Supreme Court takes up challenge to gender-affirming care ban
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will wade into a major dispute implicating transgender rights next term by agreeing to review the constitutionality of Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming...
View ArticleSupreme Court will review Holocaust survivors’ lawsuit against Hungary
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a group of Holocaust survivors and their heirs can haul Hungary into an American court to answer for confiscating property from Jews while carrying...
View ArticleNoem says she hasn't been vetted as Trump VP pick
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) indicated Sunday that she has not been formally vetted to potentially be former President Trump's vice-presidential pick. When asked on "Meet the Press" if she has...
View ArticleLuna to force vote on obscure maneuver forcing sergeant-at-arms to detain...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) will move within days to force a vote on having the House sergeant-at-arms forcibly bring Attorney General Merrick Garland before the House by holding him in “inherent...
View ArticleSupreme Court to consider limiting climate assessments for infrastructure...
The Supreme Court may decide to limit the federal government’s ability to consider climate change or other environmental impacts when weighing whether to approve infrastructure such as pipelines and...
View ArticleCivil liberties groups file lawsuit against Louisiana Ten Commandments law
A coalition of civil liberties groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against Louisiana after its governor last week signed a bill requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school...
View ArticleSupreme Court sets stage for blockbuster showdown over transgender rights
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear a challenge to Tennessee’s gender-affirming care ban for minors sets the stage for a potentially blockbuster case implicating transgender protections. It marks...
View ArticleTillis pushes back on conservatives’ bid for GOP rules reform
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), an adviser to the Senate Republican leadership team, has circulated a letter to colleagues pushing back on conservative lawmakers who want to reform the GOP conference rules...
View ArticleHow this week's Biden-Trump debate is different from any other
This week's debate between President Biden and former President Trump will be unlike any in the 64 years since the advent of the televised presidential debate. From the host of the meeting to its...
View ArticleWill they curse? How many 'non-facts'? Betting sites offer Biden-Trump debate...
Online sportsbooks are betting big on this week's highly anticipated debate between President Biden and former President Trump, offering wagers on everything from the candidates' sartorial choices to...
View ArticleBowman faces moment of truth: 5 things to watch in Tuesday's primaries
Voters in Colorado, New York, South Carolina and Utah will cast ballots Tuesday in key contests that are set to highlight friction within both parties and test former President Trump’s endorsement...
View ArticleWhat Biden and Trump need to do in the first debate
As President Biden and former President Trump gear up for their first debate of the cycle, political strategists are offering advice for how the two men should approach the event. The men will meet...
View Article5 things to watch as Trump's Supreme Court immunity decision looms
The Supreme Court is poised to issue its decision on presidential immunity as soon as this week, with the potential to reshape the powers of the nation’s highest office and hurl the 2024 presidential...
View ArticleGOP seeks to avoid drama in spending battle
House Republicans are chugging through an ambitious spending bill schedule while so far avoiding the tense intraparty battles over appropriations that brought the chamber to a standstill multiple...
View ArticleApproval of first publicly funded religious charter school in US ruled...
The approval of the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school was struck down as unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday. “The St. Isidore Contract violates state and...
View ArticleHouse GOP unveils DOJ funding bill after promising crackdown on 'weaponization'
House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a bill to fund the departments of Commerce and Justice, as well as science agencies, for fiscal 2025, legislation that is poised to be at the center of one of the...
View ArticleTrump risks hurting his own efforts to promote mail-in, early voting
Former President Trump is stepping up efforts to encourage voters to cast their ballots early and by mail after years spent railing against the practice. Trump’s outreach team and the Republican...
View ArticleIndiana Republican pushes Speaker Johnson to support Bannon Supreme Court appeal
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) is encouraging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to lead a legal effort to support former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court. Bannon is aiming to...
View ArticleTrump's hush money gag order partially lifted by judge
A New York judge on Tuesday partially lifted a gag order imposed on former President Trump’s speech in his hush money criminal case. The updated terms allow Trump to resume speaking about trial...
View ArticleHouse Republicans propose contempt for Biden ghostwriter
The House Judiciary Committee is set to weigh a contempt referral for President Biden’s ghostwriter, seeking to tee up criminal charges after failing to secure audio of the president’s interviews. The...
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