This was never supposed to be a hard case. The text of the 14th Amendment was written by men who had just buried six hundred thousand Americans fighting over whether a human being could be property. It was written to settle one specific question. Today the Court used it to settle a completely different one.
Keith Sonderling, the man who stepped up when scandal forced out his predecessor, has now been tapped by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Labor for good.
Several lawmakers are calling for Congress to pass a constitutional amendment banning birthright citizenship in the wake of the Supreme Court permitting the policy.
The Department of Transportation announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is moving to allow civil supersonic flights over the United States.
A bogus report claiming Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had retired sent shockwaves across the political world Tuesday morning before NPR was forced to issue a humiliating retraction.
In June 2023, the city council of Hamtramck, Michigan voted unanimously to ban the Pride flag from public property. Every council member was Muslim. The city had recently become the first in America to seat an all Muslim local government, a milestone progressive organizations had celebrated for years as proof of multicultural success. Then that same council told Pride organizers "No."
The Senate Ethics Committee dismissed a misconduct complaint against Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ). Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) filed a sexual misconduct and a campaign finance violation complaint against Gallego earlier this year.
The Supreme Court struck down a longstanding federal restriction on political party spending Tuesday, ruling that parties may now spend unlimited sums in coordination with their own candidates, as long as they otherwise comply with existing campaign finance law.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that its head, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has terminated emergency-use authorizations for COVID-19-related drugs and products.
A California school board member who championed parental rights is on track to win statewide office, so Sacramento is racing to strip that office of its power before she can take it.
The document is 221 pages long, dated April 6, and was never supposed to be public. It's an annual assessment required by Congress -- but never released by the Pentagon or the command itself -- until The Washington Times obtained a copy and published what's inside.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday unanimously blocked three ballot measures that would have let Democrats redraw the state's congressional districts before the 2028 elections, dealing a significant blow to national Democratic efforts in the ongoing redistricting war.