category: Government
Jackson takes aim at Supreme Court's emergency docket, calls current process a threat to public trust
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson used a rare public speech to condemn how the Supreme Court handles emergency cases, a process…
By Francis Walshe
Supreme Court denies surrogate McKenna West's emergency bid in multi-state custody fight
Justice Elena Kagan rejected surrogate McKenna West's last-ditch appeal to block a California ruling that stripped her of authority over…
By Francis Walshe
Trump makes Rubio's national security adviser role permanent with signed commission
President Trump has formally and permanently appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as his national security adviser, making Rubio only…
By James Carver
Supreme Court shuts down surrogate McKenna West's emergency custody bid
Justice Elena Kagan denied Alaska surrogate McKenna West's last-ditch appeal to block a California custody order, a ruling that leaves…
By Mandy Donalds
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
