The Supreme Court grappled Thursday with the growing power of district judges to shut down government action, with the justices acknowledging "abuses" but struggling to figure out a clean way to rein in those local courts.

It won’t carry nearly the same honor as that of my grandfather’s comrades who were dying on a literal hill in the South Pacific, 80 years ago today. Still, Republican members of Congress should summon up their resolve and stand ready to let the “one, big, beautiful bill,” or OBBB, die on the hill of […]

After a four-year vacation spent spinning the worst inflation in 40 years as “transitory” and then trying to absolve former President Joe Biden of his responsibility for creating the crisis, the economic prodigies at NBC News and the Washington Post have decided that inflation matters again. Both newsrooms have created highly publicized databases to track […]

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University student, can attend his college graduation amid the Trump administration's efforts to deport him.   Mohsen, who was recently released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, will be allowed to go to Columbia’s commencement on May 21.  “Mr. Mahdawi is...

🤝 Plus: Ukraine-Russia peace talks falter {beacon} THE SUPREME COURT on Thursday considered arguments on ending nationwide injunctions, which lower court judges have used to block some of President Trump’s policies. The oral arguments at the high court were ostensibly centered on a challenge to Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, which is aimed...

House Democrats with science backgrounds are warning President Trump against major funding cuts to scientific agencies, underscoring the benefits of investing in research and the risks of pulling support amid growing U.S.-China competition. Eleven Democratic lawmakers raised concerns Thursday about proposed cuts to the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),...

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) has opened up her largest lead yet in independent public polling of the Democratic primary for the New Jersey gubernatorial race. A new Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey showed Sherrill in the lead with 28 percent support, a significant jump from the previous Emerson poll conducted in January that had her...

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and a group of Senate Democrats on Thursday moved to block $3.5 billion worth of arms sales to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as President Trump nears the end of his weeklong trip in the Middle East.  Murphy filed a pair of joint resolutions Friday afternoon: one aimed at blocking...

Republican leaders intend to accelerate new work requirements under Medicaid as they scramble to secure the support of GOP holdouts for President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”  House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Thursday that GOP leaders “absolutely” intend to speed up the implementation to ease the concerns of the Republicans threatening to sink the...

The Supreme Court mulled whether judges should be allowed to extend injunctive relief to the entire country in a lively argument Thursday stemming from President Trump’s efforts to narrow birthright citizenship. The practice of issuing nationwide — or “universal” — injunctions drew both criticism and staunch defense from the justices, as the argument bled into...