category: Government
Trump breaks with his own U.S. attorney over dropped Reflecting Pool vandalism charge
President Trump publicly rebuked U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her office dismissed a felony charge tied to damage at the…
By Francis Walshe
Trump's first year back: 53,000 federal workers gone, nearly $2 billion trimmed from payroll
A new watchdog report shows the Trump administration cut more than 53,000 federal employees and nearly $2 billion in salary…
By Mandy Donalds
Federal judge blocks Minnesota's first-in-nation prediction market ban days before it takes effect
A federal judge handed Governor Tim Walz a legal defeat by blocking Minnesota's new law criminalizing prediction markets, ruling that…
By James Carver
Pennsylvania's missed deadline lets 1,100 second-degree murder convicts seek new sentences
Pennsylvania lawmakers let a court-imposed deadline expire without passing a new sentencing law, opening the door for roughly 1,100 inmates…
By Matthias Dathan
Speaker Johnson endorses ban on members of Congress dating Capitol Hill staff
Speaker Mike Johnson has thrown his support behind a proposed ban on romantic relationships between members of Congress and Hill…
By Travis Johnson
Hawaii Supreme Court justice embeds political broadside against Roberts Court in criminal case opinion
A Hawaii Supreme Court justice used a 91-page criminal case ruling to launch an extended political attack on the U.S.…
By Travis Johnson
Mamdani's Manhattan now features a 12-block homeless encampment on the West Side
A homeless encampment stretching roughly 12 blocks along Manhattan's West Side, from the Intrepid Museum to the Jacob Javits Center,…
By Travis Johnson
Federal appeals court strikes down New Jersey's assault weapons ban as unconstitutional
The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that New Jersey's decades-old bans on semiautomatic rifles classified as "assault…
By Mandy Donalds
Trump DOJ asks Supreme Court to preserve transgender military service ban
The Trump administration filed a motion on July 16 asking a federal appeals court to freeze its ruling against the…
By Travis Johnson
Alameda County adopts reparations plan as Oakland school district's five-year effort falls flat
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on June 30 to accept a sweeping reparations action plan, the product…
By Matthias Dathan
