Supreme Court Insists on Reams of Paper for Case Briefs in Digital Age
by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. praised the digital change in federal courts in his year-end report in 2023. He claimed that paper was becoming …
How Harvard’s Ties to China Helped Make It a White House Target
Harvard University was in financial distress as a result of the Great Recession. In 2009, its endowment had fallen by about $10 billion, or nearly …
Trump Administration Will Try to Deport Abrego Garcia Before His Trial, Justice Dept. Says
On Monday, the Justice Department announced that if Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is released from detention next week on charges related to his unlawful deportation …
Planned Parenthood Wins a Temporary Injunction Over Medicaid Funding
On Monday, Planned Parenthood secured a temporary order that permits its facilities to keep receiving Medicaid cash for non-abortion-related services. The organization filed a lawsuit …
Veterans Affairs Dept. Scales Back Plans for Job Cuts
Instead of reducing its workforce by over 80,000 employees, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it would cut about 30,000 positions by the …
Trump Looks to Avoid Casting Blame in Texas Flood as Democrats Question Cuts
Donald J. Trump asserted, without supporting information, that the Biden administration was avoiding assisting residents in Republican areas when a hurricane struck North Carolina last …
I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit
The IRS carved out an exception to a decades-old restriction on political participation by tax-exempt nonprofits on Monday, allowing churches and other places of worship …
Federal Agents March Through L.A. Park, Spurring Local Outrage
In MacArthur Park, a center in one of the communities in Los Angeles with the highest concentration of immigrants, it had been a calm morning. …
Three Big Questions After the Texas Floods
ByJess Bidgood Donald Trump used Hurricane Helene, a powerful storm that devastated parts of the South, including North Carolina and Georgia, as a political football …
California Offers Spirited Defense of Bullet Train Project
In a retaliatory statement on Monday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority claimed that the Trump administration’s plan to cancel $4 billion in grants for the …