WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign is drawing up a new play to reach Latino voters in key battleground states during the Copa América soccer tournament, which starts in the U.S. on Thursday. The campaign is aiming to reach the millions of viewers expected to tune in through a seven-figure ad blitz and organizing effort, […]
Inflation and immigration are at the top of voters’ minds this presidential election year, but there’s another issue that deserves your attention: preserving the integrity of women’s sports and spaces. In an effort to score political points among the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, President Joe Biden earlier this year used his executive authority […]
On a Supreme Court where the conservative supermajority increasingly leans on history as a guide, a dispute may be simmering over how many modern cases can be resolved by looking to the nation’s past. Though Justice Clarence Thomas’ decision in a major trademark case last week was unanimous, it prompted a sharp debate led by […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government has long had sole authority over immigration policy in the United States, but several Republican-led states have continued to push for a role in enforcing regulations out of frustration with current policy and as a way to criticize Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden. With polling showing Americans […]
Conventional wisdom suggests that the Supreme Court, like the country, is deeply divided along partisan and ideological lines. But this overlooks the court’s historic recent run of unanimous decisions and the fact that the liberal and conservative justices often don’t vote as blocs. Court critics tend to respond to these inconvenient realities by saying something […]
Donald Trump blamed immigrants for stealing jobs and government resources as he courted separate groups of black voters and hardcore conservatives in the battleground state of Michigan on Saturday. The Republican former president also made several new baseless claims attacking the nation’s voting system. But Mr Trump’s fiery comments on illegal immigration, long a staple […]
“If the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and other plaintiffs lack standing, why did the court take the case in the first place, and why did it take so long (three months) to figure out this obvious legal standard?” — Richard Dasheiff, M.D., Plano, Texas Hi Richard, Both the trial and the appeals courts in the […]
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday to throw out the federal ban on “bump stocks,” an attachment that allows semiautomatic rifles to fire at a speed comparable to a machine gun, prompting a blistering dissent from liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor. In a 6-3 vote on ideological lines, the court’s conservative justices decided that a 1986 […]
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took at least three additional trips funded by billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow that the conservative justice failed to disclose, the Democratic chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Thursday. Crow, a Texas businessman and Republican donor, disclosed details about the justice’s travel […]
More changes are coming to judicial seats in Ramapo and Rockland County. The Ramapo Town Board has appointed Alejandra Silva-Exias to succeed Justice Djinsad Desir, who resigned to run for the Rockland County Court. The appointment and resignation were accepted at a board meeting on June 6. Both will be on the Nov. 5 ballot. […]
Welcome to The Dirt! I’m real estate reporter Kimberly Miller with the latest developments in the sizzling market. It’s finally come to a head folks. We knew it was going to get messy. Not even a United Nations peacekeeping envoy would want to tackle the griping as a pickleball wave threatens to overwhelm those still clinging to the ancient sport […]
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a secret recording made public on Monday by a liberal activist can be heard agreeing with the sentiment that the U.S. should return “to a place of godliness.” Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the recording that activist Lauren […]