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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are “in a fact-free zone as well as an ethics-free zone” in light of the ethical issues that have been raised about the members of the court recently.  Whitehouse said in an NBC News interview with Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press” that…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a bill into law on Friday that restricts lessons on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools from kindergarten through sixth grade.  Reynolds announced her signature on the bill and a few others relating to education in a release, calling education the “great equalizer” and saying that everyone involved…

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) called on the board that oversees the state’s public colleges and universities to prohibit drag shows on campus and remove references to pronouns that do not match a person’s gender assigned at birth in school materials.  Noem said in a letter to the South Dakota Board of Regents on…

The stock market and the value of the dollar dipped to end the week after GOP lawmakers paused debt ceiling talks on Friday following an apparent breakdown in negotiations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 109.28 points, equivalent to 0.3 percent, while S&P 500 dropped 6.07 points, or 0.1 percent, on Friday after Wall…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed two gun safety initiatives into law on Friday that will establish universal background checks and a process for temporarily removing firearms from those who imminently pose a threat to themselves or others.  Walz signed the measures into law as part of a broader public safety budget bill after it narrowly…

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) blasted state Republicans over the 12-week abortion ban they passed, saying they “ignored the will of the people.”  Cooper told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart in an interview on Saturday that most people in the state do not want “right-wing politicians in the exam room with women and their doctors.” But…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have separately agreed to host an “African leaders peace mission” to try to reach a deal to end the war, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday. Ramaphosa said he spoke to Putin and Zelensky by phone over the weekend, and they agreed to participate in…