A coalition of 19 states sued the Trump administration on Friday over its threat to withhold federal funding from states and districts with certain diversity […]
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19 States Sue the Trump Administration Over Its D.E.I. Demand in Schools
A coalition of 19 states sued the Trump administration on Friday over its threat to withhold federal funding from states and districts with certain diversity […]
Lawyers Seek Return of Migrants Deported Under Wartime Act
Over the past two weeks, immigration lawyers, scrambling from courthouse to courthouse, have secured provisional orders in five states stopping the Trump administration from using […]
Schumer Moves to Block Trump Picks for Two Key Prosecutor Positions
Democrats have so far failed to derail any of President Trump’s nominees, lacking the numbers in the Senate to block them. But they are about […]
Texas Governor Sets November Election to Fill Heavily Democratic House Seat
An election to fill a vacant House seat in a heavily Democratic district in Texas will take place in November, Gov. Greg Abbott said on […]
Supreme Court Overturns Block on Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Deportations
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday night that the Trump administration could continue to deport Venezuelan migrants using a wartime powers act for now, overturning […]
Utah Bans Most Flags, Including Pride, at Schools and Government Buildings
The Utah State Legislature approved a measure that bans the display of all but approved flags in schools and government buildings, a divisive move that […]
Top Senate Republican Protests Trump Bid to Withhold Spending
A top Senate Republican on Thursday accused President Trump of illegally refusing to spend $2.9 billion approved by Congress, teaming with Democrats in an early […]
J. Bennett Johnston, Who Shaped U.S. Energy Policy, Dies at 92
J. Bennett Johnston Jr., a Louisiana Democrat and four-term United States senator who helped shape America’s energy and science policies in an era of rising […]
Forgotten in Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Defendants
Fernando Padron was stuck in a South Texas jail cell. Accused of stealing credit cards that he used to buy diapers, a bike and other […]