Louisiana health care workers and advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a recently passed state law reclassifying two drugs used in medication abortions — mifepristone and misoprostol — as controlled and dangerous substances. The lawsuit was filed in Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court and is seeking an injunction to stop the state from enforcing...
Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday asked a judge to decline to take up former President Trump’s latest bid to toss his Jan. 6 election interference case by arguing Smith was unlawfully appointed. It’s the second time Trump’s team has made such an argument, and it was initially successful in his Florida classified documents case,...
S-3 Group and West Front Strategies on Wednesday announced their merger. The firms, which brought in a combined $15 million in federal lobbying revenue in the first nine months of 2024, will combine under the brand S-3. S-3 Group founder John Scofield will serve as managing partner. Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) is now chief...
New billboards are going up in Pennsylvania and North Carolina on Thursday, stoking Puerto Ricans’ pride in their island to shore up support for Vice President Harris. The billboards, paid for by Voto Latino and the Oakland Corps, feature images of Puerto Rico landmarks and beaches with the caption, “This isn’t garbage. And neither are...
Tony Hinchcliffe was a relative unknown to the world of politics before he told a series of off-color jokes about Puerto Rico and Latinos at former President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally last weekend. An insult comic best known for brutal roasts and searing personal attacks, Hinchcliffe’s joke referring to Puerto Rico as a floating island of...
Former President Trump arrives in New Mexico and predicts he can win the onetime swing state that's leaned toward the Democrats in the White House race for nearly two decades.