Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away a challenge to an Illinois law banning certain semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines, leaving the measure intact. The court declined to review a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit that preliminarily upheld Illinois’ prohibition on assault-style weapons. The challenge to the
Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower courts to take another look at challenges to several federal and state firearms restrictions in the wake of its ruling upholding a law that bans people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. The cases had been pending before the court for months while
Pornhub blocks access in Texas in dispute over age verification law Pornhub blocks access in Texas in dispute over age verification law 00:43 Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will consider a challenge to a Texas law that requires pornographic websites to verify the ages of their visitors. The dispute centers around
The program is part of an effort to encourage the development of technology centers outside of Silicon Valley. WASHINGTON—Over the past twenty years, technological innovation has mainly been concentrated in traditional tech hubs like California, New York, and Massachusetts. The Biden administration is now looking to broaden this potential, providing smaller tech hubs across the
With Donald Trump pledging pardons for Jan. 6 defendants and blasting the historic criminal cases, Nov. 5 looms large over the future of the largest prosecution in American history. So, too, might Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2025. But former federal prosecutors, federal defenders and lawyers for defendants accused for crimes involving the assault on the
President Biden’s campaign says it raised $127 million in June, calling it the best fundraising month of his reelection campaign. The campaign also said it entered July with $240 million across its committees, an increase from last month despite expanding its campaign footprint and a $50 million ad buy in June. The money is a
The Department of Energy is set to give a $400 million loan to a financially troubled battery company that admitted to defrauding the federal government in 2022, according to court records. Eos Energy—whose board includes a personal friend of Department of Energy loan czar Jigar Shah—was forced to pay a $1 million settlement to the