Minnesota federal judges coordinated via email threads and templates to handle habeas petitions during Operation Metro Surge, raising judicial ethics questions.
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton disputed former President Trump’s account of a conversation he allegedly had with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to Russia invading Ukraine more than two years ago. In that conversation — according to Trump’s retelling of events — the former president warned the Russian leader of the consequences...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will address members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union at their convention in Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon. The visit by the Democratic vice presidential candidate comes as the Harris-Walz ticket looks to solidify its base, including with organized labor. AFSCME is one of several major...
The U.S. Department of the Interior has released a report revealing that at least 900 Native American children died in the care of U.S. boarding schools, highlighting the need for a shift away from residential education and towards family-centered care.
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West will be on the ballot in North Carolina, a federal judge ruled Monday, siding with a group of West supporters who challenged a state board of elections decision to keep West’s party off the ballot. The Justice for All Party (JFA) was denied ballot access in North Carolina at a...
The Justice Department petitioned the Supreme Court to uphold a 2019 law that would allow terror victims’ lawsuits against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to move forward. It adds new weight to an existing appeal already filed at the high court that has drawn support from House leadership in both parties...
Mississippi’s state health department did not adequately enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act in Jackson, contributing to the 2022 crisis that left 150,000 residents without drinking water, according to a report released Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General. The OIG found that annual inspections by the Mississippi State Department of...
Vice President Harris will travel to North Carolina for a campaign event on Friday, her office announced. The event in Raleigh, N.C., will be a policy-focused rally where she will discuss “her plan to lower costs for middle-class families and take on corporate price-gouging,” a campaign official told The Hill. Harris said during a rally...
Fifty years ago last week, Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency. His resignation was compelled by the impending release of the infamous White House tape recordings, which the Supreme Court, in a case that I argued, had just ordered disclosed. The batch of subpoenaed tapes included the “smoking gun tape,” proving that Nixon himself had...
The United Auto Workers (UAW) said Tuesday that it filed federal labor charges alleging former President Trump and Elon Musk attempted to "intimidate and threaten" workers during their Monday evening interview on the social platform X. “I mean, I look at what you do,” Trump told Musk. “You walk in, you say, 'You want to...
Jon Stewart poked fun at former President Trump on Monday's episode of “The Daily Show” for appearing to confuse two Black politicians while recounting a story about hearing negative things about now-Vice President Harris during a troubled helicopter flight. In Trump’s recollection, which he relayed to reporters at a press conference last week, he was...
Paramount Global will begin cutting its total U.S.-based workforce by double digits this week, the company's leadership said Tuesday. The cuts, which were signaled by the media conglomerates executives in a recent report to investors, are expected to result in the loss of hundreds of jobs and total about 15 percent of all employees. “The...
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) lauded the pick of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as Vice President Harris’s running mate Monday but said he was "really surprised" that his former House colleague was even in contention for the national ticket. “I was actually really surprised that he was in contention to be nominated for vice...
Vice President Kamala Harris' economic policies are not yet fully known, but her platitudes suggest a focus on affordable housing, health care, child care, paid leave and the Green New Deal, with a likely increase in federal spending and taxes.
