The Trump Administration is attempting to bypass the Circuit Courts of Appeal and get immediate Supreme Court review of the President’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military.
A decade after being bailed out by the Federal government, the giant automaker is slashing jobs.
The morning show co-hosts tied the knot at a secret ceremony at the National Archives.
Three Democratic Senators are suing the Acting Attorney General, asserting that his appointment was unconstitutional.
Who’s John Delaney? Well, he’s a Congressman from Maryland who’s apparently running for President.
Late last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals became the fifth Federal Court to rule against the Trump Administration’s efforts to repeal DACA.
There’s a new church/state separation case on the Supreme Court’s docket.
In addition to winning back the House, Democrats also made gains in Governor’s races.
The 2018 midterms were mostly about Donald Trump. The results were idiosyncratic.
A Federal Judge in Maryland has ruled that discovery can proceed in a case alleging that President Trump has taken payments from outside sources in violation of the Constitution
While the numbers seem to show that scandal-plagued Senator Bob Menendez will win re-election on Tuesday, national Democrats aren’t taking any chances.
The vise is tightening on the Catholic Church.
The Trump Administration is preparing a policy change that will essentially define transgender Americans out of existence.
Last week, the Washington State Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional. The latest in a string of victories for opponents of capital punishment.
New polling in a bellwether Congressional District in Northern Virginia appears to signal bad news ahead for the GOP.
For the second time this year, a Federal Court has struck down a state law designed to punish businesses that engage in a boycott aimed at Israel.
With four weeks to go until Election Day, Donald Trump and the Republicans are continuing to stoke the divisions laid bare by the Kavanaugh nomination.
After a long and contentious battle, Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to become the 114th Supreme Court Justice.
After placing limits on the scope of the F.B.I.’s reopened background investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the White House has relented and is allowing a more open-ended investigation.
A Federal Judge ruled late last week that a lawsuit under the Foreign Emoluments Clause by more than 200 Congressmen and Senators can proceed forward.
Surprise developments yesterday led to a pause in the confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh. Where it goes from here is unclear.
Just hours before hearings that will likely determine the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, new accusations and revelations are coming to light.
Less than a day before a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a third woman has come forward with new allegations involving Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
New allegations of sexual misconduct mark the start of a crucial week for the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
We’ll likely never know whether the Supreme Court nominee is a sexual assaulter. But it really doesn’t matter.
Trumpism is a direct by-product of the poisonous populism of the Tea Party movement, and they’ve both taken over the Republican Party.
This morning, President Trump took to Twitter to attack Dr. Christine Blasey Ford over her allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford want the F.B.I. to investigate the charges she has made against Judge Kavanaugh before she testifies, but it’s entirely unclear what such an investigation would accomplish.
A woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of having assaulted her when he was 17 and she was 15 has come forward. What happens next is anyone’s guess.
After four days of hearings, the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court seems assured.
Another “progressive” victory over a longtime Democratic incumbent, but this one is a bit different.
A Federal Judge in Texas has declined to grant a request to bring the DACA program to an end, but its days appear to be numbered unless Congress acts.
For the second time this year, a three-judge panel of Federal Judges has struck down North Carolina’s Congressional District map. The immediate question is what impact, if any, this will have on November’s election.
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees has suspended football coach Urban Meyer for three games over his handling of allegations of domestic violence by an Assistant Coach dating back to 2015.
Donald Trump’s vanity-seeking military parade has been postponed amid reports that the estimated cost has increased dramatically.
The head football coach at the University of Maryland has been suspended after reports of a “toxic environment” that led to the death of a student athlete in June.
Another Federal Judge has ruled in favor of a transgender student seeking the right to use the gender that conforms to the gender they identify with.
Another Federal Judge has dealt a legal blow to President Trump’s effort to shut down the DACA program.
A Federal Judge in Oregon has rejected an efforts by a parent’s group to block a school district policy that allows transgender students to use the restroom facilities that conform to their gender identity.
A Federal Judge in Maryland ruled last week that a lawsuit against the President based on a rather obscure provision of the Constitution could go forward.
New York and several other states have filed an incredibly dubious lawsuit against the Republican’s new tax law.
California’s Democratic Party endorsed “progressive” upstart Kevin de León over Senator Dianne Feinstein, but this is unlikely to stop Feinstein from winning election to a sixth term in office.
A selection that is likely to keep the Senate GOP united and red-state Democrats up for re-election under pressure to vote to confirm.
Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.
What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.
A man with a grudge against the Annapolis Capital Gazette killed five people in the newsroom.
Convicted leaker Chelsea Manning lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Maryland, to the surprise of nobody.
The Supreme Court term began with hopes that the Justices would shake up the redistricting process with rulings against partisan gerrymandering. It has ended with three whimpers.
In a ruling that largely relies on the authority granted by Congress to the President to regulate immigration on national security grounds, the Supreme Court has upheld the final version of the Administration’s travel ban.
