As Canadian police continued clearing “Freedom Convoy” trucker demonstrators out of the capital in Ottawa on Saturday, protests over COVID restrictions continued in the nation’s west for a fourth straight weekend. Convoys of vehicles carrying vaccine-mandate protesters made their way
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Sidney Powell Sues To Block Subpoena By Jan. 6 Committee For Phone Records
A leading voice in spreading former President Donald Trump’s election lies is suing Verizon to block a subpoena from a House committee seeking her phone records. Sidney Powell, a former attorney for Trump who falsely said the 2020 presidential election
Trump asks Supreme Court to block House Jan. 6 riot panel from getting White House records
US President Donald Trump speaks during a retreat with Republican lawmakers at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, January 6, 2018. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block a
Supreme Court denies bid to block New Mexico Covid vaccination requirement
In this March 26, 2021, file photo, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham receives her Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Deanne Tapia, a registered nurse with the New Mexico Public Health Office in Santa Fe, during a vaccination event held in
Senate votes to block Biden vaccine mandate — but measure is unlikely to become law
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Senate voted Wednesday to block President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on private
Saints get totally screwed by bogus blindside block call vs. Cowboys (Video)
The New Orleans Saints thought they had the first down against the Cowboys but, instead, the refs made one of the worst calls in NFL history. Missing Alvin Kamara, their two starting offensive tackles, and many others, the New Orleans
Senate Votes Down GOP Plan to Block Biden Vaccine Mandates
(Larry Downing/Reuters) The Senate voted 50–48 along party lines on Thursday night to reject legislation that would have banned the federal government from funding enforcement of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates. Senators Ted Cruz (R., Texas), Mike Lee (R., Utah),
GOP Senators Block Debate on Dem Elections Bill
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 28, 2021. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Republican senators voted on Wednesday to block debate on a Democrat elections bill for the third time this
Supreme Court Won’t Block Maine’s Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers
Judge Sandra L. Lynch, writing for the panel, said the regulation did not single out religion for disfavored treatment. In a 1990 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that neutral laws of general applicability that incidentally impose burdens on religion generally
Supreme Court Again Refuses to Block Texas Abortion Law
The majority wrote that its ruling “in no way limits other procedurally proper challenges to the Texas law, including in Texas state courts.” Officials in Texas have said that providers can challenge the law by violating it, getting sued and
Trump sues Jan. 6 Capitol riot committee in bid to block records requests
Pro-Trump protesters storm the U.S. Capitol to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., U.S. January 6, 2021. Ahmed Gaber | Reuters The lawsuit was
Sotomayor Declines to Block NYC Teacher-Vaccination Requirement
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff/Pool via Reuters) Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor declined on Friday to block a coronavirus vaccine mandate
Biden Drops The Hammer On Trump And Won’t Block Any 1/6 Documents
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made it official. Biden will not assert executive privilege to block Trump documents from the 1/6 Committee. Video: Jen Psaki makes it official. Biden will not block Trump-related documents from the 1/6 Committee. She
Apple and Google cave to Putin’s censors, block Navalny app as election begins
Enlarge / A sculpture of Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny in front of the Brandenburg Gate at an anti-Putin demonstration on May 9, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Getty Images | Adam Berry Apple and Google gave a
Billionaire Sacklers’ immunity threatened as DOJ moves to block opioid deal
Enlarge / PURDUE PHARMA, STAMFORD, Conn. – 2019/09/12: Members of P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now) and Truth Pharm staged a protest outside Purdue Pharma headquarters over the recent, controversial opioid settlement. The Department of Justice is fighting to strip the