Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced in a campaign video Friday she will seek reelection for her fourth full term in the Senate. The video above shows her filing for reelection later in the day. Sen. Murkowski has been in the Senate since 2002 when her father selected her to finish his unexpired term after he…

Just a day before the National Archives could have started turning over White House documents related to January’s Capitol riots to the House committee investigating Jan. 6, those documents have been blocked. An administrative injunction issued Thursday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit effectively bars the release of the…

United States District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected a request from lawyers for former President Donald Trump Tuesday. The lawyers had sought to block the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots from receiving White House documents. “The public interest lies in permitting — not enjoining — the combined will of the legislative and executive…

The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in multiple cases Tuesday, including one asking what Texas must allow a death row inmate to have during his execution. Ramirez v. Collier involves John Henry Ramirez, who is on death row for killing a Corpus Christi convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery. According to Ramirez’s petition…

The Supreme Court did not appear to reach a solid resolution in a case regarding “state secrets”. The court heard arguments in the case of FBI v. Fazaga Monday. Three Muslim men had filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the FBI spied on them and hundreds of others in a surveillance operation that began several years…

The Supreme Court listened to arguments on a major gun rights case Wednesday. The case, New York State Rifle Pistol Association. v. Bruen, looks at New York’s restrictive gun permit laws. The audio above includes clips from oral arguments. “New York prohibits its ordinary law-abiding citizens from carrying a handgun outside the home without a…

The Supreme Court listened to two challenges to Texas’ controversial abortion law Monday. The video shows clips from oral arguments. The Supreme Court hearings could be the final stop in weeks of challenges since the law took effect back in September. The challenges come in the form of cases Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson and United States…

Testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland was grilled on a memo aimed at combating threats against school board members across the country. The school board memo came out earlier this month. It also came out a week after the National School Board Association wrote the Biden administration about…

President Trump’s legal team has claimed executive privilege as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection seeks to obtain communications and other records related to that day’s events. But executive privilege isn’t a blanket term. It must be used narrowly and precisely, according to legal experts. “In modern days, executive privilege means…

The Supreme Court refused President Joe Biden’s request to block Texas’ controversial abortion law Friday. However, the court also agreed to hear arguments on the law. “The petition is granted limited to the following question: May the United States bring suit in federal court and obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State, state court…