In their unanimous decision, the nine justices ruled that states don't have the authority to keep candidates for federal office off their election ballots based on the insurrection clause. But five of the six conservative justices went further — they decided not only to make new law, but to rewrite the Constitution.
President Biden is shifting his tone as Israel’s war against Hamas rages on. The president announced during the State of the Union that the United States military will build a floating seaport to enable aid delivery to Gaza, where more than 30,000 Palestinians have died since Israel began its military campaign in October. Hundreds of thousands...
Special counsel Robert Hur is set to testify on Capitol Hill this week, roughly one month after he published a controversial report that stopped short of bringing charges against President Biden for “willfully” retaining classified documents, but raised questions about his mental state and memory. The report sparked outrage on both sides of the aisle: Republicans...
President Biden on Monday will travel to New Hampshire, where he will call on Congress to take three specific actions to lower health care costs for Americans. Biden will seek to draw a contrast between his proposals to reduce health care costs for Americans and GOP proposals to reduce benefits and repeal the Affordable Care...
Republican senators say the race to replace Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) could be decided by fundraising prowess, citing the more than $1.6 billion he helped raised through two outside groups for Senate Republican candidates since 2015. GOP senators say the fundraising “factor” could give an advantage to Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) in...
President Biden on Monday will unveil his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, calling for tax increases for large corporations and for billionaires to pay a minimum 25 percent tax rate. The president’s budget proposal for the 2025 fiscal year would reduce the federal deficit by about $3 trillion over a 10-year period, the...
The Pentagon is sailing into somewhat unprecedented waters as it prepares to unveil its 2025 fiscal year budget next Monday. The Defense Department (DOD) still doesn't have a full budget for 2024, faces a looming 1 percent across-the-board cut unless Congress can break its logjam and is still reeling from years of high inflation. What’s more, the...
Curtis Hertel Jr., a Democrat running to represent Michigan's 7th Congressional District, previously suggested local governments should not report illegal immigrants to ICE.