Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta has recognised and congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, noting Biden’s previous visit to New Zealand. And she paid special tribute to Harris, saying she will bring “some very unique attributes to their leadership” as the first woman-of-colour Vice President. Mahuta, who was sworn in as Foreign […]
Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn in Tuesday as the Supreme Court’s ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts. Her first votes on the court could include two big topics affecting the man who appointed her. The court is weighing a plea from President Donald Trump to prevent the Manhattan […]
By The Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling was expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states, although the timing of those laws taking effect varies. Some Republican-led states banned or severely […]
