A federal judge in Idaho ruled Thursday that the state’s near-total abortion ban is unconstitutional because its health exceptions are too narrow. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill said the Fourteenth Amendment protects access to abortion when necessary to preserve a pregnant woman’s health, including serious physical or mental-health risks...
Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration on August 15, 2025, challenging its attempt to assume federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed the case in federal court seeking emergency relief, arguing President Donald Trump exceeded authority granted under Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule...
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz faced severe disruption on Friday after two additional commercial vessels were targeted within the vital waterway. The United States responded by warning that it is fully prepared to escalate economic pressure against Iran. According to a senior Iranian official, diplomatic talks aimed at...
A federal judge has dismissed a high-profile lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against Harvard University alleging widespread institutional antisemitism. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns ruled that the government failed to establish legally sufficient claims of ongoing Title VI violations, determining that subsequent incidents cited after formal notice were...
A federal judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing provisions of a presidential executive order that aimed to restrict mail-in voting. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston ruled that the executive branch lacks the constitutional authority to regulate federal elections or mandate...
The White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy released a federal report detailing a global network that reroutes Chinese goods to evade United States import duties. Headed by trade adviser Peter Navarro, the document claims this practice costs the federal government up to $26 billion annually in lost tariff...
A Guatemalan immigrant held at a New Jersey immigration detention center has died following a medical emergency, marking the third fatality linked to the controversial facility. Jose Chajon-Raxon experienced seizure-like activity at Delaney Hall in Newark just one day after federal immigration authorities processed him on July 18. Medical personnel...
The USS Abraham Lincoln is in its 250+ day record deployment supporting combat operations against Iran. Multiple sailors have reportedly attempted to jump overboard amid severe mental health strain, food rationing, broken toilets, mold, and no laundry or hot water for weeks. Military families and Democratic lawmakers (Levin, Crow, Blumenthal,...
Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman avoided serious injury after falling headfirst into the visitor dugout while attempting to catch a foul ball on August 12, 2026. During the eighth inning of a game against the Kansas City Royals at Dodger Stadium, Freeman tracked a popup from Isaac Collins,...
President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to Capitol Hill to berate Senate Republicans after a bipartisan vote advanced a war powers resolution restricting military actions against Iran. The executive confrontation paralyzed standard legislative proceedings as Trump expressed intense anger toward GOP lawmakers who crossed party lines to support the...
