It’s the first time Congress has added judgeships in decades. The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation to create dozens of additional judgeships on federal district courts across the United States after a multi-decade dry spell when Congress added no new judges. The measure, called the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024,
The state argued on appeal that the ruling disrupts the status quo too close to the election. A Wisconsin judge has refused to put on hold his ruling that will allow voters with “print disabilities” to receive electronic ballots in emails this November. The Wisconsin Legislature asked the judge to not enforce his ruling while
Bipartisan measure affirms federal role in electrical transmission planning, axes permit and litigation timelines, assures oil/gas public lands leasing. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has adopted a permitting reform bill that seeks to accelerate electric grid expansion, restrict litigation and trim timelines for energy and mineral mining proposals. The panel passed the Energy Permitting
The party is sticking with its previous plan to formally nominate its candidate before the convention. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) began its early vote on Aug. 1 to formally nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president, keeping to an earlier promise to hold a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s convention. The DNC
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing the Biden-Harris administration to investigate, prosecute, and sanction any anti-Israel group that took cash from Tehran as part of Iran’s U.S. influence operation. Such funding, the lawmakers note, “almost certainly violates the U.S. anti-terrorism statutes.” The 22 lawmakers, led by Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), say they are
The United States is preparing to counter an expected Iranian attack on Israel in the coming days as Iran signals it will retaliate for the death of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Axios reported. Although Israel has not publicly taken responsibility for Haniyeh’s death, Hamas and Iranian officials blamed it for the attack.
Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D., Ariz.) messy divorce—including a restraining order filed against him by his ex-wife and his own request to have her put behind bars—is likely to come back to haunt him as Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris eyes him as a potential running mate. While reports indicate that Harris’s team has privately met