Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson admonished fellow Justice Clarence Thomas for his dissent to the high court’s decision upholding birthright citizenship on Tuesday. In a 20-page concurring opinion, Jackson accused Thomas of applying a “narrow vision” of the 14th Amendment in dissenting from the six-justice majority. “Despite his longstanding endorsement of a ‘colorblind’ Constitution, Justice...
The Supreme Court’s final opinion day was full of landmark decisions, in a term marked by them. The justices handed down major rulings that rejected a core facet of President Trump’s immigration agenda, upheld statewide bans on transgender athletes in sports and dismantled a federal law enacted in the wake of the Watergate scandal that capped...
President Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, said not enough “reasonable” Democrats like Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) are there to save the Democratic Party from a takeover by socialists. “Look at what's happening. Look at these socialists winning primaries across America. That is very serious. So, I do think that there are a few, at least, reasonable...
The Trump administration has terminated millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said were no longer aligned with the agency’s priorities. HHS cut 53 grants worth about $67 million two years before they were set to expire. The cuts hit university, community and public health...
The Supreme Court struck down limits on coordinated spending between candidates and political parties on Tuesday, a win for Republicans that will fundamentally change...