Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett will stand by her consequential vote to overturn Roe v. Wade in her upcoming memoir, “Listening to the Law,” set to be released on Sept. 9. Barrett, who originally scored a $2 million advance for the book, writes that the 1973 Supreme Court decision, which enshrined a constitutional right […]

Paige Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, announced her campaign for the House Tuesday in a bid to unseat Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA). In her launch video, she questioned Bresnahan’s stock trading and his murky financial record since entering Congress earlier this year. “Rob ran for Congress on a promise to ban stock trades. This […]

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), and several public university systems, challenging state laws that offer in-state tuition and financial aid to illegal immigrants despite similar benefits not being equally available to U.S. citizens from other states. In the complaint, filed in the Southern District of Illinois, DOJ officials argue that the laws […]

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has decided not to run for a third term in the U.S. Senate, ending more than a decade in Washington and setting off a scramble for her seat in 2026. In a video announcement, Ernst called serving Iowans “the privilege of a lifetime,” citing her upbringing on a farm in southwestern […]