Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, one of the leading contenders to be Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, apologized this week for something he said in lambasting Ohio Sen. JD Vance as inauthentically Appalachian - but the apology wasn't to Vance.

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said this week the Supreme Court should have a mechanism to enforce its ethics code that was adopted last November.

Democratic lawmakers called again this week to expand the Supreme Court, specifically to add four seats to the bench.

The Justice Department's inspector general delivered a scolding this week to former Attorney General William Barr and one of his U.S. attorneys, saying they stretched the rules in rushing to disclose information about an investigation into ballot irregularities in the run-up to the 2020 election.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey asked the Supreme Court this week to decide if his state can exclude transgender surgery coverage from Medicaid.

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in a video released Friday.