Supreme Court allows limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired plants for now

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce its most stringent restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants while legal challenges play out. The court rejected requests for emergency relief filed by more than two dozen states and the energy industry, which asked it to halt the measure

Rep. Mike Lawler: Political Process Isn’t ‘Meant to Be Easy’ | NTD’s Profiles of Service

In this episode of NTD’s “Profiles of Service,” we sit down with freshman congressman Rep. Mike Lawler, representing New York’s 17th District in the scenic Hudson Valley. Lawler explains what lies behind how he became rated the fourth most bipartisan member of the House, according to The Lugar Center. “For me, it’s not that har…

Socialist Operatives Fueled the Rise of Independent Nebraska Senate Candidate Dan Osborn, Financial Disclosures Show

Nebraska independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn has presented himself to voters in the deep-red state as a political moderate, a characterization that has fueled his unexpectedly strong polling performance against Republican incumbent Deb Fischer in the final weeks leading up to the 2024 election. But a Washington Free Beacon review of campaign finance disclosures found

Judge mostly denies Trump’s demand for more evidence in 2020 election case

Washington — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election case against former President Donald Trump largely rejected Wednesday his demand for prosecutors to search for and turn over more information that the former president believed would support his defense and show his state of mind as he contested the results of the last presidential contest.

Nebraska Supreme Court Restores Voting Rights for Convicted Felons

The decision could allow some 7,000 people in Nebraska who have completed their sentences to cast ballots this November. Nebraska election officials must register people with felony convictions to vote, the state’s highest court has ruled. In a decision issued on Oct. 16, the Nebraska Supreme Court ordered the state to reverse course and follow

Jack Smith Says Supreme Court’s Jan. 6 Ruling Allows Obstruction Charge Against Trump

The justices held in Fischer v. United States that the DOJ had applied an overly broad reading of a law used by the special counsel in his indictment of Trump. Special counsel Jack Smith argued in a filing on Oct. 16 that former President Donald Trump should still face trial under an obstruction law even