The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea from a group of Native American activists and supporters to block a copper mining company from destroying an Apache religious site. The high court rejected the petition 6-2, with Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissenting from the decision not to hear the case. Justice Samuel Alito […]
The Trump administration is reportedly considering widening the scope of its social media vetting for all foreign students applying to study in the United States. The possible added measures come as the administration cracks down on immigration, including revoking student visas during deportations. The State Department is ordering U.S. embassies and consular sections to pause […]
White House special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg argued on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is the “only guy” who can bring peace between Russia and Ukraine, suggesting bringing an end to the war comes down to “negotiation.” Trump has expressed frustration with Russia’s recent large-scale missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, stating he is […]
A pair of high-profile recusals by Supreme Court justices last week reignited a fierce debate over judicial ethics, particularly following Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s withdrawal from a major religious liberty case. Barrett, an appointee of President Donald Trump, chose earlier this year to recuse herself from a case surrounding the approval of the country’s first […]
The Trump administration is engaged on another front in its war with the federal bureaucracy, this time with the Government Accountability Office. As an independent watchdog agency, the GAO largely operates outside of President Donald Trump‘s purview, and he cannot remove its director, Gene Dodaro. But that hasn’t stopped the White House and congressional Republicans […]
Former Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, will compete against Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) for Virginia governor in the Nov. 4 election. The onetime lawmaker outraised her opponent by more than $3 million in April despite accusations from the lieutenant governor that her alleged knowledge of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline is a […]
Leo Terrell, head of the Justice Department’s Antisemitism Task Force, blamed the Biden administration for allowing antisemitism to grow in the United States and warned on Tuesday that the Trump administration would no longer “tolerate” it. President Donald Trump‘s administration sought to divert all remaining federal contracts away from Harvard University on Tuesday over the […]
President Donald Trump will pardon reality television couple Todd and Julie Chrisley, the latest clemency actions from the president to help those convicted of bribery, theft, and fraud. The couple was indicted in 2019 and convicted in 2022 on charges of bank fraud and tax evasion. Todd Chrisley was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while […]
The mayor of Seattle blamed the organizers of an evangelical Christian event for the violence that broke out in response, which successfully shut the peaceful prayer service down at a Seattle park on Saturday. Over the weekend, anti-abortion Christian organization MayDay USA held a religious freedom rally in the heart of Seattle’s historically LGBT neighborhood. […]
New York is penalizing Walmart for allowing third-party resellers to sell realistic toy guns on the company’s website. Selling such toys violates a New York law inspired by police encounters that have resulted in fatalities because the guns, though harmless, look like actual firearms. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday that Walmart will […]
