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Control of Wisconsin Supreme Court up for grabs in first battleground race of Trump's new term
Wisconsin voters will return to the polls this spring for the first major election in a battleground state since the 2024 presidential race.NBC News - 5d -
First Test of Trump’s Power to Fire Officials Reaches Supreme Court
The court’s conservative majority may be receptive to the argument that presidents have unlimited power to remove leaders of independent agencies.The New York Times - 4d -
Trump administration files first supreme court appeal over firing of government watchdog
Attempt to remove head of the office of special counsel is key test of executive branch’s battle with US judiciary to reshape federal government. Donald Trump’s administration has asked the supreme ...The Guardian - 3d -
Five Oscar races (other than best picture) that feel up for grabs
Timothée Chalamet or Adrien Brody? Demi Moore or Fernanda Torres? We have our hunches, but they could be upended on the night of the Oscars.Los Angeles Times - Feb. 12 -
Why North Carolina's Supreme Court race remains undecided
A judicial race in North Carolina remains undecided more than three months after Election Day. The Republican candidate for the state's supreme court, Judge Jefferson Griffin, is trailing his ...CBS News - 6d -
Supreme Court approval above 50 percent for first time in years: Survey
The Supreme Court’s approval rating is now above 50 percent for the first time since early 2022, according to a survey published Thursday. The new Marquette Law School national poll found that 51 ...The Hill - 5d -
Wright announces first new natural gas export approval of second Trump term
Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued the Trump administration’s first export authorization for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project Friday, part of a broader push to promote fossil fuel ...The Hill - 6d -
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to greenlight whistleblower office firing
The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to greenlight President Trump’s firing of the head of a federal whistleblower protection office, marking the new Trump administration’s first ...The Hill - 4d -
Trump appeals to Supreme Court over firing of US agency boss
The leader of an independent whistleblowing agency sued after he was fired by email this month.BBC News - 3d -
Trump's firings put 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent in crosshairs
President Trump has terminated the heads of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board, sparking legal challenges over their removal.CBS News - 3d -
Trump wants Supreme Court to allow firing of whistleblower agency's head
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand has more.CBS News - 3d -
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow firing of whistleblower agency head
President Trump's firings of the members of independent agencies and boards have prompted a string of legal fights that could set the Supreme Court up to reconsider and potentially overturn a ...CBS News - 2d -
Potential Supreme Court case involving Trump administration, whistleblower agency head
President Trump's team wants the Supreme Court to allow the firing of Hampton Dellinger, the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. The agency is dedicated to protecting whistleblowers. CBS ...CBS News - 1d -
When does a heartbeat start? South Carolina Supreme Court again takes up abortion issue
Lawyers for South Carolina and Planned Parenthood are returning to the state’s highest court to argue how restrictive the state's abortion ban should beABC News - Feb. 12 -
Wall Street Journal: Trump repeating first-term 'blunder'
The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal is warning President Trump is making similar mistakes on trade to those during his first term in the White House. Noting Trump's orders imposing 25 ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Trump Cracks Down on Diversity Initiatives Celebrated in His First Term
Top Education Department officials during the president’s prior administration routinely hailed diversity efforts. Now employees who participated in them have faced reprisals.The New York Times - 6d -
Trump imposes his vision on America in departure from first-term stumbles
President Donald Trump is going further than ever before to enforce his decisionsABC News - 1d -
Trump is already surpassing his first-term's progress on fighting government waste
Former Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney, criticizes the slush fund built by his predecessor, Richard Cordray, and former director Rohit Chopra, and hopes ...The Hill - 1d -
The Memo: Trump, allies ramp up attacks on courts
Monday brought another legal setback for President Trump and his administration — and there is every indication it will add more fuel to the fire of MAGA grievances against the judiciary. The issue ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Trump admin to ask Supreme Court to keep fired government watchdog off the job as case pends
