Congressional Republicans are redoubling their support for the SAVE America Act, a bill that has left Washington in gridlock for months, after the Supreme Court ruled states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day. The 5-4 decision in Watson v. Republican National Committee rejected a GOP-led push to end laws that permitted mailed […]
Virginia’s House of Delegates and Senate approved all 14 budget amendments proposed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) one day ahead of the state’s fiscal cliff. Spanberger sent the amendments to the state legislature Monday, and the chambers had to pass the proposals ahead of 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday to avoid what would have been the […]
A South Carolina judge on Monday tentatively set the retrial date in Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder case for April 5, 2027. Circuit Judge Debra McCaslin said the trial start date could be adjusted by a few weeks if the defense needs more time to analyze the DNA in the murder of Murdaugh’s wife and son five […]
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforcement’s use of a geofence warrant to obtain cellphone location data constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, marking a significant privacy ruling while stopping short of declaring the investigative tactic unconstitutional. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Elena Kagan, the justices vacated a lower court ruling involving Virginia […]
Country singer Alexis Wilkins’ rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” hit an unexpected snag when audio issues disrupted her performance at a Brussels Freedom 250 event. Wilkins, who is dating FBI Director Kash Patel, took the stage Sunday to perform the national anthem at the U.S. Embassy’s Independence Day celebration in Brussels ahead of the United […]
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey weighed into the Minnesota Senate race with an endorsement for the Democratic primary‘s more centrist candidate, Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN), ahead of the state’s Aug. 11 primaries. “Angie is relentless,” Frey wrote in his endorsement statement. “She’s tough, she’s tested, and she is exactly who we need in Washington. I met […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal team says the demands being placed on him for his yearslong corruption case are comparable to Israel’s treatment of a Nazi war criminal. Defense attorney Amit Hadad, who is representing the prime minister as he continues to navigate a corruption trial that began in 2019, said at the Jerusalem […]
President Donald Trump pledged to “continue the fight” in his appeal of a New York jury’s unanimous ruling that he defamed and sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll and owes her $5 million in damages, despite the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case. Trump previously asked the Supreme Court to overturn the case, […]
President Donald Trump embraced the Supreme Court‘s decision in Trump v. Slaughter that expands his executive power to fire members of some independent federal bodies. “BIG WIN just moments ago at the Supreme Court, in the Slaughter Case, confirming Presidential Power in our Country to remove Executive Branch Officers and Agency Appointees, or Representatives, under […]
President Donald Trump reacted to a major Supreme Court loss Monday by pressuring five Republican senators to flip their positions and vote to pass the SAVE America Act. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration and upheld a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted if they’re postmarked by Election Day […]
