I will be in Salt Lake City tomorrow (Tuesday) to discuss “Justice Scalia’s Legacy: Ten Years Later” at a lunchtime event with the Utah lawyers chapter of the Federalist...
The Justice Department on Friday publicly released a portion of the Epstein files in response to a law that garnered near unanimous support from both parties in Congress. The highly anticipated release of the files comes after months of building pressure on the White House and amid scrutiny of President Trump’s connection with the deceased sex offender....
The Trump administration on Friday announced a fresh batch of sanctions targeting extended family members of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro amid an ongoing pressure campaign against the embattled leader. The Treasury Department said it was imposing sanctions on several relatives of Maduro's nephew, Carlos Erik Malpica Flores, and family members of Panamanian businessman Ramon Carretero....
The White House announced Friday that nine additional pharmaceutical companies have agreed to follow President Trump's Most Favored Nation (MFN) drug pricing policy, with several of the companies throwing in several months worth of emergency drug supplies. According to a senior administration official, the following companies will abide by Trump's MFN pricing policy: Amgen, Boehringer...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Brian Mast (R-Fla.) introduced a bill Friday that would allow Congress to block exports of advanced AI chips to U.S. foreign adversaries such as China and Russia. The Artificial Intelligence Oversight of Verified Exports and Restrictions on Weaponizable Advanced Technology to Covered High-Risk Actors (AI OVERSIGHT) Act seeks to create a review process...
The Supreme Court refused to intervene Friday in a battle concerning immigration judges’ speech restrictions, for now, snapping the Trump administration’s months-long winning streak on the court’s emergency docket. It marks the first time since the spring that the court has rejected one of the administration’s emergency appeals. No justice publicly dissented, but the order left the door open for the government to try again once the case...
Two top House Democrats said they were “examining all legal options” after the No. 2 Justice Department official said the department would release only a portion of the Jeffrey Epstein files Friday under a new law requiring their public disclosure. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would release “several hundred...
The Affordable Care Act has become a government-regulated, government-funded system that has increased premiums, narrowed networks, and added to the national debt, while benefiting insurance giants, and Republicans must pursue bold legislative action to build an alternative system.
The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that declared the rescission of $2.6 billion in federal funds from Harvard University was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued a September ruling describing the White House crackdown on the Ivy League institution as “a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier...
A growing number of U.S. adults are losing trust in pro and college sports, thanks to the proliferation of online gambling and sports wagering options, according to a new survey. The NBC News Decision Desk poll, released Friday, showed that 70 percent of respondents believe sports gambling "lessens the integrity of the game." About 34...
TikTok on Thursday signed a deal to sell U.S. assets to three U.S. investors: Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX. Nearly 50 percent of the assets — or 15 percent each — will be held by the three American companies. The rest will remain in the hands of affiliates of existing investors of TikTok’s parent company,...
