For many Republicans, words aren’t enough to deal with what they see as a threat to Americans’ fundamental freedoms and the judicial system—they want action. WASHINGTON—With the initial shock of former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts in New York City wearing down, some conservatives in Congress are looking ahead for ways they
A federal class-action securities fraud lawsuit against Evolv Technology accuses the global company of deceiving investors and school districts with false claims about its “AI-powered” weapons detection system. The 39-page complaint was filed on March 25 in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. The deadline for additional plaintiffs to join was May 24. Lead plaintiff
Group spending ‘with a laser focus on protecting and expanding abortion and voting rights up and down the ballot.’ The American Civil Liberties Union will spend more than $25 million on the 2024 election, the group announced. Funding for the ACLU’s federal political spending financing comes primarily from Democratic donors. On June 5, the ACLU
The bill aimed to guarantee access to contraception nationwide as Democrats seek to spotlight the issue ahead of the November elections. A bill to establish a federal right to contraception failed to clear a procedural hurdle in the Senate on June 5 as Democrats initiated their month-long blitz of reproductive legislation. Members rejected a move
Both allege that Mr. Biden was a functioning crack cocaine addict, refuting the defense argument that an addict could not have functioned enough to buy the gun. WILMINGTON, Del.—Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial entered its third day on June 5 as prosecutors called his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend to the stand to testify about his addiction
Prosecutors argue that the former president may threaten ’the integrity of the judicial proceedings’ and ‘interfere with the fair administration of justice.’ The Manhattan District Attorney’s office urged a state judge on June 4 to keep former President Donald Trump’s gag order in place even after his criminal trial concluded with a guilty verdict on
The bill came in response to controversy surrounding the upside down flag that flew outside of Justice Alito’s Virginia home. A group of House Democrats proposed legislation on June 4 that would install two independent offices within the Supreme Court designed to address unethical conduct. An Office of Investigative Counsel would probe potential ethics violations