Politics

Ethics experts sounded the alarm Wednesday after new financial disclosure reports revealed that President Trump’s income ballooned to $2.2 billion...

Trump administration sues California over ‘Glock ban’ law targeting machine gun pistols

California’s effort to restrict sales of handguns that can be converted into fully-automatic machine guns drew an immediate federal challenge...

Legal correspondent Paula Reid expected to join MS NOW after CNN departure

As CNN prepares for change under a new owner, the network’s chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid is heading for...

Commentary: The sad inevitability of Justice Alito’s birthright citizenship dissent

In 1913, Antonino Alati left southern Italy to find a better life in a land where many people regarded him...

Newsom signs off on 100% California tax for money from Trump’s $1.8-billion ‘slush fund’

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed off on a 100% state tax on money any Californians receive from Trump’s $1.8-billion “anti-weaponization”...

Supreme Court will decide a gun-rights challenge to blue-state bans on assault weapons

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to the gun laws in Connecticut and...

For crucial federal agencies, the veneer of independence is stripped away

WASHINGTON — Federal agencies long regarded as pillars of nonpartisan stability are facing an identity crisis after the Supreme Court this week...

Supreme Court rules states may ban trans athletes from girls’ sports teams

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld laws in West Virginia and Idaho which forbid transgender athletes from from competing...

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s plan to limit birthright citizenship