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Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin Right now, nine Supreme Court justices can shape your rights for decades without ever answering to the American people. That’s not balance. That’s not accountability, and that’s simply too much power for too long. That’s why I’m cosponsoring legislation to establish 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices, with regular appointments …
CBS News’s Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett joined his colleagues in offering predictions for 2026 over the weekend and warned of a brewing battle within MAGA over the regulation and spread of artificial intelligence in the U.S. – noting that President Donald Trump has fully embraced AI while several major red states are starting to …
Just recycled claims that were already walked back by the person who made them. The only thing getting passed around is outrage pretending to be evidence. When there’s nothing there, people start yelling louder to make it feel real. Ah yes. Sarah Ransome’s statements… I wonder why you don’t post everything she said. Remember when …
🚨 HOLY CRAP! President Trump could now deploy the MARINES to Chicago after Democrats brought the case up to SCOTUS "The unintended consequence here might be POTUS has to call the 82nd Airborne, or the Marines, or the 101st Airborne Division, like President Eisenhower did after… pic.twitter.com/AaTEI6PVzR — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 24, 2025
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, on 17 December, filed a criminal complaint against the Nobel panel over the ‘instrument of war’ peace prize to Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado. In a statement on 17 December, WikiLeaks said Julian Assange filed a criminal complaint in Sweden, “accusing 30 individuals associated with the Nobel Foundation, including its …
Prosecutors in California will file murder charges against Nick Reiner, the younger son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Tuesday. Hochman said his office is expected to file two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance alleging multiple murders Tuesday afternoon. Nick Reiner also faces …
A federal immigration class action has erupted into a far broader controversy after a new court filing alleged that threats and political pressure may be influencing judicial decisions, including rulings by the Supreme Court of the United States, in cases tied to Donald Trump. The allegations were raised by Delaware attorney Meghan Kelly in J.G.G. …
A federal judge has allowed a Tufts University student from Turkey to resume research and teaching while she deals with the consequences of having her visa revoked by the Trump administration, leading to six weeks of detention. Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student studying children’s relationship to social media, was among the first people arrested as …
The U.S. Supreme Court will announce on December 15 whether it will hear a major challenge to federal marijuana bans brought by state-licensed cannabis companies, a decision that could force a reckoning between national law and the patchwork of state-legal markets. The justices are slated to discuss the petition in Canna Provisions Inc. v. Garland …
BREAKING: Justice Brett Kavanaugh intellectually PUMMELS DEI Justice Ketanji Jackson at the Supreme Court on whether President Trump can fire a Democrat member of the FTC 🔥 JACKSON: I don’t understand why the president gets to control everything and outweigh Congress’ authority and duty to protect the people! KAVANAUGH: “When both houses of Congress and …
WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday froze a federal judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s effort to widely bar transgender people from serving in the military, finding the judge afforded “insufficient deference” to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s judgment. In a 2-1 decision led by two Trump appointees, the appeals panel stayed …
The U.S. Supreme Court is signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of independent agency board members, as the court’s conservative majority suggested it would overturn a 90-year-old decision that has limited this type of presidential power. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren). The U.S. Supreme Court is signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of independent …
🚨BREAKING: Trump KNOWS he’s about to LOSE the tariff case at the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/DsB9fQRtyV — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) December 7, 2025 Costco alone has paid an estimated $90 billion in Trump’s import tariffs, part of a record $195 billion collected in fiscal 2025. The Supreme Court is now weighing whether those tariffs were even …
A Manhattan judge has ordered OpenAI to provide the Daily News and other news outlets with millions of anonymous chats between ChatGPT and its users in a major ongoing copyright infringement case. In a nine-page order made public Wednesday, Manhattan Magistrate Judge Ona Wang denied OpenAI’s request to reconsider her November ruling requiring the tech …
Costco is suing the Trump administration in an effort to get a full refund of new tariffs paid by the warehouse retail giant this year and to block those tariffs from continuing to be imposed as a Supreme Court case plays out. Costco in the suit notes that it risks losing the money already paid …
The Trump administration’s maneuvers to keep the president’s former lawyer Alina Habba in place as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor were illegal and she is disqualified, a federal appeals court said Monday. A panel of judges from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in Philadelphia sided with a lower court judge’s ruling after …
Watch live from a New York court as Luigi Mangione appears for a scheduled evidentiary hearing in the state’s case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Read more: https://bit.ly/4iqPQ8k
Judicial Watch (JW) has filed a lawsuit under Epstein Files Transparency Act pressing U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to release documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. https://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/JW-v-DOJ-Epstein-Files-complaint-01056.pdf Courts have ordered DOJ to expedite processing and identify what materials will be released. https://6abc.com/post/judge-orders-doj-expedite-processing-records-request-epstein-files/18209582/
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $1 million fine against President Donald Trump and his attorney Alina Habba on Wednesday for their “sanctionable conduct” over a racketeering lawsuit made up of “frivolous” claims. The fine was imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Donald Middlebrooks in January 2023 after Trump sued Hillary Clinton and …
The Supreme Court extended until Thursday night a pause in a judge’s order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for November. About 42 million Americans get food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Trump administration originally said it planned not to pay any SNAP benefits as the U.S. government shutdown persisted, …
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not reconsider its landmark ruling that established the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, rejecting a bid by former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to overturn the decision. Davis, who served as the Rowan County clerk, drew national attention when she stopped issuing marriage licenses to …
When the Court finally strikes down the tariffs, expect a full-blown Trump meltdown. pic.twitter.com/oziYXb9Ftt — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 8, 2025
JUST IN: USDA informs states they will comply with court order and release SNAP funds as court battle drags out. Funds could be available as soon as today. Matching @jacob_fischler who had it first. pic.twitter.com/nLGL8nyN5X — Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) November 7, 2025 A federal appeals court on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request to lift …
And doesn’t sound too favorable toward his arguments by David Haggith The Supreme Court, exhibiting skepticism about the legality of Trump’s tariffs, showed that even they understand that the tariffs 1) are a tax and that they 2) are a tax on Americans. Even the most conservative justices did appear not buy the lie that foreign …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Polymarket odds plunged as low as 28 percent, now 31 percent. Court Skeptical The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on reciprocal tariffs. But it may take a while for a ruling. Axios reports Supreme Court Sounds Skeptical of Trump’s Wide-Ranging Tariffs The big picture: Some of the conservative justices seemed …
Trump has reversed his Administration’s policy and is now saying that SNAP benefits will not go out until the government reopens pic.twitter.com/QRhjxoUs0e — The Take Politics (@TheTakePolitics) November 4, 2025 Washington — The White House clarified Tuesday that the Trump administration is complying with a federal court order that requires it to tap into a …
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115482797655964985 President Donald Trump, who recently suggested he would be at the Supreme Court on Wednesday for oral arguments in the case that will determine the fate of many of his wide-ranging tariffs, now says he will not attend. “I will not be going to the Court on Wednesday in that I do not want …
https://x.com/coinbureau/status/1985305958093045954 On Nov. 5, 2025, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that may decide the fate of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy. In Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, consolidated with Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, the Justices will decide if a specific act of Congress allows the president to impose tariffs, and if the act …
The president has frequently spoken about the potentially drastic consequences if the Supreme Court strikes down his sweeping tariffs, a view contested by his opponents. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s strategy to persuade the Supreme Court to uphold his sweeping tariffs is not subtle. To some opponents of his tariffs, Trump’s frequent use of apocalyptic …
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-national-guard-portland-appeals-court/ Washington — A federal appeals court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to mobilize and deploy members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland while a legal challenge moves forward. A divided panel of three judges on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit agreed to freeze a lower court …