1954—President Eisenhower nominates former California governor Earl Warren to serve as Chief Justice. Warren is already serving as Chief Justice pursuant to a recess appointment by...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has revealed a new policy that makes it more difficult for members of Congress to make oversight visits to ICE facilities, requiring seven days' advance notice.
Iran’s parliament speaker threatened to retaliate against the U.S. if President Trump followed through on his warnings to intervene as Tehran continues its crackdown on protesters. During a parliament session broadcast live on Iranian state television, speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf gave a speech applauding the military force’s crackdown, cautioning that U.S. military and Israel are...
President Trump’s return to office has fueled the grassroots forces that have driven a spike in LGBTQ book bans in recent years, creating a notable chill in the market for queer stories, according to authors and others in the publishing industry. The effect has been most keenly felt within children’s book publishing, where editors and...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is forgoing a promised court-martialing and taking a behind-closed-doors track to attempt to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.). The administrative move — which seeks to reduce Kelly’s retirement rank and military pension — is the latest in the bitter back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the retired Navy captain after he...
Minnesota has found itself at the epicenter of the political world, reeling from tensions sparked by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shooting a woman — an incident that renewed fierce debate over immigration, law enforcement and federal overreach. At the same time, the state’s headlines were also dominated by a political bombshell:...
