POLITICS
The AP and the Trump administration are due back in court in their fight over White House access
Read full article: The AP and the Trump administration are due back in court in their fight over White House accessThe Associated Press and Trump administration are due back in court in their fight over access to presidential events.
Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to 'impugn the integrity' of US judicial system
Read full article: Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to 'impugn the integrity' of US judicial systemA federal judge accused the Justice Department of attacking her character in an effort to undermine the integrity of the judicial system, forcefully pushing back against the Trump administration’s criticism of the courts for blocking parts of the president’s agenda.
A bill proposing a near-total abortion ban causes an uproar at Georgia's Capitol
Read full article: A bill proposing a near-total abortion ban causes an uproar at Georgia's CapitolProtesters on each side of the abortion debate have packed a hallway of Georgia's Capitol during a hearing on a bill that would ban most abortions.
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Read full article: Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got hereLong-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a global trade war — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.
Trump signed an order to reshape how elections in the US are run. Is it constitutional?
Read full article: Trump signed an order to reshape how elections in the US are run. Is it constitutional?Election officials, state attorneys general and legal experts say President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to reshape election processes throughout the U.S. will likely face legal challenges for violating the Constitution.
Social Security Administration backtracks on some ID requirements after backlash
Read full article: Social Security Administration backtracks on some ID requirements after backlashThe Social Security Administration said Wednesday that people applying for Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, or Supplemental Security Income who are not able to use agency’s online portal, can complete their claim entirely over the phone instead of at an office.
Congressional Republicans target PBS, NPR funding in contentious hearing
Read full article: Congressional Republicans target PBS, NPR funding in contentious hearingA House Republican pushing the Trump administration's government efficiency efforts has called for dismantling and defunding the nation's public broadcast system following a contentious public hearing on Wednesday.
The White House says nothing classified was shared on Signal. Democrats say that strains credulity
Read full article: The White House says nothing classified was shared on Signal. Democrats say that strains credulityTrump administration officials are struggling to stem the fallout from revelations that top national security officials discussed sensitive attack plans over a messaging app and mistakenly added a journalist to the chain.
Appeals court won't lift order that barred Trump administration from deportations under wartime law
Read full article: Appeals court won't lift order that barred Trump administration from deportations under wartime lawA federal appeals court won’t lift an order barring the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law.
The 'state secrets privilege' sounds mysterious. Here's what it is and how it works
Read full article: The 'state secrets privilege' sounds mysterious. Here's what it is and how it worksThe Trump administration is invoking a powerful tool in seeking to cut off a judge’s inquiry into whether it defied his order to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants being deported from the United States.
NTSB chairwoman says reviewing the data after midair crash may prevent the next aviation accident
Read full article: NTSB chairwoman says reviewing the data after midair crash may prevent the next aviation accidentThe head of the agency investigating the deadly midair collision that killed 67 said Wednesday that someone should have spotted the alarming number of near misses in the skies over the nation’s capital beforehand and reviewing the data now could prevent future crashes.
Tesla is suing to open dealerships in Wisconsin. It's become a big deal in the Supreme Court race
Read full article: Tesla is suing to open dealerships in Wisconsin. It's become a big deal in the Supreme Court raceTesla CEO Elon Musk is supporting the conservative candidate in the race to fill a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which could ultimately decide a Tesla lawsuit.
Federal judge struggles with scope of relief for fired workers
Read full article: Federal judge struggles with scope of relief for fired workersA federal judge in Maryland says he will extend a temporary order requiring the Trump administration to bring back federal workers who were fired as the president seeks to dramatically downsize the federal workforce.
Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district
Read full article: Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate districtDemocrat James Andrew Malone has narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a stretch of Republican-leaning suburbs and farming communities.
Trump asks Supreme Court for OK to cut teacher-training money as part of anti-DEI push
Read full article: Trump asks Supreme Court for OK to cut teacher-training money as part of anti-DEI pushThe Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training.
US could run short of money to pay its bills by August without a debt limit deal, CBO says
Read full article: US could run short of money to pay its bills by August without a debt limit deal, CBO saysThe United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills— as early as August without a deal between lawmakers and the White House.
Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns
Read full article: Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost gunsGun safety groups are celebrating the Supreme Court decision upholding a Biden administration firearm regulation on nearly impossible-to-trace ghost guns.
The Atlantic releases the Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against the Houthis
Read full article: The Atlantic releases the Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against the HouthisThe Atlantic has released the Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials.
The Latest: Trump overhauls US elections in new executive order, including proof of citizenship
Read full article: The Latest: Trump overhauls US elections in new executive order, including proof of citizenshipConstitutional challenges are expected for President Donald Trump's order to overhaul U.S. elections.
Supreme Court seems likely to OK $8 billion phone and internet subsidy for rural, low-income areas
Read full article: Supreme Court seems likely to OK $8 billion phone and internet subsidy for rural, low-income areasThe Supreme Court seems likely to preserve the $8 billion a year the government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas.
In Jamaica, Marco Rubio vows to revisit US travel warning
Read full article: In Jamaica, Marco Rubio vows to revisit US travel warningU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the State Department will re-evaluate its travel warnings for Jamaica and other countries to ensure they reflect real conditions on the ground.
Researchers in limbo as Columbia bows to Trump’s demands in bid to restore $400M federal funding
Read full article: Researchers in limbo as Columbia bows to Trump’s demands in bid to restore $400M federal fundingResearchers at Columbia University remain in limbo after the Ivy League institution bowed to the Trump administration’s demands for unprecedented changes in a bid to restore some $400 million in federal funds cut.
Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held
Read full article: Homeland Security Secretary Noem visits the El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are heldHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U_S_ Noem’s trip Wednesday to the prison where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.”.
Gabbard calls Signal chats a 'mistake' as Trump officials face grilling over leaked military plan
Read full article: Gabbard calls Signal chats a 'mistake' as Trump officials face grilling over leaked military planTop intelligence officials have faced another round of tough questions about leaked military plans as they appeared before lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
In their own words: Trump officials shrugging off Signal leak once decried Clinton's server
Read full article: In their own words: Trump officials shrugging off Signal leak once decried Clinton's serverThe attempts by President Donald Trump and some of his administration’s top leaders to downplay a security breach that revealed military strike plans to a journalist stand in stark contrast to their reaction to Hillary Clinton’s use of a home server as secretary of state.
Trump's executive order on elections is far-reaching. But will it actually stick?
Read full article: Trump's executive order on elections is far-reaching. But will it actually stick?President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run in the U.S. is vast in scope and holds the potential to reorder the voting landscape across the country, even as it faces almost certain litigation.
Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments
Read full article: Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departmentsFederal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation.
Kentucky governor vetoes GOP abortion bill, says it undermines doctors and endangers pregnant women
Read full article: Kentucky governor vetoes GOP abortion bill, says it undermines doctors and endangers pregnant womenKentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill touted by its Republican supporters as an attempt to bring clarity to the state's near-total abortion ban.
RNC asks states for details about their voter files, part of a larger effort to question elections
Read full article: RNC asks states for details about their voter files, part of a larger effort to question electionsThe Republican National Committee has launched a massive effort to probe voter registration lists nationwide amid a broader strategy to seize on voter rolls to question the integrity of elections.
Corporate capital Delaware is changing its law in fight pitting corporate insiders vs. investors
Read full article: Corporate capital Delaware is changing its law in fight pitting corporate insiders vs. investorsDelaware lawmakers are putting aside protests from big investors and approving fast-tracked legislation that backers say will protect its status as the world's corporate capital.
The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) know
Read full article: The Signal attack plan messages: What we do (and don't) knowThe revelation that President Donald Trump’s most senior national security officials posted the specifics of a military attack to a chat group that included a journalist hours before the attack took place has raised many questions.
Republicans in Mike Waltz's old district aren't mad at him or Trump over Yemen Signal chat
Read full article: Republicans in Mike Waltz's old district aren't mad at him or Trump over Yemen Signal chatWashington is roiled by the news that one of President Donald Trump’s top aides added a journalist to a group chat discussing military plans.
Kansas has among the shortest windows for voting by mail in the US. It will get shorter next year
Read full article: Kansas has among the shortest windows for voting by mail in the US. It will get shorter next yearKansas is shrinking what already was among the nation’s shortest windows for voting by mail.