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Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s most senior conservative, Justice Clarence Thomas, and its most senior liberal, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, both rose from humble beginnings to join the elite ranks of Yale Law School — and both have publicly credited race-based affirmative action initiatives with helping them get there. But both justices […]
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers, legal experts, presidential candidates — past and present — and others are reacting on Thursday to a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court setting new limits on the use of affirmative action in college and university admissions. In a speech from the White House, President […]
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 […]
urbazon/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As swatting incidents around the country increase, the FBI has created a national database to track them, according to new information from the law enforcement agency. “In response to the national call on swatting, the FBI initiated the Virtual Command Center (VCC) known as the National Common Operation Picture (NCOP),” the […]
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down the Biden administration’s program to forgive student loan debt for more than 43 million American borrowers. In a 6 to 3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court ruled the Department of Education exceeded its authority when it moved to […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — FBI director Chris Wray was deposed under oath this week by lawyers for former FBI agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who are separately suing the federal government over their departures from the FBI, which came after months of public ridicule by then-president Donald Trump and his […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Two University of Buffalo football players have been charged after a video of them allegedly beating a miniature poodle with a leather belt was posted on social media. Blake Hiligh — 19-years-old from Alexandria, Virginia — and Zachary Pilarcek — 20-years-old from Endicott, New York — were arraigned in […]
