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Apr 16, 2026

Justice Jackson says high court’s use of emergency docket is ‘corrosive’

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has stepped up her criticism of the conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court for increasingly deciding cases on an emergency basis without letting them play out in lower courts.

Apr 3, 2026

Democrats and voter rights groups sue to block Trump mail ballot order

Democrats and voter rights groups sue to block president Trump's executive order limiting mail ballots, citing constitutional violations and risk of disenfranchisement.

May 11, 2022

Judge: Trump must pay $110K, meet conditions to end contempt

A New York judge says he’s close to releasing Donald Trump from a contempt finding, but only if the former president meets certain conditions, including paying $110,000 in fines accrued for failing to turn over documents in a state civil investigation.

Apr 15, 2020

Trump directs halt to payments to WHO during virus pandemic

President Donald Trump said this week he was cutting off U.S. payments to the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the organization of failing to do enough to […]

Mar 19, 2020

Surgeon general’s TV praise of Trump earns his ‘star’ label

The U.S. surgeon general caught the eye of Donald Trump in a tried-and-true way: praising the 45th president on television. At a recent briefing with his coronavirus task force standing […]

Mar 18, 2020

Coronavirus rocks already strained ties between US and China

Badly strained ties between the United States and China are deteriorating further with the two sides hurling harsh accusations and bitter name-calling over responsibility for the spread of the novel […]

Mar 11, 2020

Claire McCaskill transitions from Senate to television

NBC News analyst Claire McCaskill is talking about some of the shows, on which she appears— “Morning Joe,” with Rachel Maddow or Nicolle Wallace’s hours— when a questioner slips in […]

Feb 10, 2020

Secret Service may leave Homeland Security, rejoin Treasury

The White House is throwing its support behind a plan to transfer the U.S. Secret Service back to the Treasury Department to better focus on the growing threat of online […]

Feb 10, 2020

Secret Service may leave Homeland Security, rejoin Treasury

The White House is throwing its support behind a plan to transfer the U.S. Secret Service back to the Treasury Department to better focus on the growing threat of online […]

Feb 7, 2020

US economy adds a strong 225K jobs; unemployment up to 3.6 percent

Hiring jumped last month as U.S. employers added a robust 225,000 jobs, bolstering an economy that faces threats from China’s viral outbreak, an ongoing trade war and struggles at Boeing. […]

Feb 7, 2020

US economy adds a strong 225K jobs; unemployment up to 3.6 percent

Hiring jumped last month as U.S. employers added a robust 225,000 jobs, bolstering an economy that faces threats from China’s viral outbreak, an ongoing trade war and struggles at Boeing. […]

Jan 30, 2020

Advocates: Crucial bank law softened under Trump proposal

The Trump administration is proposing changes to a decades-old law designed to keep banks from discriminating against the poor and disadvantaged, but critics argue the changes could make it easier […]