The Boston Globe reports: New Hampshire’s House rejected a bill Wednesday that would have required women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion. The House voted 229-121 Wednesday to kill a bill that would have required a woman’s doctor to provide her with certain information about risks and alternatives to the procedure. The woman… Continue Reading »
Michael B. Marois & James Nash at Bloomberg report: Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying 40-caliber Glock pistols, nine California Justice Department agents assembled outside a ranch-style house in a suburb east of Los Angeles. They were looking for a gun owner who’d recently spent two days in a mental hospital. They knocked on the door… Continue Reading »
John Parkinson at ABC News reports: As House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan released his balanced budget blueprint today, the former Republican vice presidential nominee issued a direct challenge to President Obama to present his own plan to balance the federal government’s books. “This is an invitation. Show us how to balance the budget,” Ryan, R-Wis.,… Continue Reading »
Stephen Dinan at The Washington Times reports: The Obama administration’s decision to release some immigrants awaiting deportation back into the community has spawned a furious backlash from Congress, where stunned lawmakers have besieged the Homeland Security Department with questions. Department officials have described the move as a cost-savings measure required by the budget sequesters, but… Continue Reading »
The Associated Press reports: A federal appeals court has ruled Virginia’s anti-sodomy law unconstitutional. A divided three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the law against oral and anal sex violates the constitution’s due process clause. The court based its decision on the landmark 2003 U.S. Supreme Court striking… Continue Reading »
