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Lawmakers mull restoring felons’ rights to vote
The ACLU of Minnesota estimates that more 50,000 Minnesotans can't vote because they were convicted of a felony and are still on probation or parole.
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The ACLU of Minnesota estimates that more 50,000 Minnesotans can't vote because they were convicted of a felony and are still on probation or parole.
Rep. Jim Jordan sent a letter earlier this month to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for documents and underlying evidence in the appointment of the special counsel.
The ruling comes following a challenge by the Minnesota Auto Dealers' Association. That organization argued that the standards would "violate article I of the Minnesota Constitution."
"I might have used words at the time that I didn't understand were trafficking in antisemitism. When that was brought to my attention, I apologized, I owned up to it. That's the kind of person that I am," Rep. Omar said.
The University of Minnesota joined Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison in calling for a delay to a controversial hospital merger, which is supposed to wrap up by the end of March.
The release of video of Nichols' fatal beating may result in the revival of bipartisan talks in the Senate about police reform legislation.
"Trans kids are kids — they deserve to grow up without constant political attacks on their lives and health care," wrote the ACLU's Utah chapter on Twitter.
Members of Congress, the president, vice president and other administration officials and their guests are invited to Thursday's prayer breakfast.
Seventy-one autopsies in murder cases are under review because the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's work has come under question.
"I want to find a reasonable and a responsible way that we can lift the debt ceiling but take control of this runaway spending," McCarthy told "Face the Nation."
Republicans see different treatment for President Biden than for Trump.
Trump focused on the Biden administration's handling of foreign policy issues such as the war in Ukraine, the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The video of Tyre Nichols' death was unwatchable for some members of the Minneapolis community. For others, it was a sickening reminder of a similar video taken in May 2020.
The Senate debated for several hours before officially passing a bill which would guarantee a right to an abortion in the state.
Margaret Brennan from Face the Nation sat down with top senators overseeing the intelligence committee.
