Washington — The House blocked an effort to formally censure Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida and strip him of his committee assignments over allegations related to federal contracting violations, stolen valor and assault. GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced the censure resolution earlier Wednesday, citing troubling allegations against the congressman.  She introduced

A federal judge is continuing his investigation into whether the Trump administration defied court orders in a high-profile immigration case involving the Alien Enemies Act, he said Wednesday. In an 8-3 ruling last week, a federal appeals court left in place an earlier decision that blocked U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s April order, which said that

One day after a Trump-appointed federal judge helped toss out Texas’ redistricting effort, a Reagan-appointed judge penned a heated and invective-filled dissent accusing his fellow jurist of “cherry-picking of the highest order.” A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that Texas must set aside the new congressional maps that it drew earlier this year, with

Washington — The House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to repeal a controversial provision that allows senators to sue for $500,000 if federal investigators search their phone records without their knowledge.  House leaders fast-tracked the bill under suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds majority for passage. The bill easily cleared the lower chamber in a