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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg delivers remarks at the naming ceremony for the Transportation Department building on May 09, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Department of Transportation headquarters building was officially named the William T. Coleman, Jr and Norman Y. Mineta Federal Building in honor of the two past Secretaries of Transportation. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Pete Buttigieg claims graphic designer Lorie Smith purposefully provoked case

During a Sunday appearance on CNN, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that Lorie Smith, the Colorado-based Christian graphic designer who sued the state over its anti-discrimination statute, only got into the field “for the purpose of provoking a case like this.”

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 05: Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks as Michael Smerconish hosts a SiriusXM Town Hall with Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at The Centre Theater on June 05, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

RFK Jr. says more gun control can’t ‘meaningfully’ reduce gun violence

During a town hall event with NewsNation on Wednesday, 2024 Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. diverted from the majority of his party, asserting there is nothing politicians can “meaningfully” do through additional gun restrictions to lessen America’s gun violence crisis.

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA - OCTOBER 28: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by U.S. Military prior to transmission) A group of detainees kneels during an early morning Islamic prayer in their camp at the U.S. military prison for "enemy combatants" on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Although U.S. President Barack Obama pledged in his first executive order last January to close the infamous prison within a year's time, the government has been struggling to try the accused terrorists and to transfer them out ahead of the deadline. Military officials at the prison point to improved living standards and state of the art medical treatment available to detainees, but the facility's international reputation remains tied to the "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding employed under the Bush administration. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Pennsylvania Senate approves law reducing probation and jail sentencing

The Pennsylvania state Senate adopted legislation on Tuesday that aims to reduce the number of individuals on probation and in jail by restricting the period of probation and barring former inmates from being sent back to jail for “minor infractions.”