Politics

Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A majority of Americans approve of the Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of race as a factor in college admissions, though the country is more divided on other high-profile rulings and increasingly viewing the court as driven more by politics than the law, according to a new […]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign last week went after Republican rival Donald Trump for the former president’s past support of the LGBTQ community — though the viral video drew viral backlash as well. The DeSantis campaign on Friday shared a video, now seen more than 18 million times, that labels […]

Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An attorney for Hunter Biden on Friday transmitted a sharp and sweeping letter to a powerful Republican lawmaker condemning his handling of an IRS whistleblower who has accused Justice Department officials of undermining the DOJ’s investigation into President Joe Biden’s son. Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, accused Rep. […]

Philip Yabut/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the U.S. Supreme Court of granting businesses the right “to refuse to serve members of a protected class” for the first time in its history. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday in favor of a evangelical Christian website designer who argued that a Colorado […]

Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While about a dozen major Republican candidates are fighting for the 2024 nomination, a more under-the-radar quadrennial competition is starting: the race to be the still-unnamed nominee’s running mate. The 2024 veepstakes — still in its infancy — is mostly fuel for speculation, but squinting can reveal early […]

Cyndi Monaghan/Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — North Carolina now prohibits abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, bringing its limit down from 20 weeks. This comes despite a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and Dr. Beverly Gray, an abortion provider, challenging the legality of the ban, which requested a temporary restraining order on the ban before […]

OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Embattled Rep. George Santos is set to appear in court Friday morning in his first court appearance since pleading not guilty last month to a 13-count indictment accusing him of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds. The Republican New York congressman, who has denied wrongdoing, […]

www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A handful of Republican presidential candidates hope to boost their bona fides with a prominent conservative parents’ rights group this weekend, as the appropriateness of school curriculum and how kids are taught become top priorities for GOP voters. Former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday will hand down its final opinions of the term, including highly-anticipated decisions on student loan forgiveness and free speech and LGBTQ+ protections. The justices will issue decisions at 10 a.m. ET to finish the term it began back in October. Three cases remain out of […]

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled for an evangelical Christian website designer in a case involving whether creative businesses can refuse to serve LGBTQ+ customers because of First Amendment free speech rights. In a 6-3 decision for the conservative majority written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court said wedding websites […]