The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision continued a pattern of conservative disappointment with Republican-appointed justices many hoped would end with President Donald Trump’s nominees. The 6-3 ruling striking down Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment wasn’t a surprise to court watchers. But it completed a Supreme Court term that was a […]
The Supreme Court’s decision striking down President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order has forced Republicans to rethink how — or whether — they can still achieve one of the administration’s top immigration priorities. The high court ruled Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara that the president could not use executive authority to deny citizenship to […]
EXCLUSIVE — Former Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrat-turned-independent from West Virginia, is recommending that Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) follow in his path and leave the Democratic Party. “My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an independent,” Manchin said in a Tuesday morning phone interview with […]
Ukraine launched two long-range military strikes against Russia on Wednesday, hitting another oil refinery and a military facility, continuing the trend of its recent military success with such weapons. Russia’s Ufa oil refinery and an aerospace and defense facility where missile components are built were hit by Ukrainian forces. Both targets are hundreds of miles […]
The first round of July Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in seven days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, July 8. The second round will go out on July 15 to those born between […]
Despite demonstrating its dominance as the military power in the Middle East and weakening its adversaries, Israel finds itself more globally isolated about 1,000 days after Hamas’s attack, compared to where it was on Oct. 6, 2023. Israel’s reaction to Hamas’s attack, in which roughly 1,200 Israelis were killed and 250 others were taken hostage […]
The next culture war battle over transgender athletes will be fought at the ballot box this fall after the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states could restrict access to sports by biological sex. Voters in as many as five states are slated to weigh ballot measures in November that, if passed, would block biological males […]
Republican Party campaign committees are gearing up to pump tens of millions of dollars into campaigns across the country as they try to protect narrow House and Senate majorities. Thanks to the Supreme Court, they can now coordinate with candidates on all of it. The Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision nixing limits on coordinated spending between […]
Pennsylvania Planned Parenthood employees could be fraudulently obtaining coverage for cross-sex hormones using false diagnoses, according to health experts. Planned Parenthood’s southeastern and western Pennsylvania facilities describe giving insurance providers the billing code for “endocrine disorder, unspecified” when prescribing the transgender drugs. Doctors are sounding the alarm in recent months about clinics misleadingly using the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of his country’s strength and stressed his continued commitment to achieving a total victory against Iran and its proxies, such as Hezbollah and Hamas. He made the comments during an interview Tuesday night on Israel’s Channel 14 network, “The Patriots.” Netanyahu was asked about the current status of his […]
