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Trump attorney, Supreme Court justice clash on whether a president who ‘ordered’ a ‘coup’ could be prosecuted

An attorney for former President Donald Trump in the presidential immunity hearing clashed with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan over a hypothetical question on whether a president who “ordered” a “coup” could be prosecuted.  “If it’s an official act, there needs to be impeachment and conviction beforehand,” Trump’s attorney John Sauer argued Thursday before the Read More

Tennessee House tables bill that would have banned consideration of reparations

Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House on Wednesday spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to either study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one year ago. It easily cleared the Republican-controlled Senate last April, but lawmakers eventually hit pause as Read More