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Makenlee Corado, of the Yankton Sioux tribe, participates in a rally supporting Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in Colorado Springs, Colorado on May 5, 2023. - Violence against the Native American population is highly underreported. According to the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives Task Force of Colorado, there are currently 84 unsolved homicides involving indigenous persons in Colorado, with 98% of these cases occurring in the Front Range urban corridor which includes the city of Denver. (Photo by Jason Connolly / AFP) (Photo by JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court affirms law that keeps Native American children with Native families

In custody and adoption procedures, the Supreme Court upheld a federal law meant to keep Native American children tied to Native families.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 18: Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) speaks at a press conference calling for the expansion of the Supreme Court on July 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Take Back the Court Action Fund)

Sen. Markey proposes legislation to expand SCOTUS

As trust in the Supreme Court hits a new low, one Democrat lawmaker is looking expand the high court. One America’s Nathaniel Mannor has more.

DES MOINES, IOWA - MARCH 10: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa voters gathered at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on March 10, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa. DeSantis, who is widely expected to seek the 2024 Republican nomination for president, is one of several Republican leaders visiting the state this month. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

DeSantis signs Florida bill defunding DEI programs at public colleges

Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that bans the Sunshine State’s public colleges from funding diversity, equality, and inclusion programs, prohibiting the way that race has been represented and taught in many courses.

ELMA, IA - APRIL 28: Hogs are raised on the farm of Gordon and Jeanine Lockie April 28, 2009 in Elma, Iowa. Hog farmers who have been battered by rising feed prices are now faced with plummeting hog prices driven in part by misconceptions about the relationship of Swine Flu to eating pork and recent import bans on raw U.S. pork by some countries. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

Supreme Court rejects challenge to CA pork law that mandates more space for pigs

A California animal welfare law that forbids the sale of pork from breeding pigs kept in cramped quarters has been rejected by the Supreme Court on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 30: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks to the media outside of the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) during the continued House impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on October 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. State Department special adviser for Ukraine Catherine Croft and State Department official Christopher Anderson are expected to appear for closed-door depositions as part of the impeachment inquiry and the latest in a line of career diplomats who have complied with a House subpoena. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

National stand your ground bill

Representative Matt Gaetz and Senator Markwayne Mullin have introduced a national “Stand Your Ground” bill.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: Actress and model Paris Hilton shakes hands with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol Building on April 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. Hilton joined lawmakers to introduce the bipartisan, bicameral bill "Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act" which would provide more oversight for institutional youth treatment programs. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Paris Hilton backs bipartisan bill, tackling the industry of ‘troubled teens’

In support of a newly introduced bill to regulate “troubled teen” institutions, designed for young people battling with substance abuse and behavioral problems, Paris Hilton spoke at Capitol Hill on Thursday with a bipartisan group of legislators.