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DNC chair ripped for downplaying unreleased 2024 autopsy after Dem losses: ‘Self-inflicted crisis’

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin faced pressure to release the DNC's 2024 autopsy report after giving mixed signals about the document's future on Pod Save America.

Trump jokes he’d look ’20 pounds heavier’ in a bulletproof vest, says he doesn’t think about threats

Trump joked he'd look 20 pounds heavier in a bulletproof vest, but acknowledged the protection works after a Secret Service agent was shot in D.C.

Louisiana suspends congressional primaries in wake of Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling

Louisiana's May congressional primaries were suspended after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down a majority Black congressional district map.

Bessent hosts financial literacy fair, touts education as key to American dream

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent closed out Financial Literacy Month by hosting a fair for over 50 D.C. students with games, booths and vault tours.

FBI to deliver ‘final report’ on missing scientists ‘shortly’ amid growing scrutiny

FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau will produce a report "in short order" on whether mysterious scientist deaths and disappearances are linked.

The quiet visual cue Powell employs to reinforce the Fed’s independence

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's iconic purple tie has become a quiet symbol of the central bank's effort to remain independent and above partisan politics.

Senators unveil bill to combat financial aid fraud by ‘ghost students’

A bipartisan group of senators is introducing legislation to prevent fraudsters scamming the federal student aid system for their own gain.

Hasan Piker no-shows pro-communist event over alleged safety fears while mocking Trump assassination attempt

Hasan Piker mocked the attempted assassination of President Trump on his livestream while allegedly skipping a People's Forum event for safety.

Supreme Court unanimously slaps down blue state targeting pro-life group

The Supreme Court unanimously sided with a group of faith-based pregnancy centers on Wednesday that challenged the New Jersey attorney general’s investigation into whether the centers misled donors and the public about steering women away from having abortions.

The case was brought by First Choice Women's Resource Centers, a group of five Christian-based facilities in New Jersey that provide various pre-natal services to women facing unplanned pregnancies. The Supreme Court found the centers' First Amendment rights were violated, handing a victory to the pro-life movement, which had argued the state investigation rattled the centers' donors.

The opinion was narrow, finding that First Choice is now able to fight the state investigation in federal court, rather than state court. First Choice argued that then-Attorney General Matt Platkin, an elected Democrat, had issued baseless subpoenas to the pregnancy centers for donor information and that the centers should be allowed to fight them in federal court.

Justice Neil Gorsuch, who authored the opinion, agreed with First Choice, saying the state-issued subpoenas breached the First Amendment.

PRO-LIFE CENTER FIGHTS NEW JERSEY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ‘FISHING EXPEDITION’ IN SUPREME COURT BATTLE

"An official demand for private donor information is enough to discourage reasonable individuals from associating with a group. It is enough to discourage groups from expressing dissident views," Gorsuch wrote.

The high court's majority rebuked Platkin, saying his probe did not align with longstanding court precedent.

"Over and again, we have held those demands burden the exercise of First Amendment rights," Gorsuch wrote. "Disputing none of these precedents but seeking ways around them, the Attorney General has offered a variety of arguments.  Some are old, some are new, but none succeeds."

Fox News Digital reached out to the New Jersey attorney general's office for comment.

This is a developing news story; check back for updates.

Fox News' Bill Mears and Shannon Bream contributed to this report.

Supreme Court rules on key Voting Rights Act rule as Republicans and Democrats wage redistricting war

The Supreme Court has decided a closely watched case over Louisiana’s congressional map and the scope of the Voting Rights Act.

Photo of Trump assassination attempt suspect Cole Allen in hotel room released as DOJ seeks to keep him jailed

The Department of Justice is urging a federal court to keep Cole Allen, the suspect accused of opening fire at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, behind bars pending trial. 

The DOJ's filing on Wednesday includes a new photo showing Allen armed and inside a hotel room before the shooting unfolded.

"The United States of America, by and through its attorney, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, respectfully submits this memorandum in support of its oral motion to detain defendant Cole Tomas Allen pending trial," a filing notes.

"At approximately 8:03 p.m., while back inside his hotel room, the defendant used his cellphone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror," the filing states, noting that Allen "appeared to be wearing a small leather bag consistent in appearance with the ammunition-filled bag later recovered from his person (item 1), a shoulder holster (item 2), a sheathed knife consistent in appearance with one of the knives later recovered from his person (item 3), and pliers and wire cutters consistent in appearance with those later recovered from his person (item 4)."

Senator demands probe after truck driver who allegedly fraudulently obtained license, citizenship kills family

Sen. Bernie Moreno urges a federal probe into how driver Modou Ngom allegedly used fraud to obtain a commercial driver's license and citizenship.

Powell could remain at the Fed despite looming end of chair term

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is set to deliver his final press conference as tensions with Trump escalate over interest rates and central bank leadership.

Trump’s agenda on razor’s edge as GOP divisions block legislative path in House

Republican divisions over FISA renewal legislation and the farm bill threaten Trump's legislative agenda as an April 30 deadline approaches.

OPEC: UAExit

OPEC’s diminishing power is being accompanied by an increase in American production.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—April 29

1998—The Ninth Circuit’s hijinks in blocking the execution of Thomas M. Thompson for a 1981 rape and murder come to an end, with the Supreme...

Jimmy Kimmel Being Unfunny Isn’t a Matter for Government

His Melania joke was crass, but Washington shouldn’t police what’s said by late-night comics.

How Inflation and Tariffs Impoverish People Differently

One redistributes buying power; the other limits what consumers can use it for.

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