump stocks in an effort to use Republican opposition to portray Republicans as supporting mass shooters, according to congressional sources. The opposition of just one Republican could block a unanimous vote, and Democrats could use that single Republican vote to argue […]
Chuck Schumer to Force Vote on Bump Stock Ban to Paint GOP as Pro-Murder
According to congressional sources, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is pushing for a unanimous vote to ban bump stocks in an attempt to use Republican opposition to portray Republicans as supporting mass shooters. The opposition of just one Republican could block a unanimous vote, and Democrats could use that single Republican vote to […]
Senate GOP blocks Democratic effort to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked Democrats from passing a bump stock ban bill following a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-Minn.), the author of the BUMP bill, called for unanimous approval of the proposal, but Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) blocked it. The move came days […]