RNC panel approves Trump-influenced 2024 GOP platform

The Republican National Committee’s 2024 platform, approved by its platform committee and released Monday, is influenced heavily by presumptive presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump, and in a change from prior years, it backs the rights of states to make their own abortion laws. The 2016 RNC platform mentioned the word “abortion” 35 times

US Military Postpones Training Drill With Georgia Amid Strained Relations

Pentagon says decision prompted by ‘false accusations’ by the Georgian government against the United States and ’other western entities.’ The U.S. military has halted a set of training exercises with Georgia, while the Pentagon reviews its bilateral security partnership with the Eurasian country. The U.S. Army was set to train with its Georgian counterparts from

ACLU Won’t Ask US Supreme Court to Review Voting Rights Act Ruling

The appeals court found that only the U.S. attorney general can enforce a policy requiring districts that ensure minority representation. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups in Arkansas will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that states private groups can’t sue under a key section of