Politics

(WASHINGTON) — The Senate will return Tuesday to begin consideration of a package to deliver $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The legislation, which includes four bills, passed the House over the weekend with bipartisan support. President Joe Biden urged the Senate to quickly advance the measures to his desk. The […]

(WASHINGTON) — Former first lady Melania Trump at a fundraiser on Saturday announced a major voter outreach initiative to garner conservative gay and lesbian support for former President Donald Trump’s 2024 bid — in an effort to boost his standing with a group that, more broadly, voted against him in 2020 — organizers of the […]

(WASHINGTON) — A majority of Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic to an Oregon city making it a crime for anyone without a permanent residence to sleep outside in an effort to crack down on homeless encampments across public properties. The case, City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, carries enormous stakes nationwide as communities […]

(WASHINGTON) — A potential ban of TikTok in the United States sailed through the House of Representatives over the weekend as part of a $95 billion foreign aid package that garnered bipartisan support. The social media crackdown may stand poised to become law, since President Joe Biden has vowed to sign it if it passes […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court said Monday it would take up the issue of “ghost guns” next term and the Biden administration’s appeal seeking to regulate the self-assemble weapons kits as any other firearm. The 5th Circuit struck down a 2022 ATF regulation determining the sale of weapons kits requires a background […]

After much public debate, a Maine law has brought the country closer to having the popular vote determine the winner of national presidential elections — but it’s unlikely that will happen before November or even at all. Earlier this week, Maine Gov. Janet Mills allowed a bill to become law without her signature that would […]

In battleground states across the country, environmental activists like Dr. Emily Church are canvassing on behalf of an organization called the Environmental Voter Project in an effort to turn out people who care the most about climate change — but who haven’t shown up for past elections. During a recent effort in Pittsburgh, Church, a […]

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is pushing back on claims that the institution has become increasingly political, reflecting the partisan divides in America at large as the high court weighs in on Donald Trump’s candidacy, abortion access and more. “I’ve not seen politics in the court, and I’ve been a judge for 40 […]

Speaker Mike Johnson earned praise from both a top Republican and a progressive Democrat on Sunday for allowing votes on a $95 billion foreign aid package, suggesting he’ll be able to hold onto his job if conservative hard-liners make good on their threat to force a vote to remove him as the leader of the […]

The $95 billion foreign aid package that passed the House on Saturday included legislation to force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. If the measure becomes law and if that sale then doesn’t occur within a year, the app would be banned in the U.S. amid widespread data-sharing and foreign influence […]