Federal judge expected to rule on restrictive Missouri abortion law
A federal judge was expected to decide on Tuesday whether to block a Missouri law banning abortion after eight weeks except in cases of medical emergency, according to court documents.
As Trump policies deepen farmers’ pain, Democrats see an opening in rural America
Seizing on mounting Farm Belt frustration with President Donald Trump’s economic agenda, Democratic rivals are stepping up their push to take back part of rural America, whose overwhelming support for Trump helped propel his upset 2016 election victory…
19 states, District of Columbia, sue Trump administration over migrant detention
Attorneys general for 19 states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday to block a sweeping new rule to indefinitely detain migrant families seeking to settle in the United States.
Trump, on climate, says he won’t jeopardize U.S. wealth on ‘dreams’
U.S. President Donald Trump, responding to a question about climate change after skipping a G7 session on the issue, said on Monday that American wealth is based on energy and he will not jeopardize that for dreams and windmills.
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow full enforcement of asylum crackdown
President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a court order preventing the government from fully enforcing a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. appeals court urged to revive hotel ’emoluments’ case against Trump
The top lawyers for Maryland and the District of Columbia on Monday urged an appeals court to reconsider its dismissal of their lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions of the U.S. Constitution with his Washington…
Representative Kennedy challenges fellow Democrat Markey for Senate seat
U.S. Representative Joseph Kennedy III – a member of the famed political dynasty – on Monday took steps to challenge fellow Democrat Edward Markey for his Massachusetts Senate seat, setting up a potentially spirited contest in the 2020 election season….
Exclusive: U.S. officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election
(The September 26th story corrects the name of the institute to OSET from ESET in paragraph 15)
House panel subpoenas third ex-Trump adviser within two weeks
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Monday subpoenaed former White House aide Rob Porter to testify about alleged efforts by President Donald Trump to impede a federal probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
New Trump family detention rule faces legal challenges, tight space
A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia, led by California and Massachusetts, said on Monday they will sue the Trump administration to stop a sweeping new rule to indefinitely detain migrant families seeking to settle in the United States…