Prosecutors ask judge to hold Trump in contempt for more gag order violations

Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York urged the judge on Thursday to penalize the defendant for more alleged violations of a gag order limiting what he can say about those involved in the case. At a contentious hearing with Trump looking on, lawyers from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office

GOP-led Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban

Arizona’s Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday is voting a measure to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban, one week after a similar motion passed the GOP-controlled state House.  Two Republicans, TJ Shopes and Shawnna LM Bolick, joined all 14 Democrats to pass the measure, sending it to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk After two failed attempts, three Republicans

Biden is forgiving $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 people

The Biden administration is forgiving $6.1 billion in student debt for 317,000 people who attended The Art Institutes, a for-profit chain of schools that shut down last fall amid allegations of fraud. The latest effort represents President Joe Biden’s plan to tackle the nation’s $1.7 trillion in student debt after the Supreme Court last year blocked his