The appeals court found that only the U.S. attorney general can enforce a policy requiring districts that ensure minority representation. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups in Arkansas will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that states private groups can’t sue under a key section of
The House Committee on Rules meets at 4 p.m. ET on July 8 on the following measures: H.R. 8772 – Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025. H.R. 8281 – Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. H.J. Res. 165 – Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by
President Joe Biden told the hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe in a Monday phone interview that he will remain in the presidential race, even as members of his own party are calling for him to drop out following his disastrous debate with former president Donald Trump. Biden’s Morning Joe call isn’t likely to allay Democrats’
Columbia University will not fire the four deans who exchanged caustic and derogatory text messages during an alumni panel on anti-Semitism, opting instead to reassign three of them while letting the most senior administrator, Columbia College dean Josef Sorett, remain in his post, according to three people familiar with the university’s decision and an announcement
Congress, not the DOE, set the policy to release gas reserves Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm testifies before Congress (Getty Images) The Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week that it took action to “help lower gas prices ahead of the Fourth of July holiday,” a move mandated by Congress earlier this year when lawmakers voted
President Joe Biden’s event staffers prepare detailed documents, including enlarged photographs of his exact path to the podium to chaperon the octogenarian president at public events, an Axios report reveals. The report shows a document with images of a backstage hallway labeled “walk to the podium” to familiarize the president and his staff with the
House Democratic leadership instructed members this week to reject a Republican bill that seeks to require proof of United States citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, Axios reported. The GOP legislation—the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act—would require “documentary proof of United States citizenship” to vote in federal elections. In a