As Justice Sonia Sotomayor powerfully said in her dissent in Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court on Monday made “a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law.” In a 6-3 decision, the six Republican-appointed justices handed a stunning victory to Donald Trump in ...Read more

You don’t have to be a big fan of Chief Justice John Roberts to concede that he wouldn’t dream of jet-setting around the country at a conservative billionaire’s expense or hanging outside his home a favorite flag of 2020 election deniers or Christian nationalists.

But then why, you must be wondering, was he so unwilling to even meet with...Read more

BALTIMORE — By about this time last year, Southwest Baltimore’s Penrose/Fayette Street Outreach neighborhood had seen 15 shootings, six of which were fatal.

This year, as of June 24, the community of aging two-story rowhouses and vacant lots stretching from Grace Medical Center to the westside MARC station saw two gun homicides and one ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The path seemed clear for Matt Kleinmann in the Democratic primary for Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District.

The community developer from Wyandotte County was tapped by the Kansas Democratic Party. He made an introduction video and announced his campaign for Congress. He was the only Democrat in the race.

Then, right before the ...Read more

More than a year after the lawsuits were filed, two legal challenges targeting North Carolina’s abortion restrictions remain in court.

One case focuses on two provisions of the 12-week abortion ban GOP lawmakers passed last year. While the main thrust of that law went into effect July 2023, and has not been successfully challenged in the ...Read more

The Trump Organization announced plans for a luxury residential tower under its brand in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, expanding its relationship with a local real estate developer.

Dar Global and Trump said in a statement that the deal would build on a $200 million Trump-branded project in Oman announced in March. The companies didn’t disclose ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden called on voters to “render a judgment” on Donald Trump, after a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to potentially escape prosecution for his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.

Biden’s televised remarks on Monday from the White House were in part an ...Read more

President Joe Biden slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in a short address from the White House on Monday evening.

“This nation was founded on the principle that there are no kings in America,” he said from the White House. “Each of us is equal before the law. No one is above the law, not even the president of ...Read more

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Monday said she would push to impeach what she called “corrupt” Supreme Court justices after they granted substantial immunity to former President Donald Trump.

The progressive New York firebrand called the decision “an assault on American democracy” and vowed to remove the conservative judges.

“Today’...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to review how vulnerable the Bureau of Reclamation is to water theft following a Los Angeles Times report on an audacious and long-running heist from a federal canal in the Central Valley.

The facts related in the story "raise serious concerns about how ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to review how vulnerable the Bureau of Reclamation is to water theft following a Los Angeles Times report on an audacious and long-running heist from a federal canal in the Central Valley.

The facts related in the story "raise serious concerns about how ...Read more

NEW YORK — Donald Trump is making a new push to get his New York hush money conviction tossed out after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he has substantial immunity from criminal prosecution for actions he took while president.

The former president’s lawyers on Monday took preliminary steps to request that a New York judge set aside the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Conservative organizations have filed several lawsuits challenging the Silver State’s election processes in advance of November, with the latest relating to commercial addresses they say they found in the state’s voter rolls.

Last week, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, along with two Nevada Republican voters, filed a ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Supreme Court’s Monday decision on Donald Trump’s legal immunity boosted his defenses in the ongoing criminal cases against him — and raised questions about whether the recent conviction in his Manhattan hush money trial will be impacted.

Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit Monday against Attorney General Merrick B. Garland over the Justice Department’s refusal to release audio of a special counsel interview with President Joe Biden.

The lawsuit from the Republican-controlled panel asks a federal court in Washington to issue an injunction ordering ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Monday’s Supreme Court decision giving Donald Trump immunity for past and potentially future presidential acts gave Democrats more urgency to defeat him, just as new polling showed that last week’s debate intensified voters’ concerns that President Joe Biden may not be the man to do it.

The dueling pieces of news ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday gave former — and perhaps future — President Trump a broad shield of immunity from criminal charges.

In a 6-3 vote, the justices upheld Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for official actions he took while in the White House.

The six conservatives ruled that presidents and ex-presidents...Read more

The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling Monday that former President Donald Trump is shielded from prosecution for some actions he took in his push to overturn the 2020 presidential election complicated the outlook for the remaining criminal cases against him and all but foreclosed the possibility he will stand trial again before Election Day.

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President Joe Biden’s post-debate damage control continued into Monday morning, when team Biden-Harris released a new campaign ad and announced they’d held more than 1,500 events in the days following Thursday’s disastrous on-stage performance.

According to the campaign, they launched a “Weekend of Action” in response to Biden’s ...Read more

A U.S. Supreme Court decision that placed a hold on an Environmental Protection Agency air pollution-fighting plan drew criticism some state environmental groups, while U.S. Steel said the company appreciated the nation's highest court pausing the plan while it is being litigated in lower courts.

The ruling on the "good neighbor" air quality ...Read more