Justice Amy Coney Barrett dismissed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent to a new Supreme Court decision that limits the power of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions against the executive branch, a problem that the Trump administration has faced for months. Jackson claimed lower courts do not have limits on their authority to issue universal […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) panned Rep. Andy Ogles’s (R-TN) call for the Department of Justice to revoke the naturalized citizenship of New York State assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary earlier this week. Ogles on Thursday asked U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in a letter to subject Mamdani to denaturalization […]
(The Center Square) – Saying eradication of dangerous gangs such as Tren de Aragua goes well beyond individual arrests, a North Carolina congressman’s proposal would create a six-month plan identifying tactical methods, funding and origins. The strategy, leadership and presence of criminal threats by the multi-country gang would be uncovered and shared by the Department […]
President Donald Trump appeared in high spirits Friday after the Supreme Court ruled that district courts cannot issue nationwide injunctions, a significant victory for the president’s agenda in the face of mounting legal challenges. After the ruling was handed down Friday morning, Trump held an impromptu press conference in the White House press briefing room […]
Pennsylvania progressives are eying former Rep. Conor Lamb as their counter to Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who could face a primary challenge during the 2028 election after breaking with some progressive agenda items. Lamb’s invitations to town halls across the state and praise from disgruntled progressives as an alternative to Fetterman could catapult him back […]
(The Center Square) – A central Ohio man is continuing his battle with the federal government to distill his own alcohol at home. After the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed John Ream’s case in March, The Buckeye Institute recently filed its first brief in an appeal, saying the federal government’s […]
(The Center Square) — Unemployment remained unchanged in Colorado in May, staying at 4.8%. The number of unemployed individuals decreased by just 100 to 158,700 from April to May, according to a report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. This was the third consecutive month that unemployment in the state had stalled, pausing a consistent upward trend […]
House lawmakers left an all-member briefing about President Donald Trump‘s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear sites divided along party lines, with Republicans praising the “spectacular” move and Democrats finding the intelligence officials’ presentation “unhelpful.” Intelligence officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, briefed lawmakers Friday morning on the operation. The […]
A federal judge in Georgia cited free speech violations as she blocked a law on Thursday that requires parental and age verification on all social media accounts. The measure that passed in 2024 was set to take effect next week and would require children younger than 16 to receive a parent’s permission while creating accounts. […]
The Supreme Court on Friday announced it would rehear arguments over a Louisiana congressional map that added a second majority-black district, leaving the fate of one of the most closely-watched redistricting battles undecided until the next term. The unsigned decision to schedule additional arguments was only dissented from by Justice Clarence Thomas, who argued the high court has “an […]
