category: Government
Texas Supreme Court clears transfer of medically fragile surrogate-born baby to California
The Texas Supreme Court sided with the biological parents of a critically ill infant born to a surrogate, rejecting the…
By Matthias Dathan
House heads home seven weeks early with debt, AI, and surveillance bills untouched
The House canceled its remaining September session and will not return until after the November 3 midterm elections, leaving legislation…
By Francis Walshe
Hoeven tried to tell McConnell how to vote on the farm bill — McConnell voted his own way
Sen. Mitch McConnell defied a colleague's whispered instruction and cast his own "aye" vote during a heated farm bill markup,…
By Mandy Donalds
Kash Patel arrived at Senate hearing with opposition research on Dick Durbin — and at least one claim was wrong
FBI Director Kash Patel showed up to his Senate oversight hearing Tuesday with a page of typed talking points targeting…
By Francis Walshe
House passes Common Cents Act unanimously, ending the penny after 232 years
The House voted without a single objection to permanently retire the one-cent coin, a bipartisan move that would save taxpayers…
By Mandy Donalds
Surrogate takes custody fight over heart-defect baby to the Supreme Court
A surrogate mother who fled to Texas rather than abort a baby diagnosed with a severe heart condition has now…
By Mandy Donalds
Trump signs Medal of Honor monument act at Texas museum, flanked by 16 living recipients
President Trump signed legislation authorizing a new Medal of Honor monument on the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, a…
By Francis Walshe
Supreme Court refuses to block New York's vaccine mandate for religious objector facing school deadline
A Catholic mother in New York asked the Supreme Court to let her unvaccinated five-year-old start kindergarten while her religious…
By Francis Walshe
New Jersey school district sued for hiding student gender transitions from parents after Supreme Court rulings
A New Jersey school district faces a federal lawsuit for maintaining a policy that lets children change their gender identity…
By James Carver
NYC Mayor Mamdani runs 200-strong influencer network through encrypted Signal chat, raising records-law concerns
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is funneling daily talking points and video clips to roughly 200 social media…
By Travis Johnson
