The House will vote Thursday morning on a short-term reauthorization of a key government spy program ahead of a Friday deadline, taking control of the surveillance authority’s future as talks in the Senate stall. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Wednesday that the House will vote on a short-term extension of Section 702 of the […]
The Florida Supreme Court declined to block the newly enacted congressional map that could net Republicans up to four seats in the Sunshine State. In a 6-1 ruling, the state’s high court ruled it lacks the jurisdiction to rule on a case currently being litigated in a lower court. The ruling does not end the […]
Iran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz to all vessels after the United States launched strikes on “multiple targets” on Wednesday evening. “From this moment on, due to insecurity in the region, the Strait of Hormuz is declared closed to the traffic of any type of vessel, including oil tankers and commercial vessels, […]
The Department of Justice indicted eight anti-Israel protesters associated with the University of Michigan who it said engaged in disruptive “autonomous actions,” including at a local Jewish nonprofit group. “In America, we rule by law not by fear,” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. said on Wednesday. “These alleged […]
Police have arrested at least 30 people for assaulting law enforcement and other felony offenses outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Delaney Hall immigrant detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, since Memorial Day. A number of those arrested traveled from out-of-state, including Colorado, Connecticut, and Washington, to take part in the demonstration, which began on Sunday, […]
Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano stood up for his agency in his congressional testimony on Wednesday, touting lower call wait times and greater efficiency as he said the SSA is having its “best all-around performance ever” under the Trump administration. The SSA chief’s testimony came just one day after the Social Security board of […]
A handful of Democratic congressional nominees have yet to say if they would support Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to continue leading the party in the next Congress. Jeffries has his eyes set on becoming the first Black speaker, as Democrats remain hopeful they will flip the House in November. Yet, the very candidates likely […]
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it found the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine guilty of racially discriminating against its applicants. The determination concludes a six-month investigation by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division into Davis Med’s admissions practices, which found the school guilty of violating a landmark 2023 Supreme Court decision that […]
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates testified about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in a closed-door House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Wednesday, claiming that Epstein tried to use extramarital affairs to pressure him into maintaining their relationship. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the oversight committee, told MS Now that as part of […]
The House Judiciary Committee scrutinized the NFL and its compliance with a 65-year-old broadcasting antitrust law during a congressional hearing on Wednesday. The panel’s antitrust subcommittee considered whether the professional football league overstretched its antitrust exemption under the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 by pooling the television rights for all 32 teams into a package […]
