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Supreme Court Gives Trump More Power Over Independent Agencies

The Supreme Court just signed off on President Trump’s firing of a member of the National Labor Relations Board despite laws against at-will dismissals, further cementing his power over independent agencies. On Monday, the high court decided not to review a ruling from the lower U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia allowing the firing of…

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Supreme Court takes up new case over race and school admissionsThe Supreme Court will hear a challenge to admissions policies at a suburban Maryland county’s competitive middle school, the justices announced Monday. It’s a key test of the court’s 2023 decision invalidating affirmative action in higher education admissions. That decision left open questions over what lengths school districts may still take to promote…

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Judge floats sanctions for DOJ lawyers after Trump's 'lunatic' post: 'I'm ordering you'A federal judge ordered Justice Department lawyers to sign a government filing, invoking the rule used to sanction attorneys, hours after President Donald Trump called her a “crazed lunatic.” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes made the demand Monday at a hearing in a lawsuit seeking to stop Trump’s overhaul of East Potomac Golf Links, a public course in…

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Could you soon make your own moonshine? SCOTUS takes up 160-year-old banThe Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the Reconstruction-era ban on distilling alcohol in private homes. Why it matters: Americans can legally brew beer or make wine at home, but making whiskey, vodka or other spirits can land them in federal prison. The Supreme Court could change that. Driving the booze: SCOTUS will review Department…

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Judge Rebukes Trump DOJ for Pushing Her to RecuseTrump Calls Judge ‘Crazed Lunatic’ Over the past week, the East Potomac Park case has morphed from another of President...

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Marine set to keep custody of Afghan war orphan after Supreme Court denialThe girl's Afghan relatives believed they were entitled to due process before a court permanently removed the child from their care in a controversial international adoption case.

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DOJ Admits List of Noncitizen Voters Is Faulty as It Begins ArrestsEleven people with lawful permanent resident status were arrested in California Monday for alleged voter fraud. Hours later, First Assistant Attorney for California Bill Essayli admitted that they may not have even voted. The arrests were announced in a Department of Justice press release , which lauded the capture of California residents as part of…

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‘Wow’: Trump DOJ official sparks fury with stunning voter fraud crackdown admissionActing Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter sparked outrage Monday after acknowledging that the Trump administration’s voter fraud crackdown could mistakenly sweep up American citizens. McCotter, the DOJ’s second in command, made the startling admission in a news conference discussing the department’s efforts to identify suspected illegal voters ahead…

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SCOTUS Takes Up Cases On Race and School Admissions, Federal At-Home Distilling BanThe U.S. Supreme Court added to its 2026 docket on Monday two high-profile cases dealing with race and school admissions and a Reconstruction-era federal ban on at-home distilling. In its latest order list, the high court revealed that it has agreed to take up and hear arguments in Association for Education Fairness (AEF) v. Montgomery […]

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Slotkin accuses Trump ally of 'mobilizing death threats' against her, staffSen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) accused Mike Davis, a close legal ally of the president, of “mobilizing death threats” against her and her staff. Slotkin wrote on social media Monday that Davis had originally been in the mix to be President Trump’s next attorney general after former Attorney General Pam Bondi left her post but “is...

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Senators Blast Trump’s Plan to Rig Child Deportation ProceedingsCongressional Democrats sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, urging him to rescind a new policy they say violates the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children and makes them vulnerable to deportation. Under the policy, unaccompanied minors would be represented in court by HHS lawyers instead of […]

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