The Trump administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that ordered a government ethics watchdog reinstated to his post after he was fired by the president.NBC News - 3d -
Supreme Court Considers Trump’s Power, and Musk’s Team Wants Access to I.R.S. Records
Plus, how to remember everything.The New York Times - 3d -
Trump team wants Supreme Court to allow firing at agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers
President Trump's administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the ousting of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel's leader. Hampton Dellinger oversees the agency dedicated to protecting ...CBS News - 3d -
Trump Media sues Brazil Supreme Court judge who battled Elon Musk
The Truth Social parent company, along with fellow right-leaning platform Rumble, accused the justice of attempted censorship.NBC News - 1d -
Trump Media sues Brazil Supreme Court justice who once crossed Musk
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes is alleged to have been targeted for death in a plot that included former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro.CNBC - 1d -
How a faded New York hotel became a lethal political battleground
Storm over White House bid to halt corruption charges against mayor Eric Adams in row over migrant shelter. Manhattan’s Roosevelt hotel, with its faded Renaissance revival facade, last week became ...The Guardian - 4d -
Senate GOP moves first to advance Trump priorities in race with House
Senate Republicans on Wednesday fired the opening salvo in the battle to implement President Trump's agenda by advancing a budget resolution focused on immigration and military priorities, putting ...The Hill - Feb. 12 -
Trump, Vance and Musk take aim at the courts as judges halt some of 2nd term agenda
President Donald Trump and key members of his administration are lashing out at judges who have halted some of his second-term agenda.ABC News - Feb. 11 -
Supreme Court Signals That Landmark Libel Ruling Is Secure
Attacked by two justices, lower-court judges and litigants, the 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan keeps getting cited approvingly in the Supreme Court’s decisions.The New York Times - Feb. 10 -
Trump Elevates Kremlin Talking Points, a Familiar Pattern From His First Term
President Trump’s description of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine as a “Dictator without Elections” echoes the Kremlin’s messaging.The New York Times - 7h -
Trump leaves courts flat-footed: ‘It’s hard for me to keep up’
President Trump’s flood-the-zone strategy in the first month of his new presidency is catching the typically sluggish judiciary flat-footed. More than 50 lawsuits challenging major administration ...The Hill - Feb. 11 -
Barrett's recusal signals hope for rule of law at the Supreme Court
Among Trump’s three appointees, Justice Amy Coney Barrett is probably the likeliest defector.The Hill - Feb. 10 -
83 percent say president is required to follow Supreme Court rulings: Survey
Most Americans say the president is required to follow the Supreme Court’s rulings, a new survey found. The survey, released Thursday by Marquette University, found that 83 percent of respondents ...The Hill - Feb. 13 -
UK Supreme Court rejects chancellor’s attempt to intervene in car finance litigation
Judges’ decision a setback for banks facing multibillion-pound compensation billFinancial Times - 3d -
What Supreme Court might say about Musk and DOGE
Federal courts are considering whether Elon Musk’s status as de facto administrator of DOGE complies with the Constitution’s Appointments Clause.ABC News - 3d -
The new AI arms race
America and China are vying for dominance, while Europe tries to competeFinancial Times - Feb. 12 -
Trump and allies ramp up attacks on judges, courts as agenda hits legal roadblocks
Trump and his allies are continuing to question judicial oversight of the executive branch, ramping up criticism of judges who've put some of his agenda on pause.ABC News - Feb. 12 -
New poll shows positive approval for Trump's first weeks back in office
As President Trump carries out his agenda with dramatic changes to the government, a new CBS News/YouGov survey shows the American public largely approves. 70% of respondents say Mr. Trump is doing ...CBS News - Feb. 9 -
Trump’s illegitimate power grab brings US closer to dictatorship
Experts warn president’s blatant violations of law could upend US government’s system of checks and balances. . The deceptively legalistic camouflage rendered the words almost banal – while still ...The Guardian - Feb. 13 -
LeBron James trolls Doug Gottlieb amid basketball personality's abysmal first season at Wisconsin-Green Bay
The Phoenix have won just three games this season and only recently snapped a 21-game losing streakCBS Sports - 3d -
Fortnite Festival Nintendo Switch Controller With Fret Attachment Gets First Discount
Fortnite Festival fans who play on Nintendo Switch (or PC) can save on the recently released CRKD Neo S Purple Wave Controller for the first time. Normally $60, the recently released wireless ...GameSpot - 2d