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Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday limited the scope of a federal obstruction statute used by prosecutors to charge more than 300 defendants involved with the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, including former President Donald Trump. Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the 6-3 majority, said the government must show […]
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A small group of New Jersey herring fishermen landed a huge catch at the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday, writing for a 6-3 majority, significantly reeled in the power of federal regulators, tossing out a 40-year precedent on agency authority and a Commerce Department rule that the […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Last June, the Supreme Court struck down the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The court held, in a 6-3 decision, that Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s admissions programs, which had accounted for race at various stages in the process, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the […]
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court appears to be saving its most consequential ruling this term for last. When the justices meet on Monday for a final day of opinions, they are expected to issue a blockbuster decision on whether a former president is shielded from criminal liability for “official acts” […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHIINGTON) — House Democrats spent their Friday morning huddling on the floor in hushed, anguished conversations about President Joe Biden’s debate performance. “It was a f—— disaster,” one member said, adding that a lot of members believe Biden should suspend his campaign. “If something happens it has to happen in the next […]
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas.) — Former Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo has been indicted in connection with the investigation into the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, court records show. Arredondo was charged with 10 counts of abandoning and endangering a child in connection with 10 of the […]
Peter G. Forest/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In response to court rulings earlier this week that blocked key components of a student loan policy, the Biden administration is planning to place about 3 million student loan borrowers into a monthslong payment pause. The pause would be very similar to the pandemic-era student loan moratorium — borrowers […]
The historic bathhouse on Jacob Riis Beach is undergoing $50 million renovations that have stoked concerns about gentrification on the working class, queer beach. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — The summer season in New York City is informally marked each year by the hoisting of Pride flags on The People’s Beach, a queer haven […]
A gigantic fish measuring 6 feet long and weighing 220 pounds has been caught in the Hudson River in New York during an environmental survey, officials said. — NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NEW YORK) — A gigantic fish measuring 6 feet long and weighing 220 pounds has been caught in the Hudson River in […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — On Monday, Steve Bannon will be behind bars in federal prison, but the ex-Trump White House adviser said Friday he’s feeling great and has no regrets about defying Congress to avoid talking about his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. In fact, […]
