WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday did not sound ready to sharply limit the power of the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the sale of new candy-colored vaping products aimed at teenagers.

Instead, the justices, both conservative and liberal, said Congress in 2009 gave the agency the power to stop the sale of new tobacco products...Read more

A pair of New England senators are calling on the Biden administration to make it clear that the U.S. military should not be used against U.S. citizens except under the most dire circumstances.

U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said in a letter that it’s imperative that President Joe Biden and Secretary of...Read more

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Magistrate Judge Benjamin Cheeks, a former San Diego prosecutor and defense attorney, is tracking toward becoming one of the last two federal judges appointed by President Joe Biden, though it remains uncertain if he’ll make it across the finish line that is the Senate confirmation needed for the life-tenure position.

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LANSING, Mich. — Republican Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver said Monday that gay marriage should be "illegal again," voicing opposition to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that set the standard for the nation and spurred same-sex weddings across the country nine years ago.

Schriver of Oxford made his statement on the social media platform X, ...Read more

Lamonte McIntyre’s reaction to the news that former Kansas City, Kansas, police officer Roger Golubski was found to have died by suicide on Monday was immediate.

“This is not justice,” said McIntyre, who in 1994 was wrongly accused and spent 23 years in prison for a double-murder he never committed. McIntyre was 17 when he was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s public justification of his decision to pardon his son — accusing the Justice Department of political targeting — threatens to undermine the image he carefully cultivated through decades in politics as an honest broker whose principal loyalty was to protecting the sanctity of critical U.S. institutions....Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Attorney General Rob Bonta gathered with a handful of state lawmakers and abortion access advocates to introduce two bills that they intend to help fortify the Golden State against anti-abortion efforts.

The first bill, by Assemblymember Maggy Krell, D-Sacramento, would safeguard access to medication abortions by ...Read more

During a 2020 meeting with then-President Donald Trump’s White House staff, Christopher Rufo, a conservative commentator known for his pugilistic social media presence, called for a ban on critical race theory in government.

The message landed.

Two days later, the White House instructed all federal agencies to begin to identify contracts or ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Legislature’s subpoena power will be put to the test on Tuesday afternoon, when a judge will hear arguments over whether a state Senate committee investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can force her to testify.

The fight, before Fulton Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram, is a novel one: the General Assembly...Read more

The Israeli Defense Forces announced Monday the death of Capt. Omer Maxim Neutra, who was from Long Island, New York. The tank commander was 21.

Neutra was killed during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, according to the IDF. He was posthumously promoted from the rank of lieutenant to captain.

He deferred enrolling at the State ...Read more

FBI Director Christopher Wray could soon be out of a job. President-elect Donald Trump recently said he will fire Wray after he takes the oath of office next month and replace him with former Justice Department official Kash Patel.

During his first presidential term, Trump nominated Wray to be the eighth director of the FBI, calling him “a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House task force investigating a pair of assassination attempts on President-elect Donald Trump is poised to hear from acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe its final hearing on Capitol Hill on Thursday, with the panel aiming to wrap up its inquiry and release a report in the coming weeks detailing deadly security ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready Monday to side with the Biden administration’s decision to keep certain flavored e-cigarettes off the market, as the justices explored the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process.

In oral arguments in FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, the Biden administration asked the justices ...Read more

President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter dismayed many political figures, including Democratic elected officials, who said they worried that the protection offered to the president’s child could undermine faith in the criminal justice system.

Critics said Biden’s action might embolden President-elect Donald Trump to pardon his ...Read more

DETROIT — The Michigan Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal filed by a former Grand Rapids police officer, who is now set to stand trial on a murder charge in the killing of Congolese immigrant Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop.

Former Officer Christopher Schurr is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the 2022 ...Read more

BOSTON — Judge Shelley Joseph is being hit with charges of “willful judicial misconduct” for bringing “disrepute” to the courts for allowing an illegal immigrant to escape ICE arrest in 2018.

In a scathing rebuke, the state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct hits Joseph — now serving in the Boston Municipal Court earning more than $...Read more

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, issued a poignant plea to embrace “love, not fear” in a letter to guests of an upcoming carol concert she’s hosting on Friday, noting “love unites and strengthens us all.”

The letter was penned in the wake of her own cancer treatment, reflecting “on the importance of love, empathy and how much we ...Read more

The Israel Defense Forces said the country “remains obligated” to a U.S.-backed ceasefire after carrying out airstrikes in Lebanon Monday in response to Hezbollah’s first attack under the truce, shrugging off fears that the agreement might collapse.

After Hezbollah claimed the attack on an Israeli military site in a disputed area near the...Read more