The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana.
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty's ruling came in a lawsuit filed in March by Louisiana’s Republican attorney general, Jeff Landry and officials in 12 other states....
(Headline USA) Cue the fireworks.
President Joe Biden wants to imbue Independence Day with new meaning this year by encouraging nationwide celebrations to mark the country’s effective return to normalcy after 16 months of coronavirus pandemic disruption.
The White House is expressing growing certainty that July Fourth will serve as a breakthrough moment...
(Headline USA) Rep. Marjorie Greene apologized Monday for recent comments comparing the forced wearing of masks in the House to the Holocaust.
"I'm truly sorry for offending people with remarks about the Holocaust," the Georgia Republican told reporters outside the Capitol, saying she had visited Washington's U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum...
(Headline USA) A Republican-led hand recount of ballots cast in Arizona's most populous county hit a major milestone Monday when counters finished tallying all the regular ballots cast in November's presidential and U.S. Senate election, the Arizona Senate's liaison said.
Ken Bennett, a Republican former secretary of state who has...
(Headline USA) The Senate on Monday confirmed the first appellate court judge of President Joe Biden's tenure, elevating a judge with strong prospects of landing on the president's short list should a Supreme Court vacancy arise.
Senators voted 53-44 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Court of...
(Headline USA) Two more groups sued Florida over its new election integrity laws Monday, adding to the far-left organizations who claim, without evidence, that the rules could keep eligible voters from casting ballots.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Tallahassee by the Fair Elections Center and the...
(Headline USA) There is no shortage of job openings for local election officials in Michigan. It's the same in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, too.
After botching the 2020 presidential election and facing the potential of new punishments in certain states, county officials who run elections are quitting or retiring early.
The once...
California's Democrat governor decried in starkly personal terms a federal judge's upending of the state's extralegal effort to restrict so-called assault weapons as officials announced the filing Thursday of a formal notice that they will appeal the decision.
They characterized last week's ruling by U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez as...
(Associated Press) A federal judge has halted a loan forgiveness program for farmers of color in response to a lawsuit alleging the program discriminates against white farmers.
U.S. District Judge William Griesbach in Milwaukee issued a temporary restraining order Thursday suspending the program for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, the Milwaukee...
(Headline USA) The Biden administration said Friday it has dismantled a Trump-era government office to help victims of crimes committed by immigrants.
Trump created the Victim Of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, known by its acronym VOICE, by executive order during his first week in office in January 2017.
U.S. Immigration and Customs...
UPDATE 9:00 AM 6/11/21: California's Republican gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner, who is running in light of a recall effort against Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, has called for restored federal funding for a wasteful bullet train project to be redirected to completing the southern border wall. From Fox News:
California Republican...
(Headline USA) A Manhattan judge on Thursday rejected an attempt to force Major League Baseball to return next month’s All-Star Game to Atlanta.
U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Carponi ruled against a not-for-profit organization representing small businesses, saying a lawsuit had failed to provide proof that its members have suffered any...