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Washington Post said it had the Alito flag story 3 years ago and chose not to publish

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Nine days after The New York Times reported about the political symbolism of an upside-down American flag that ...

Why the flag at the center of Justice Alito controversy flew in front of an NC building, too

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Amanda Smith

The flag at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court controversy has also flown in front of the North Carolina lieutenant governor’s ...

Gavin Newsom pounces as Republicans come to Big Oil’s defense

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Amanda Smith

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom has a new set of adversaries in his hard-charging campaign against Big Oil. Nineteen Republican attorneys ...

The ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag evolves from Revolutionary War symbol to banner of the far right

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is embroiled in a second flag controversy in as many weeks, this time ...

Fort Pierce post office flies upside down flag, symbol of “Stop the Steal” election deniers

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Amanda Smith

FORT PIERCE — A star-spangled banner flew upside down Wednesday at the United States Post Office on Orange Avenue, days after U.S. ...

Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon’s conviction for contempt of Congress

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld Steve Bannon’s conviction ...

At US Supreme Court, clashing views presented on presidential immunity

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Amanda Smith

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – During arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Donald Trump‘s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, ...

Trump’s claims of presidential immunity to be probed at U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday

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Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 6, 2021: Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol ...

New Black congressional district in Louisiana bows to politics, not race, backers say

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Amanda Smith

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Politics and race are both factors in a pending court challenge of Louisiana’s new congressional maps. How much ...

Federal appeals court hearing arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors

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Amanda Smith

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court will hear arguments Thursday over Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors, ...