December 16, 2024 Judges backing out of retirement ahead of Trump term leave GOP senators fuming Republicans have expressed frustration after several judges are announcing unretirements that would prevent Trump from appointing their successors.
December 16, 2024 Republicans conquered abortion in 2024. Will they do so in 2026? Democrats gambled the abortion issue would help them win in 2024. But research showed Republicans the pitfalls of how to handle that issue. Trump and Vance responded with empathy.
December 16, 2024 RFK Jr set to face abortion, vaccine scrutiny in sit-downs with senators on Capitol Hill Trump HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face questions on several controversial topics from senators when he makes the rounds on Capitol Hill this week.
December 16, 2024 Texas AG sues New York doctor who allegedly prescribed abortion pills to woman in Lone Star State Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas woman, violating laws in the Lone Star State.
December 13, 2024 Fencing organization pens open letter to USFA over concerns about trans athletes, stances on abortion and DEI Fair Fencing Organization (FFO) penned a letter to USA Fencing this week over concerns about the governing body's stance on trans athletes and DEI, and its criteria for site selection.
December 12, 2024 House passes bill under Biden's veto threat that would give Trump more federal judge appointments The House passed the JUDGES Act, which authorizes 63 new federal judge positions, under threat of a veto from President Biden.
December 12, 2024 Is the Supreme Court going to let women's sports die? Will the Supreme Court protect and preserve women's sports when they give a ruling in United States v. Skrmetti?
December 11, 2024 Biden, Democrats back away from bill that would give Trump more federal judges to appoint The White House said President Biden would veto a bipartisan bill to fill judicial staffing shortages now that President-elect Donald Trump will take office.
December 11, 2024 Federal judge who refuses mental evaluation at age 97 fights suspension Judge Pauline Newman, the oldest federal judge in America at age 97, is continuing to fight against a suspension from the bench by her colleagues who say she has suffered mental deterioration and refuses to submit to an examination by a doctor.
December 11, 2024 Democrats in a bind over defense bill that bans transgender surgeries for minors but boosts enlisted pay The House is set to vote on its must-pass yearly defense bill that would give junior enlisted troops a significant pay increase and work to eliminate Pentagon DEI programs.
