U.S. chief justice’s ‘swing’ role shown in census, gerrymandering rulings
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts cemented his new role as the Supreme Court’s “swing vote,” angering people on the political left and right in the process, as he decided the outcomes of major rulings on the census and electoral map manipulation.
House passes Senate emergency border aid bill, sends to Trump
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill providing $4.6 billion to address a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with Mexico, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature after Democrats abandoned efforts t…
LGBTQ heroes celebrated with wall of honor at Stonewall Inn in New York
A half century after the launch of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, 50 trailblazers in the struggle for equality were honored on Thursday with the unveiling of a wall of honor inside New York’s historic Stonewall Inn.
VP Pence agrees lawmakers to be notified of child migrant deaths
U.S. Vice President Michael Pence, in a telephone conversation with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, agreed on Thursday that lawmakers would be notified within 24 hours after the death of a child migrant held in custody at the U.S.-Mexico border, a source f…
Boston Marathon bomber had fair trial despite news deluge, U.S. prosecutors argue in appeal
Prosecutors on Thursday urged a federal appeals court to reject Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s claim that trying his case in a city reeling from an attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others deprived him of a fair tria…
House Democrats move to back Senate plan for border funding
U.S. House Democrats dropped opposition on Thursday to a bill passed by the Republican-controlled Senate that would release $4.6 billion in emergency funds to address worsening humanitarian conditions for migrant children and families on the U.S.-Mexic…
First U.S. Democratic presidential debate snags big TV audience
The first U.S. Democratic presidential debate, a faceoff without the party’s frontrunners, hauled in a surprisingly large 15.3 million viewers across three television networks, according to Nielsen estimates released by NBC News on Thursday.
Trump’s idea for U.S. Census delay would be unprecedented -experts
President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed an extraordinary delay to the 2020 census after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his effort to add a citizenship question, but legal experts said such a move would violate the Constitution.
Texas police officer charged with murdering motorist
A Texas police officer turned himself in to authorities after being charged with murder for shooting and killing a driver of a suspected stolen vehicle, according to the prosecutors and local media.
In major elections ruling, U.S. Supreme Court allows partisan map drawing
In a major blow to election reformers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected efforts to rein in electoral map manipulation by politicians aimed at entrenching one party in power, a practice known as partisan gerrymandering that critics have said …
