WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump amped up pressure on Congress to speed passage of his tax-cut bill as Republicans reached a tentative deal on the state and local tax deduction, one of the key sticking points in the negotiations.

“The House of Representatives must be ready to send it to my desk before July 4th — We can get it done,” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday sharply limited the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide orders that block new rules or policies coming from the White House or federal agencies.

The 6-3 ruling was a procedural victory for President Donald Trump and a setback for advocates who seek to block his executive orders in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling curbing the power of judges to block government actions on a nationwide basis has raised questions about whether dozens of orders that have halted President Donald Trump’s policies will stand.

The conservative majority’s ruling Friday came in a fight over Trump’s plan to limit automatic ...Read more

Julie and Todd Chrisley were not exactly prepared to learn they had been pardoned by the president.

“Unfortunately, most of the news that you get in prison is bad news,” Julie Chrisley told Lara Trump in a family interview set to air Saturday on Fox News Channel. So when she got the good news, her fellow inmates didn’t immediately ...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

President Donald Trump celebrated the Supreme Court decision Friday that will allow his administration to end automatic birthright citizenship in some cases, calling the ruling a “huge one.”

The president said birthright citizenship, enshrined in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment shortly after the end of the Civil War, was meant for the �...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday issued a major decision scaling back the power of federal judges to block presidential policies nationwide, in what is considered a major win for the Trump administration’s efforts to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors.

The high court, ...Read more

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