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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Legislative Redistricting Committee tasked with selecting a new map for lawmakers to vote on as part of Utah’s congressional redistricting made their choice on Monday morning. In an 8-2 vote, the committee selected “Map C” to be presented during the legislative special session. Sen. Luz Escamilla (D-Salt Lake City) and Rep. Doug Owens (D-Millcreek), …

Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, a free-expression coalition originally formed by Hollywood stars in 1947 to oppose the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood blacklist. Fonda, joined by more than 800 members of the entertainment industry including Spike Lee, Billie Eilish, Pedro Pascal and others announced the revival this week, citing concerns about renewed …

Five former Dallas Cowboys players, including linebacker Lee Roy Jordan and two others with Dallas-area high school ties, were among 52 players nominated by the Seniors Screening Committee for election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the seniors category, it was announced Thursday. Cornerback Everson Walls (Richardson Berkner) led the NFL in interceptions three times, finishing his career …

Jane Fonda relaunches McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech  The Washington Post Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech  NPR Trump White House adds Jane Fonda to its growing list of celebrity targets  MSNBC News Jane Fonda revives Cold War-era activist group to defend free speech  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Jane Fonda revives her dad’s …

Oct. 2 (UPI) — Jane Fonda and other Hollywood actors, directors, writers and producers relaunched the post-World War II Committee for the First Amendment to fight back against the Trump administration’s targeting of free speech. Originally formed in 1947 by Hollywood heavyweights Gene Kelly, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and others, the Committee for the First Amendment pushed back against the …

Clockwise from top left: Jane Fonda, John Legend, Ben Stiller, Whoopi Goldberg, Billie Eilish, and Spike Lee. Led by Fonda, hundreds of celebrities have signed on to a letter in defense of free speech and free expression, re-launching a McCarthy-era committee. Neilson Barnard; Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for The Recording Academy; David Livingston; Dia Dipasupil; Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld; …

Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, a McCarthy-era initiative founded in the 1940s by her father, Henry Fonda, to protect against attacks on free speech. The Committee has already received the support of more than 550 A-list names, including Gracie Abrams, Quinta Brunson, Kerry Washington, Natalie Portman, Aaron Sorkin, Spike Lee, Viola Davis, Pedro Pascal, Ben …

Steve Cohen’s $8B casino advanced by committee, cementing final field  Crain’s New York Business Citi Field casino passes key vote in Queens. Here’s an update on the 8 sites vying for licenses.  CBS News NYC casino proposal at Citi Field in Queens is 4th and final plan to advance to NY state consideration  ABC7 New York Metropolitan Park receives unanimous CAC approval as …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a House committee that pushed for the law demanding TikTok be spun off from its Chinese owners has requested an urgent briefing from the White House, one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order supporting a proposed deal that would put the popular social video platform under U.S. ownership. In a statement …

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are launching a review Friday of the ouster of federal prosecutor Erik Siebert, a week after he resigned as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and a day after Siebert’s replacement signed an indictment of former FBI Director James Comey. Prosecutors had expressed concern about Siebert’s possible ouster over his failure to bring a …