The Virginia Supreme Court struck down the state's new congressional district map Friday in a 4-3 ruling, invalidating a voter-approved ballot measure that would have handed Democrats a dominant 10-1 edge in Virginia's U.S. House delegation.
The IRS paid out $213 million in Earned Income Tax Credits to roughly 67,000 tax filers using nonwork Social Security numbers, money the agency's own inspector general says should never have gone out the door.
President Trump met behind closed doors with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the White House after reporters were barred from a session that was originally scheduled as open press.
Justice Clarence Thomas became the second-longest-serving justice in U.S. Supreme Court history on Thursday, surpassing the late Justice John Paul Stevens after more than 34 years on the bench.
Humboldt County, California election officials discovered 596 sealed, uncounted ballots sitting inside a locked drop box six months after voters cast them in a statewide special election that approved a redistricting measure backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats.
