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Creighton Moot Court Explores Adoption, Defamation Challenges

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00am

David Mabes discusses the role of New York Times v. Sullivan during oral arguments as part of Creighton University’s Moot Court championship hearing.
(Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Should an estranged husband have a say in whether the other person can adopt a child? Four Creighton University law students presented that argument before a panel of three judges as part of the school's annual Moot Court competition.

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Former State Sen. Lynne Walz Steps Toward Run For Nebraska Governor

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00am

State Sen. Lynne Walz of Fremont, center, leads a news conference in the Nebraska Capitol Rotunda, March 16, 2022.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska News Service)

FREMONT, Neb. — Former State Sen. Lynne Walz on Monday launched an exploratory committee to run for Nebraska governor in 2026, seeking to uplift Nebraskans’ concerns instead of their partisanship.

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Just Follow Orders Or Obey The Law? What US Troops Told Us About Refusing Illegal Commands

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00am

As the Trump administration carries out what many observers say are illegal military strikes against vessels in the Caribbean allegedly smuggling drugs, six Democratic members of Congress issued a video on Nov. 18, 2025, telling the military “You can refuse illegal orders” and “You must refuse illegal orders.”

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She’ll Resign In January

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/01/2025 - 12:00am

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State Sen. John Cavanaugh Defends U.S. House Bid Against Risks To State Filibuster

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/24/2025 - 12:00am

State Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha is a candidate for U.S. House in Nebraska’s Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, Sept. 12, 2025.
(Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — In the officially nonpartisan Nebraska Unicameral, the Democratic-leaning minority bloc currently has 16 seats, including progressive Omaha nonpartisan State Sen. Megan Hunt.

That means the Legislature’s partisan minority, when united, needs Hunt and at least one GOP defector to stop legislation the group opposes. Republicans, when united, hold a narrow supermajority of 33 seats that can overcome them.

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Pillen Could Expand Reach Of Federal Tax Credit To Help Public And Private School Students

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/24/2025 - 12:00am

In late September, Gov. Jim Pillen held a press conference to announce that he would opt Nebraska into the newly created federal school-choice tax credit program.

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Amid ICE Crackdown, Detained Docket Dominates Omaha Court’s Attention, Worsening Backlog

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/24/2025 - 12:00am

Judge Matthew Morrissey fired off their names one by one over the course of an hour.

Castro, Leiva, Galicia, Durán, Cucul, Oporta, Pérez, Sierra.

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Border Patrol Is Monitoring US Drivers And Detaining Those With 'Suspicious' Travel Patterns

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/24/2025 - 12:00am

A license plate reader used by U.S. Border Patrol is hidden in a traffic cone while capturing passing vehicles on AZ Highway 85, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Gila Bend, Ariz.
(Ross D. Franklin / AP Photo)

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.

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Trump Signs Bill Requiring DOJ Release Of Epstein Files

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/24/2025 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed into law late Wednesday a bill compelling the release of unclassified investigative files from the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with whom he shared a well-documented friendship, though Trump denies any involvement in the financier’s crimes.

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“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 11/17/2025 - 12:00am

Fox’s Sept. 4 broadcast explicitly drew a connection between 2025 and the 2020 protests after the police killing of George Floyd.
(Fox News Screenshot by ProPublica)

“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops

When President Donald Trump told reporters on Sept. 5 he’d started looking at sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, he said it was because of something he saw on television.

He said the city was being destroyed by paid agitators. “What they’ve done to that place, it’s like living in hell,” he said, a comment that became an internet meme as some Portland residents juxtaposed it with tranquil images of the city.

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