Washington — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that parts of President Trump’s executive order stripping National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service of federal funding violated the First Amendment by seeking to punish the two news outlets for speech he dislikes. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss permanently blocked the Trump administration from enforcing two provisions
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is tentatively expected to testify publicly before the House Armed Services Committee on April 29, according to two sources familiar with the plans, in what would mark his first appearance under oath on Capitol Hill since the U.S. conflict with Iran began. The timing of the hearing has not
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a Colorado counselor who challenged a state law that bans “conversion therapy” for minors, ruling that lower courts failed to apply “sufficiently rigorous First Amendment scrutiny” in the case. The high court ruled 8-1 that Colorado’s law, when applied to talk therapy provided by
A group of FBI agents is suing FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the FBI and the Justice Department after they were terminated over their work on the investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The three former agents — Jamie Garman, Blaire Toleman and Michelle Ball — were
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said Sunday that his investigation into alleged election fraud in the Proposition 50 Special Election last fall has come to a halt due to legal challenges from the California attorney general. Earlier in March, Bianco, who is running for governor, seized more than 611,000 ballots from the special election in
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a Colorado counselor who challenged a state law that bans “conversion therapy” for minors. The high court ruled 8-1 that Colorado’s law, when applied to talk therapy provided by counselor Kaley Chiles, regulates speech based on viewpoint, and said the lower courts failed to
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, Joint Chiefs Chairman, declared at a news conference on Tuesday “the upcoming days will be decisive” in the war with Iran. “Iran knows that, and there’s almost nothing they can militarily do about it,” Hegseth claimed. The Defense Secretary said that “American firepower is only increasing,”