The House will vote Thursday morning on a short-term reauthorization of a key government spy program ahead of a Friday deadline, taking control of the surveillance authority’s future as talks in the Senate stall.  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Wednesday that the House will vote on a short-term extension of Section 702 of the […]

The Florida Supreme Court declined to block the newly enacted congressional map that could net Republicans up to four seats in the Sunshine State. In a 6-1 ruling, the state’s high court ruled it lacks the jurisdiction to rule on a case currently being litigated in a lower court.  The ruling does not end the […]

Iran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz to all vessels after the United States launched strikes on “multiple targets” on Wednesday evening. “From this moment on, due to insecurity in the region, the Strait of Hormuz is declared closed to the traffic of any type of vessel, including oil tankers and commercial vessels, […]

The Department of Justice indicted eight anti-Israel protesters associated with the University of Michigan who it said engaged in disruptive “autonomous actions,” including at a local Jewish nonprofit group. “In America, we rule by law not by fear,” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. said on Wednesday. “These alleged […]