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Trump pardons Flynn despite guilty plea in Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday despite Flynn’s guilty plea to lying to the FBI about his Russia contacts. The pardon, coming in the waning days of the Trump administration, takes direct aim at a Russia investigation that...
Minnesota certifies Biden win, state voter turnout nears 80%
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s state canvassing board unanimously certified the state's election results Tuesday, an ordinarily routine task that drew closer attention due to President Donald Trump's efforts to delay it in key states. Joe Biden defeated Trump in Minnesota by just over 233,000 votes,...
Panel selects 6 to interview for RI Supreme Court opening
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The state’s Judicial Nominating Committee has selected six candidates to be interviewed for a second opening on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The candidates would take the seat vacated by Supreme Court Justice Francis Flaherty, who announced he would retire at the end of...
Court: North Dakota governor can't fill dead candidate seat
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum does not have the authority to appoint someone to a state House seat won by a Republican candidate who died before the election, the North Dakota Supreme Court concluded Tuesday. The court, in a unanimous ruling, decided that Burgum “has not...
3 nominated for vacancy in Kentucky's 12th Judicial Circuit
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A judicial panel has nominated three people to serve as circuit judge for Henry, Oldham and Trimble counties. The Judicial Nominating Commission selected Jerry David Crosby II, of Goshen, Kristen Hannah Fowler, of Crestwood and Brittany Bailey McKenna, of Prospect, to be considered...
Court: Texas, Louisiana can end Planned Parenthood funding
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics — a move supported by opponents of legal abortion, but opposed by advocates who said it affects a variety of non-abortion health services for low-income women....
After criticism, Feinstein to step down as top Judiciary Dem
WASHINGTON (AP) — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday she will step down from her role as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, giving up the powerful spot after public criticism of her bipartisan outreach and her handling of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation...
Evan Jenkins to serve as WVa Supreme Court chief justice
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Evan Jenkins will serve as the West Virginia Supreme Court's chief justice next year. Jenkins was previously chosen to replace Tim Armstead. The court on Friday designated John Hutchison to serve as chief justice in 2022. Gov. Jim Justice appointed Jenkins and Armstead to the court...
Panel recommends 4 for appointment to New Mexico high court
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three current judges and one retired judge have been nominated for appointment to fill a vacancy on the New Mexico Supreme Court. A state nominating commission on Thursday met remotely to evaluate seven candidates for the vacancy being created by the Dec. 1 retirement of Justice...
Trump tries to leverage power of office to subvert Biden win
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to leverage the power of the Oval Office on Friday in an extraordinary attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, but his pleas to Michigan lawmakers to overturn the will of their constituents appeared to have left them unswayed. Trump...
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