WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Congress did not give up too much of its power to the Federal Communications Commission when it created a framework aimed at achieving universal service.

In a 6-3 decision on a pair of cases, the nation’s highest court overturned a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ingrid Lewis-Martin, longtime confidante to Mayor Eric Adams and his indicted former chief adviser, is playing an active role in the mayor’s re-election bid, the Daily News has learned.

Lewis-Martin helped organize campaign volunteers during a virtual campaign meeting, according to detailed information about the meeting obtained ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has limited the power of federal district judges to hand down orders that apply nationwide.

By 6-3 vote, the justices said Friday that judges may not issue orders that apply to people beyond those who sued.

"Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch," said Justice Amy Coney ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is pressing ahead with plans to slash staff at the top U.S. spy agency, determined to act at a time when he has openly challenged its director and rejected intelligence findings that contradict his public statements.

Trump has openly discussed dismantling the Office of the Director of National Intelligence,...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday delayed a decision on the constitutionality of Louisiana’s congressional districts, announcing in a brief order it wanted more information and the case would be reargued in the court’s next term that starts in October.

The order, which came over the dissent of Justice Clarence Thomas, extends the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a national preventive care coverage mandate in a decision that could allow the Health and Human Services secretary more control over the task force that issues recommendations about what services should be covered without cost to patients.

The justices ruled 6-3 with Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Citing the explosion of online porn, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that states may enforce age verification laws in hopes of screening out children and young teens.

By a 6-3 vote, the justices rejected a free-speech claim from the adult entertainment industry.

"The power to require age verification is within a State's authority...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court curtailed the power of district courts to issue “universal injunctions” in a decision Friday in the legal clash over the Trump administration’s push end birthright citizenship.

The 6-3 decision found that most of those those broad orders that stop government actions — and there have been dozens issued ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee advanced a draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill on Thursday that would slash the budget for the Government Accountability Office by nearly half and take aim at the Library of Congress. As amended, it would also let ‘Dreamers’ work in congressional offices.

The party-line vote ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Maryland residents want to know: What’s in the “One Big, Beautiful Bill”?

That was the question reiterated repeatedly by a bundle of callers during Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks’ telephone town hall on Thursday, referring to the partisan spending package currently stuck in the Senate, where Republicans ...Read more

The Trump administration has lifted a freeze on federal funds for HIV prevention and surveillance programs, officials said, following an outcry from HIV prevention organizations, health experts and Democrats in Congress.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health received notice from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...Read more

It is cruel and nonsensical to deport people, not back to their countries of origin, but to third countries without proper notice or any way to appeal. But that’s what the Trump administration wants to do and that’s what the Supreme Court this week wrongly OKed in a one-paragraph order.

One of these cases involved a group of men the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After nearly 25 years of writing about campaigns, I should know better than to take press releases too seriously.

In a profession that rewards speed over quality analysis, I know press secretaries and communications directors have jobs to do and often rely on pithy one-liners to try to win the day. We’re supposed to look away ...Read more

On June 10, the Northwestern University community received an alarming email from university President Michael Schill and his team. The email stated that “rising costs related to compliance requirements, health care expenses, litigation, labor contracts, employee benefits, and other forces have put an increasing strain on Northwestern’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — When Suhas Subramanyam was a teenager, he got competing invitations. One group of friends wanted to drive to Florida to volunteer for John Kerry’s campaign. The other wanted to drive there to volunteer for George W. Bush.

“They both asked me if I wanted to come, and I said no to both,” he says.

He didn’t vote in that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A mainstay conservative candidate on Southern California election ballots for years may have to end his political aspirations for good after striking a deal with federal prosecutors over fraud.

Omar Navarro, a failed four-time congressional candidate accused of funneling thousands of dollars of campaign funds for his personal ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he wants to bring back a long-retired title: secretary of war. Why was it dropped in the first place?

Trump brought up the idea of a name change while introducing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at a June 25 news conference in the Netherlands, which hosted this year’s NATO summit.

“You know, it used to be ...Read more

DENVER — A new, White House-approved portrait of President Donald Trump will soon hang in the Colorado State Capitol.

The new portrait bears a close resemblance to Trump’s official photograph for his second term in office, albeit with him wearing a blue tie in the painting versus a red one in the photo. The painting casts Trump against a ...Read more

President Donald Trump indicated that he might be preparing to ease his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, potentially undercutting a central policy dating to his first term and provoking consternation among foreign policy hawks who argue that now is the time to escalate — not lessen — pressure on Tehran.

Days after U.S. ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams formally launched his mayoral campaign Thursday with a sharp attack on presumptive Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani as the incumbent deals with strong headwinds ranging from the fallout over his now-dismissed criminal indictment to accusations of being too tight with President Donald Trump.

Despite ...Read more