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Supreme Court Allows Ohio to Scrub the Voter Roll

Kamau Franklin, Attorney for ProGeorgia, says purging the voter roll is another tool in the pockets of conservatives, who want to get rid of people…

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Stealing Elections via Voter Suppression: Supreme Court OK’s the Practice

Investigative reporter Greg Palast says that the Supreme Court’s recent decision approving Ohio’s process for purging voter registration rolls legalizes a process of disenfranchising minorities…

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Militarized police attacked him on his own front porch. PAR helped him fight back

Nick Pettit was assaulted by Columbus, Ohio, police for filming a botched raid. We investigated on his behalf, and now evidence gathered by PAR is…

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Filming the police is legal, but that doesn’t stop them from arresting people for it

Another Ohio resident has been arrested under the dubious charge of “misconduct during an emergency,” which has been used again by Ohio police to incarcerate…

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This bodycam footage reveals all that is WRONG with policing

Video obtained by TRNN reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Janis highlights American law enforcement officers’ lack of de-escalation training and respect for civilians. In this…

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Will Steve Scalise or Jim Jordan get enough votes to become House speaker?

Republican House Reps. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan have both announced their intention to run for the vacant speaker seat after Kevin McCarthy’s ousting Tuesday….

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Does Jim Jordan have enough votes to be House speaker?

House Republicans chose Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to be their nominee for speaker in a secret ballot vote Friday. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion…

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Jim Jordan flips some GOP holdouts for House speaker vote

Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan could be on the verge of becoming the next speaker of the House. It could happen as soon as Tuesday,…

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Why Jim Jordan lost the first House speaker vote

House Republicans on Tuesday tried to elect a speaker again but Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win enough votes to secure the gavel on…

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What the House speaker chaos says about state of Republican Party

The current Republican nominee for House speaker, Jim Jordan, fell 22 votes short of the necessary 217 to win the gavel on Wednesday. CBS News’…

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GOP lawmaker calls on House colleagues to “put their big boy pants on” amid speaker stalemate

Rep. Jim Jordan failed to secure enough votes to become House speaker on the second ballot, leaving the lower chamber without a leader as Republicans’…

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House holds 2nd speaker vote; Jim Jordan comes up short | full video

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio failed to get enough votes to become the next House speaker on Wednesday during a second round of voting. All…

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House speaker drama — from McCarthy’s ouster to Jim Jordan’s uphill climb and beyond

The quest to fill the House of Representatives speaker chair has lasted weeks since Kevin McCarthy’s historic ousting as October began. These are the many…

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Can Jim Jordan gain support in a 3rd speaker vote?

House Republicans showed no signs of ending the speaker stalemate Thursday after Rep. Jim Jordan reversed his support of a plan to empower Speaker pro…

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