A federal lawsuit filed against President Donald Trump’s executive order defining sex by biology could threaten women’s status as a protected class. Alongside left-wing litigator Democracy Forward, the American Civil Liberties Union lodged a class action complaint last month on behalf of lead plaintiff LeAnne Withrow, a transgender member of the Illinois National Guard, and […]

President Donald Trump has faced legal roadblocks in his bids to fire independent agency heads, but following wins on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, the president’s firing power faces its largest test before the high court’s merits docket on Monday. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Trump v. Slaughter on Monday morning, after elevating […]

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is making one thing clear: she’s ready to leave Washington and the House of Representatives and move on to something new. The New York congresswoman, formerly the chairwoman of House Republican Leadership, has had quite the year. From getting her United Nations ambassadorship nomination pulled to waging public war against the […]

January 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 24 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month, though January’s payment will go out on Dec. 31. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, the latter being the […]