NEW YORK, NY — Justice Amy Coney Barrett pushed back on partisan portrayals of the Supreme Court during a conversation in Manhattan on Thursday, saying it’s a “mistake” to view the justices as aligned with the political Left or Right. “Judges wear black robes because we are not partisan,” Barrett, one of three high court appointees of President […]
President Donald Trump denied reports that he is pressuring current New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Silwa to drop out of the city’s mayoral race in an effort to boost former Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s chances against Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani. “No, I don’t like to see a communist become mayor, I […]
A federal appeals court has blocked a lower court’s order to shutter the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center over environmental concerns, in a win for the Trump administration and Florida officials. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 on Thursday in favor of halting a preliminary injunction imposed […]
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice won’t defend a group of Biden-era Department of Agriculture aid programs that were challenged by a Wisconsin farmer. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a June lawsuit on behalf of Chilton’s Adam Faust claiming the USDA had continued programs that discriminated against farmers based […]
(The Center Square) – Southern California students and faculty staged a walkout at their middle school in protest of the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s policy that allows transgender girls in bathrooms and locker rooms. During class on Tuesday, students, parents and faculty members at James L. Day Middle School walked out to protest against […]
Steve Bannon used his appearance at the National Conservatism Conference on Thursday to deliver a blunt set of recommendations for President Donald Trump, urging him to wield America’s economic leverage to reassert independence and counter adversaries. Bannon, who served as a top aide during Trump’s first term, returned to the spotlight with advice from the […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) blasted President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles on Thursday as costly “political theater,” leaving taxpayers with a $120 million bill. The money included $71 million for food and shelter, $37 million in payroll, more than $4 million in logistics supplies, $3.5 million in travel, and $1.5 […]
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) have proposed using the “speech and debate clause” in the Constitution to expose the clients of Jeffrey Epstein‘s alleged sex trafficking ring. Greene, one of four Republicans who have signed onto a discharge petition to force a vote on a bill that would require a full […]
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania lawmakers want to make community solar part of the state’s broader energy strategy to meet rising electricity demands from data centers and other high-powered industries, but federal policy uncertainties and the commonwealth’s budget impasse delay its progress. Rep. Peter Schweyer, D-Allentown, has again authored legislation he says would allow the […]
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to fire Democrat-appointed Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, while also requesting that the high court hear the full case immediately rather than allow it to move through lower courts. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to halt a Tuesday ruling from […]
