Justice Sonia Sotomayor sharply questioned lawyers on Tuesday over why a Hawaii law that preemptively bars gun owners from carrying their weapon on private property should be struck down, as the Supreme Court heard arguments in the high-profile gun rights case. During oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez, Sotomayor pressed lawyer Alan Beck, who argued […]

Federal judges in Virginia are moving to install their own interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, escalating a monthslong clash with the Trump administration over the legality of President Donald Trump’s handpicked prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan. Chief U.S. District Judge Hannah Lauck announced on Tuesday that the court is soliciting applications for an […]

A federal judge has denied a motion filed by House Democrats who sought to block the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing a new policy that restricts federal lawmakers from visiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities without a seven-day notice. In a Monday ruling, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb of Washington, D.C., determined DHS did […]

The 2028 Democratic presidential primary campaign promises to be a far more cutthroat affair than the 2024 vintage, with voters getting an early sneak peek of things to come this week, thanks to a new book from Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA). The memoir, which will be released on Jan. 27, lays bare the simmering feud […]