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Sens. want Pentagon to stop accounting method that sends more Ukraine aid
Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, have introduced legislation to prevent the Defense Department from making more accounting errors when sending aid to Ukraine. In June, the Pentagon revealed it had overvalued aid it provided by $6.2 billion, allowing the DOD to send more. The Pentagon said the accounting errors can be attributed… -
FBI director reveals ‘pretty significant’ uptick in violence against pro-life clinics
FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress that there has been a “pretty significant” uptick in violence against pro-life reproductive facilities since the Dobbs decision. According to data from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, at least 12 defendants have been charged in cases involving violence and other misconduct directed at reproductive health care providers in 2023.… -
Sotomayor’s book sales renews calls in Congress for SCOTUS ethics reform
An investigation by The Associated Press revealed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s taxpayer-funded staff performed tasks to help sell her book. The report is adding momentum to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s efforts to strengthen the court’s ethics rules. “The Sotomayor revelations are just more of the drip, drip, drip that’s going to eventually undercut and… -
Scientists deny that Dr. Fauci influenced their paper on COVID origins
The authors of an article on the origins of COVID-19 are standing by their conclusion that the COVID-19 pandemic did not start with an accidental lab leak. Instead, they say it was likely the result of a natural zoonotic transfer. The authors also denied that Dr. Anthony Fauci encouraged them to write the article and… -
House Republicans try to stop military funded abortions in annual budget bill
Congress is working to approve the National Defense Authorization Act before members leave Washington for the entire month of August. The bill is one Congress passes every year on a bipartisan basis, but disagreements over the military’s abortion policy could slow it down in the coming weeks. Lawmakers have already made significant progress toward passing… -
Democrats suggest use of 1965 law as plan B for student loan forgiveness
Politicians are describing the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness as everything from a “victory for common sense” to “hypocritical.” Now, Democrats want to find an alternative to the plan that would have wiped away $10,000 to $20,000 in student loan debt for 43 million people. Some Democrats are suggesting… -
Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan forgiveness
The Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s plan to forgive $10,000 to $20,000 in student loans for 43 million people. In a 6-3 decision, the justices ruled that Congress did not authorize the secretary of education and President Biden to take the sweeping and expensive action unilaterally. The program was expected to cost more than… -
Biden: SCOTUS ‘not a normal court,’ proposes affirmative action alternative
President Biden said the Supreme Court “is not a normal court” when asked by a reporter if it’s a “rogue court.” The statement came after remarks about the court’s decision to end race-based admissions at colleges and universities around the country. During his speech, the president suggested that admissions offices should consider adversity as a… -
Justices Thomas, Jackson clash on race in affirmative action decision
The Supreme Court ruled that colleges and universities cannot use race as a factor in admissions, effectively ending affirmative action. The organization Students for Fair Admissions sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina arguing that their admissions processes violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth… -
Supreme Court sides with USPS worker who didn’t want to work Sundays
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a Postal Service worker who did not want to work on Sundays to observe the Sabbath. The justices described Groff v. DeJoy as a clarifying decision and outlined what constitutes an undue hardship under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The 1964 law requires employers to… -
How does the Supreme Court decide who is allowed to file a lawsuit?
The Supreme Court is making major decisions this year on student loans, affirmative action and election law. But in at least two cases, USA v. Texas on immigration law and the Biden student loan forgiveness lawsuit, the justices aren’t only deciding who wins and who loses based on the merits, but whether the plaintiffs have… -
Hunter Biden WhatsApp messages reveal he wanted $10M for Chinese deal
Newly released WhatsApp messages between Hunter Biden and an associate of a Chinese energy company reveal the president’s son urged the associate to sign a $10 million deal because the Bidens were the best at doing exactly what the company’s chairman wanted. The House Oversight Committee, which is investigating accusations of corruption in the Biden family,… -
SCOTUS rules against ‘state legislature theory’ of federal election power
The Supreme Court brought an end to the independent state legislature theory which said only legislatures have the authority to regulate federal elections, and state courts cannot interfere. In Moore v. Harper, the justices ruled 6-3 that the Constitution’s elections clause does not vest exclusive and independent authority in state legislatures to set the rules…
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