The leader of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, Kristen Clarke, said in an extraordinary personal statement that she was a victim of years-long domestic abuse and chose not to disclose an expunged arrest record from that period during the Senate confirmation process, CNN reports. Said

“The group leading the effort to put abortion rights on South Dakota’s November ballot said Wednesday it was turning in far more petition signatures than required, while an opposition group said it will challenge the legitimacy of the petitions,” South Dakota Searchlight reports.

“As Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet for a parade of foreign dignitaries in recent weeks, some aides to President Joe Biden took notice — and umbrage — at what they saw as the former president playing pretender-in-chief,” NBC News reports. “It’s not unusual for a party nominee to meet with

“Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday said he’s ready for the ‘chaos’ that has plagued the House for much of 2023 and 2024 to end next week, when a bipartisan group of lawmakers is expected to vote to quash a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his post,” The

“Arizona lawmakers secured enough votes on Wednesday to repeal an abortion ban that first became law when Abraham Lincoln was president and a half-century before women won the right to vote,” the New York Times reports. “A bill to repeal the law appeared to be on track to narrowly pass in the