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AG Rokita declined to sign bipartisan letter condemning Capitol attack

February 17, 2021 | Dave Stafford and Lindsey Erdody, Indianapolis Business Journal

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, whose Valentine’s Day social media tweet alluding to a stolen election post briefly drew a Twitter warning, declined weeks earlier to sign a nearly universal statement of attorneys general condemning the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol. Separately, the Republican AG is facing calls for records surrounding his decision to remain employed as an adviser to a private company while also holding statewide elected office.

Unemployment benefits may extend to workers facing unsafe conditions

February 17, 2021 | Katie Stancombe

As workers faced furloughs and layoffs during COVID-19 pandemic, many relied on unemployment checks for their needed source of income. But some also face a dilemma – choosing between returning to work in potentially unsafe conditions posed by the coronavirus or risk losing their job and going without pay. President Joe Biden in a Jan. 22 executive order requested a solution to that quandary.

On Parkland massacre anniversary, Biden calls for tougher gun laws

February 15, 2021 | Associated Press

President Joe Biden joined a Florida community Sunday in remembering the 17 lives lost three years ago in the Parkland school shooting massacre.

Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

February 15, 2021 | Associated Press and IL Staff

Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific attack on the U.S. Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that spared him the first-ever conviction of a current or former U.S. president but exposed the fragility of America’s democratic traditions and left a divided nation to come to terms with the violence sparked by his defeated presidency.

Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US

February 12, 2021 | Associated Press

The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States while their cases proceed.

Trump impeachment trial shifts to his defense

February 12, 2021 | Associated Press

Now it’s the Trump team’s time. The Senate trial is shifting to Trump’s defense lawyers on Friday, and they’re prepared to acknowledge that the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was every bit as traumatic, unacceptable and illegal as Democrats say. But they plan to say Trump had nothing to do with it.

Biden administration asks SCOTUS to uphold health law

February 11, 2021 | Associated Press

The Biden administration has told the Supreme Court of the United States that it believes the entire Affordable Care Act should be upheld, reversing a Trump administration position in a key case pending before the justices.

Impeachment trial highlights: Harrowing footage, focus on Trump’s words

February 11, 2021 | Associated Press

House Democrats opened their first day of arguments in former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with searing video of the U.S. Capitol riot as they painted Trump as an “inciter in chief” who systematically riled up his supporters and falsely convinced them the election had been stolen, culminating in the deadly attack.

Democrats: Trump ‘inciter in chief’ of Capitol attack

February 10, 2021 | Associated Press

Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial said Wednesday they would prove that Trump was no “innocent bystander” but the “inciter in chief” of the deadly attack at the Capitol aimed at overturning his election loss to Joe Biden.

Senators to hear opening arguments as Trump fumes over impeachment trial

February 10, 2021 | Associated Press

Opening arguments begin Wednesday in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Indy lawyer seeks to keep Trump election challenge alive at SCOTUS

February 9, 2021 | Dave Stafford

As the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on a count of incitement of insurrection began Tuesday, his Indianapolis lawyer who asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn election results in Wisconsin pleaded anew for the high court to keep the case alive because Trump may run again for president.

Justice Department seeks resignations of Trump-era U.S. attorneys

February 9, 2021 | Associated Press and IL Staff

The Justice Department will ask U.S. attorneys who were appointed by former President Donald Trump to resign from their posts, as the Biden administration moves to transition to its own nominees, a senior Justice Department official said Monday.

Democrats propose $1,400 payments as part of Biden virus relief

February 9, 2021 | Associated Press

House Democrats proposed an additional $1,400 in direct payments to individuals as Congress began piecing together a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that tracks President Joe Biden’s plan for battling the pandemic and reviving a still staggering economy.

82 advocacy groups call on Biden to end federal executions

February 9, 2021 | Associated Press

Dozens of civil rights and advocacy organizations are calling on the Biden administration to immediately halt federal executions after an unprecedented run of capital punishment under former President Donald Trump and to commute the sentences of inmates on federal death row.

Susan Bayh, former Indiana first lady, dies after long battle with brain cancer

February 8, 2021 | Associated Press and IL and IBJ Staff

Former Indiana First Lady and attorney Susan Bayh has died at age 61 after nearly three years of brain cancer treatments, her family said Saturday.

Trump impeachment trial to open with sense of urgency, speed

February 8, 2021 | Associated Press

Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency — by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent U.S. Capitol siege and Republicans who want it over as fast as possible.

Biden pressed to end federal death penalty

February 8, 2021 | Associated Press

Joe Biden, the first sitting U.S. president to openly oppose the death penalty, has discussed the possibility of instructing the Department of Justice to stop scheduling new executions, officials have told The Associated Press. But it remains unclear whether Biden may take broader action to halt the federal death penalty.

Senate approves budget bill as Harris casts tie-breaking vote

February 5, 2021 | Associated Press

The Senate early Friday approved a budget that would allow fast-track passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan without support from Republicans. Vice President Kamala Harris was in the chair to cast the tie-breaking vote, her first.

Biden signs immigration orders as Congress awaits more

February 3, 2021 | Associated Press

President Joe Biden signed a second spate of orders to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies, demonstrating the powers of the White House and its limitations without support from Congress.

High court puts off wall, asylum cases at Biden’s request

February 3, 2021 | Associated Press

The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to requests from the Biden administration to put off arguments in two cases involving the U.S.-Mexico border wall and asylum-seekers because President Joe Biden has taken steps to change Trump administration policies that had been challenged in court.

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