Meet the Rich Kids, Professors, and Activists Arrested at Columbia in April

Eloise Maybank is accustomed to luxury. A London native, Maybank attended high school at a private French academy in London, the renowned Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle de Londres, and then at Milton Academy, an elite Massachusetts boarding school where tuition runs $76,000 a year. Then she enrolled at Columbia. Maybank was among approximately 100

Biden Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling on Presidential Immunity

The president’s speech comes after the Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts.” WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden addressed the nation on July 1 to express his disappointment with the Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts, claiming that it “undermines the rule of

Biden, Trump React to Supreme Court Ruling on Presidential Immunity

The president delivered speech after the Supreme Court’s 6–3 ruling that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for “official acts.” WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden addressed the nation on July 1 to express his disappointment with the Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts, claiming that it “undermines the rule of

How the Supreme Court Decision on Presidential Immunity Could Impact Trump Cases

On July 1, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents and former presidents enjoy “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for “conduct within his exclusive sphere of constitutional authority,” setting guidelines for which acts in former President Donald Trump’s federal election case can remain in the indictment but leaving large amounts of litigation for the district court.

ACLU Files Election Integrity Complaint Over Pennsylvania County’s Mail-in Voting Policy

A Washington County election policy change caused 259 voters to be disenfranchised in the 2024 primary election, the complaint alleges. A new legal case in Pennsylvania may revive the debate over the rules surrounding voters’ signatures on the envelopes of mail-in ballots. In Pennsylvania, voters casting mail-in ballots place their marked ballot in an envelope,

Nearly 90,000 People Fled J.B. Pritzker’s Illinois Between 2021 and 2022, Taking Billions in Income With Them

Democratic governor turns a blind eye to state’s population decline Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D.) (Getty Images) More than 87,000 people fled Illinois between 2021 and 2022, causing the state to lose nearly $10 billion in income, according to the most recent IRS data. Governor J.B. Pritzker (D.) denies that Illinois is suffering from population

Biden Expands Overtime Protections for 1 Million Workers

The new increase was made ‘based on the methodology used by the prior administration in the 2019 overtime rule update.’ The Biden administration extended overtime protections on July 1 for one million workers making less than $43,888 a year, and President Joe Biden pledged to expand those protections in 2025 to another 3 million workers,