2026—Happy New Year! Welcome to another year of This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism. I assure longtime readers that you’ll find plenty of new content this year. Plus, the permanent collection…
Dozens are believed to be dead and at least 100 people injured after a fire tore through a bar in a Swiss ski resort town amid a New Year’s celebration, law enforcement said Thursday. The fire occurred at the Le Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana early Thursday morning, authorities said, according to The Associated Press. "Our...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly contentious policy issue over the past year, as lawmakers have grappled with the impact of the rapidly developing technology that has moved markets, influenced geopolitics and become largely unavoidable in daily life. Key issues — like who should decide regulations, how to balance the push for innovation with the potential risks and how to best compete with China — have...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) spoke with reporters Friday morning after senators struck down Democrats' effort to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of the year. The Senate took up dueling health care plans on Thursday, and both failed to garner the support needed to advance....
A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked the immediate release of Chicago-area immigrants detained in the Trump administration’s federal crackdown in the Windy City. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to extend a consent decree, which allows federal authorities to make warrantless arrests, according to The Associated Press. A group of 600...
Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia and Tennessee are joining 12 other states in adding waivers that will redefine what types of food can be purchased with SNAP dollars in 2026.
A group of bipartisan lawmakers has sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of “professional degrees” that will allow students to take out more federal loans. New proposed rules by the department would cap student loan borrowing at $100,000 for graduate programs and $200,000 for “professional...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday praised Indiana Senate Republicans for striking down redistricting efforts in the state. “Well, across the board, it was a good night for the American people and a bad day for Donald Trump,” Jeffries said during an appearance on MS Now’s “The Briefing.” “And in Indiana, his effort...
A federal judge blocked Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from re-detaining mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia during his ICE appointment Friday morning. A day earlier, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered ICE to immediately release Abrego Garcia, finding it had no lawful authority to detain him. Abrego Garcia was released from immigration custody Thursday evening, and...
The latest poll from The Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago asked its usual slate of questions about voters’ views of President Trump’s job performance. In so doing, it also offers some insights into how the looming government shutdown and ObamaCare fight are going to play out. First,...
President Trump on Thursday pardoned former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted of election interference in state court in August 2024. “Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the ‘crime’ of demanding Honest Elections,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts...
