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The looming post-Chevron fight over the administrative state 

Courts should be vigilant about ensuring that the government does not just smuggle Chevron deference back into administrative law for a substantial subset of regulatory cases. If early post-Loper Bright signs are any indication, the government is trying to do just that. 

‘SNL’ Cold Open features Nancy Grace commentary on Luigi Mangione

“Saturday Night Live’s” Cold Open featured a spoof of crime commentator Nancy Grace and the public reaction to the arrest of Luigi Mangione, who has been accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO. The skit began with comedian Sarah Sherman’s impression of Grace, who noted that the top story was that the “masked CEO shooter has...

Tuberville on slim GOP majority in Senate next term: ‘We took our eye off the ball’

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) suggested that the Republican Party ended up with a razor-thin majority in the upcoming Senate term because the GOP "took our eye off the ball." "We took our eye off the ball … We should have 56, 57 Republican senators. But things were done the wrong way in a lot of...

Rand Paul offers support for Trump immigration agenda, Noem as DHS chief

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he would prioritize South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security once President-elect Trump takes office in January. “My first order of business will be getting her confirmed, and I plan on trying to do that either the day of the inauguration or...

Will anger at health insurers spur action? Democrats pessimistic

Democrats are pessimistic that Congress will enact new rules around the health insurance industry, even as they try to appear responsive to growing calls for reform following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione faces murder charges for the killing of Thompson on December 4. His death unleashed a torrent of anger on...

Republicans make inroads in state legislative elections, teeing up high-stakes 2025 races

Republicans are expanding their footprint in statehouses across the country, reversing Democrats' earlier trend of high-profile wins just a year ago.  In the Midwest, the GOP successfully flipped the Michigan state House, ending Democrats’ trifecta. In New Hampshire and Vermont, those advantages were more much stark: Republicans made double-digit gains between the two state Houses...

Democrats recalibrate their resistance to Trump

Democrats are not planning an all-hands resistance to Donald Trump. At least, not 2016-style, when lawmakers, activists, volunteers and millions of angry voters mounted a party-wide effort to curb his newfound influence in Washington. Where so much was once unprecedented, Trump is now familiar. Ahead of January 2025, the lack of a unified Democratic rebuttal...

Freshman Focus: Republican Brad Knott, ex-prosecutor who flipped House seat in North Carolina, talks game plan

Rep.-elect Brad Knott, R-N.C., vows to fight D.C. bureaucracy he blames for fueling the border crisis and funding foreign conflicts at taxpayers' expense

Conservative Catholics hope to wield new influence in Trump’s second administration

Joe Biden will leave the White House in January as only the second Catholic to occupy it. But a number of Catholics are expected...

Rep Gimenez warns China is ‘greatest threat’ to US, Trump admin will ‘project strength’ to CCP

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Carlos Gimenez of the Select Committee on the CCP says President-elect Trump will bring “peace through strength, not peace through appeasement" when dealing with China.

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