1776 COALITION 07/24/2015

	AFL-CIO-NBPC to Trump: You’re cancelled. Donald Trump’s planned tour of the Laredo Sector of the Texas -Mexico border has been canceled by the national AFL-CIO-controlled union that represents U.S. Border Patrol agents, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC). Border Patrol agent Hector Garza acted in... Read More

	Hillary Clinton, Democrats mum as Planned Parenthood videos ignite furor Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is a rarity, a Democrat who has admitted — in public — that he’s concerned about accusations of unlawful conduct at Planned Parenthood. Earlier this week, he announced that he would investigate charges stemming from... Read More

	Hillary Clinton Backer Rep. Jan Schakowsky Leads Charge Against Group Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.), who has endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president, is leading a group of House Democrats who accuse the Center for Medical Progress of possibly violating federal and state law when secretly recording... Read More

	‘Fetal heartbeat’ law struck down in North Dakota The nation’s first law to ban most abortions as soon as a fetal heartbeat is heard — around six weeks of pregnancy — lost in court again Wednesday. Because Supreme Court precedent “does not permit us to reach a contrary... Read More

	Immigrant parents suing Texas for withholding birth certificates to US-born kids Immigrant parents living in Texas without proper identification papers are suing the state for withholding birth certificates from their American-born children, in a tricky case that pits Texas' strict ID laws against the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The suit... Read More

Russian Bombers Flew Within 40 Miles of N. California Coast Two Russian nuclear bombers flew within 40 miles of the California coast and one of the pilots relayed a veiled threat during the Fourth of July aerial incident, defense officials said. “Good morning American pilots, we are here to greet... Read More