Justice Kagan Urges Supreme Court to Explain Itself in Emergency Decisions

In remarks before judges and lawyers in California, the justice said she believed the court had a responsibility to share its reasoning.

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Ken Paxton Claimed Three Houses as His Primary Residence, Records Show

The attorney general of Texas, who is challenging Senator John Cornyn, could have secured favorable mortgage rates, and may have violated the law if he knowingly falsified loan documents.

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Supreme Court, for Now, Pauses Lower Court Decision Limiting Voting Rights Act

The justices paused a lower court order pending a decision on whether the Supreme Court will take up the case, a major challenge to the Voting Rights Act.

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Gabbard’s Attacks on Obama Put the Attorney General in a Tough Spot

The director of national intelligence gave the Justice Department little warning before she demanded an investigation.

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Texas Legislature Special Session: Democrats Attack Silent Republicans

President Trump wants Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s House maps to nab as many as five seats now held by Democrats. But no new maps have been publicly proposed yet.

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Fired FEMA Official Files Suit, Saying Board to Hear Worker Disputes Is Paralyzed

Fired employees have struggled to get a judge to hear their cases because Congress set up a separate system to referee such employment disputes.

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Face to Face, Powell Told Trump He Was Wrong About a Construction Project

President Trump is used to world leaders bowing down to him, and to cabinet members fawning over him. Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, took a different approach.

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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow NIH to Cut DEI-Related Grants

A district court judge declared some of the administration’s cuts ‘void and illegal.’

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Friday Briefing: France to Recognize Palestinian Statehood

Plus, the global craze for matcha.

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New Data Shows Untraceable Fishing Fleets in Marine Protected Areas

Many ‘dark vessels’ fish illegally in oceans worldwide. New studies show how often they go into Marine Protected Areas.

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