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Critics scoff at Clarence Thomas defense

Right-wing Supreme Court justice "broke the law, and it isn't particularly close," legal analysts say

Salon

US Justice Clarence Thomas responds to unreported luxury travel

The Supreme Court justice says he has ‘sought to comply’ with rules after ProPublica revealed apparent law violation.

Al Jazeera

Clarence Thomas says he wasn't required to disclose travel costs paid by friends

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a rare statement Friday in response to an investigative news report about unreported trips he received from a Republican donor that renewed Democratic criticisms of the high court’s ethical standards.

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Clarence Thomas responds to criticism of undisclosed travel - Roll Call

Supreme Court justice issued a rare statement Friday in response to an investigative news report about unreported trips.

Roll Call

Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips: Report

ProPublica says the US Supreme Court justice did not report travel offered by a donor, in possible violation of law.

Al Jazeera

Senators seek probes into report on undisclosed luxury trips by Supreme Court's Thomas

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has for decades accepted luxury trips from a Dallas businessman without publicly disclosing them despite a federal law requiring disclosure of most gifts, a media report said on Thursday, prompting Senate Democrats to call for an investigation.

Reuters

Impeachment calls over Thomas donor ties

Thomas accused of corruption and law violations after accepting luxury trips for 20 years without disclosing them

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New Bill Would Close Streaming Service Ad-Volume ‘Loophole’

Legislators reintroduce update of their CALM Act

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Federal courts tweak ethics rule for travel, meals and more

WASHINGTON — Federal courts have implemented a rare tweak to their ethics rules for Supreme Court justices and federal judges following bipartisan congressional pressure.

Tribune News Service

Federal courts tweak ethics rule for travel, meals and more - Roll Call

Federal courts revised ethics rules for Supreme Court justices and federal judges after bipartisan congressional pressure.

Roll Call

To Balance the Budget, Republicans Must Cut Military Spending, Trim Entitlements, or Raise Taxes

If Republicans refuse to gore their three sacred cows, a new CBO report shows that balancing the budget is literally impossible.

Reason

Will it take market crash for Congress to raise debt limit?

What might it take to get President Joe Biden and Congress to reach a deal on raising the debt limit

The Independent UK

Norfolk Southern train derails in Alabama, third in several weeks

The incident follows two Norfolk Southern train derailments in Ohio.

Axios

Debt limit clouds outlook as Biden budget set to hit Thursday

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s delayed budget for the upcoming fiscal year due Thursday will kick off what’s expected to be a lengthy battle over spending levels and priorities, with the debt ceiling deadline looming this summer casting a pall over the entire process.

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Debt limit clouds outlook as Biden budget set to hit Thursday - Roll Call

President Joe Biden’s delayed budget due Thursday will kick off what’s expected to be a lengthy battle over spending levels and priorities.

Reuters

U.S. lawmakers praise Zelenskiy for fighting corruption, back continued aid

Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers praised Ukraine's government on Tuesday for taking swift action against corruption and insisted that U.S. military and humanitarian aid to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's government should continue.

Ballotpedia

Democrats push back against the ESG pushback

In response to House Republicans’ plans to use their new majority to investigate the ESG movement, three Democratic senators penned an op-ed accusing their GOP colleagues of overstepping. The three senators—Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)—also accused Republicans who oppose ESG of being anti-capitalist:

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers set to press Supreme Court on ethics standards

WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and other Democrats plan to push for new ethical standards for the Supreme Court in the next two years, even as the Republican control of the House may make that more difficult.

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The Guardian - US

Conservative donors pour ‘dark money’ into case that could upend US voting law

Groups submitting amicus briefs to supreme court case in support of Republican lawmakers received $90m in anonymous donations

Reason

What Happened When Mark Joseph Stern Interviewed Judge William Pryor

Slate's legal correspondent questioned the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit about the Federalist Society.

Roll Call

At the Races: What pushing for voting rights accomplished - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

The Guardian - US

Democratic senators warn UN secretary general of eroding public trust in Cop

Letter urges sponsors provide ‘corporate climate political influencing statements’ after 630 lobbyists attend Cop27

Salon

House probes alleged Sam Alito leak

"The court is unwilling or unable to police itself," advocates say

Roll Call

Amid talk of generational change, Democrats eye committee leaders - Roll Call

House and Senate Democrats are weighing rule changes that would set limits for serving as committee leaders.

Salon

Right-wing group got $850M from 2 donors

The gifts were "among the largest ever donations to a politically-connected group"

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