A federal judge sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, calling it an abuse of the judicial process. In her scathing ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams lambasted the Trump administration, saying the lawsuit was an inside play and the lawyers should be penalized. The judge also barred […]
The United States has one of the world’s highest incarceration rates. A majority of people who leave jail end up returning. Jails often are de facto mental health treatment centers. The criminal justice system, particularly the carceral parts of it, is under strain. In response, cities and counties across the nation are investing hundreds of […]
The Senate returns to Washington Monday without Lindsey Graham, while South Carolina Republicans begin choosing who will fill one of the GOP’s most prominent Senate seats. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump signals he already has a preferred successor. Graham died Saturday night at 71 from an aortic dissection caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to preliminary […]
The fight over the Strait of Hormuz is escalating again Monday, with both the U.S. and Iran now claiming control of one of the world’s most critical shipping routes. As a result, oil prices were up more than 3% on Monday, sitting at around $73 a barrel. It comes after a weekend of exchanged strikes […]
A familiar face to moviegoers around the world is gone. Sam Neill, best known for playing Dr. Alan Grant in “Jurassic Park,” has died at 78. The New Zealand actor had been battling blood cancer for five years, but announced in April that he was cancer-free. In a statement, his family said his death was […]
Both the U.S. and Iran now say they control the Strait of Hormuz. And a new round of strikes is pushing the ceasefire closer to the brink. Plus, one of the GOP’s most influential Senate seats is suddenly up for grabs. The race to replace Lindsey Graham is already taking shape in South Carolina. And […]
Millions of Americans are under heat alerts, and roughly 100 million Americans are facing extreme temperatures as a heat dome sits over the western and central U.S. The National Weather Service says this is the first widespread, significant heat wave of the summer for parts of the Mountain West, Northern Plains and Upper Great Lakes. […]
One person was killed in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, Monday morning, state Rep. Ryan Fecteau said in a social media post. “This morning, a shooting occurred in Biddeford. A person was killed. ICE was involved,” Fecteau wrote. “State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to […]
In the early 1970s, federally supported university researchers in California discovered how to combine DNA from different sources and insert it into bacteria. At the time, they were pursuing foundational questions in molecular biology with no clear commercial payoff. Within a few years, scientists used those techniques to manufacture human insulin, launching a new generation […]
In a rare move Tuesday, two U.S. Supreme Court justices will testify before House and Senate appropriations subcommittees as they seek support for a budget request that includes funding for a new security facility and other measures aimed at protecting the high court. Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will become the first Supreme […]
