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Supreme Court Hands Trump Major Victory In Foreign Aid Fight

The Supreme Court permitted the government to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid payments that President Trump moved to cancel last month through a rare “pocket rescission.” In a 6-3 decision, the justices granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal, halting a Sept. 3 lower court ruling that had ordered the previously appropriated funds to be released. “This is…
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Supreme Court Issues Decision In Religious Freedom Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously decided in favor of a postal worker from Pennsylvania in a significant religious liberty case involving the appropriateness of employers’ accommodation of religious preferences in the workplace. Christian mailman Gerald Groff of Pennsylvania requested the court rule on whether the U.S. Postal Service may make him deliver parcels from Amazon on Sundays, which he…
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House Passes Bill To Deport Migrants Who Assault Police Officers

The GOP-controlled House passed a measure that would require the federal government to deport any illegal immigrant who assaults a police officer over the objections of a majority of Democrats. The legislation passed with a vote of 265 to 148, with 54 Democrats siding with the GOP. The Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act is the name…
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SCOTUS Rules Trump Admin Can Continue Mass Layoffs At Education Dept.

On Monday, the Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump another significant victory, approving mass layoffs at the Department of Education and enabling the administration to proceed with its plans to reestablish state control over schools. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices paused a lower court ruling that had blocked Trump’s plan indefinitely. That lower court decision is now on…
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Case To Remove Dems Who Fled State Begins At TX Supreme Court

Texas House Democrats made national headlines this summer when they fled the state to stall a vote on a new congressional map that would help Republicans pick up 5 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to remove their caucus leader from office. Now, that high-stakes case is before the Texas…
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Pirro Announces Arrest Of Woman Who Threatened Trump’s Life

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, the former Fox News host now serving as a top DOJ official, announced Monday that a woman has been arrested for threatening President Donald Trump. “Hi everyone, it’s Judge Jeanine. I just wanted to let you know here from the United States Attorney’s Office in D.C. that an individual by the…
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Dozens Of GOP Attorneys General Back Trump On Birthright Citizenship

Two dozen Republican attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to side with President Donald Trump in his effort to end automatic birthright citizenship for children born to noncitizen mothers. In a sweeping show of support, 24 states led by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed an amicus brief Friday arguing that the…
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Senate Confirms Rodney Scott To Lead Customs And Border Protection

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Rodney Scott as head of Customs and Border Protection. Scott formerly served as Border Patrol Chief and currently commands the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) biggest enforcement department, which has approximately 65,000 workers. CBP consists of two divisions: the Border Patrol, which is in charge of protecting the nation’s borders between ports of entry, and…
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Fox’s Tarlov Facing Calls For Dismissal Over Trump ‘Coffin’ Comments

Jessica Tarlov, a Democratic strategist and co-host on The Five, is encountering significant backlash for remarks she made earlier this week. During an appearance on Fox News, Tarlov employed what many on social media are labeling dangerous rhetoric, which critics believe could incite violence against former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee for the White House. In an interview on the…
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SCOTUS Declines To Hear Student’s Bid To Wear ‘Two Genders’ Shirt To School

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied to hear a student’s appeal to his school district’s ban on his wearing a t-shirt to class that reads, “There are only two genders.” Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, two of the court’s prominent conservatives, suggested they would have revisited the student’s case, claiming that lower courts were distorting the First Amendment, The…
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