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EPA Wants to Strip Protections From 85% of Wetlands

Areas with intermittent and ephemeral streams could soon be open for development

(Newser) - The Trump administration on Monday proposed a sharp rollback of federal protections for wetlands, rivers, and other waterways, a move that could remove safeguards from most wetlands around the country and potentially affect drinking water sources for millions of Americans. The proposed rule would limit the Environmental Protection Agency's...

Trump: I Want $2K Tariff Checks Out Next Year

Plan would require approval of Congress and could cost $200B

(Newser) - President Trump said Monday that Americans could see $2,000 tariff dividend checks as soon as mid-2026, putting a timeline on a proposal he has floated several times this year. The president said the payments would go to individuals with moderate incomes, but the plan would require congressional approval—an...

SCOTUS to Consider 'Metering' at the Border

Issue is whether migrants can be turned away during busy periods without getting to apply for asylum

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has agreed to review a controversial border policy known as "metering," which allows federal officials to turn away asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border when they deem too many migrants are trying to apply at once. The case, set to be heard next year, could...

SCOTUS Seems Skeptical in Prison Dreadlocks Case

Justices question if state workers can be sued for damages

(Newser) - The Supreme Court sounded dubious Monday about letting a Louisiana inmate sue prison officials for cutting off his dreadlocks, a move he says violated his religious rights as a Rastafarian.
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Trump Appeals Carroll Verdict to Supreme Court

President challenges judge's rulings during the trial over abuse, defamation claims

(Newser) - President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to throw out a jury's verdict that held him liable for sexually abusing and defaming E. Jean Carroll. The appeal marks the first time the civil case has reached the justices, the Hill reports, after two separate trials resulted in a combined...

Big SCOTUS Case: What Does 'Election Day' Mean?

Supreme Court agrees to consider challenge to mail-in ballots in Mississippi

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could reshape how mail-in ballots are counted—and whether they should be counted at all if they come in after Election Day, reports Politico . The case out of Mississippi is a "potential blockbuster," per the New York Times ...

SCOTUS Won't Revisit Ruling in Favor of Gay Marriage

Supreme Court rejects the bid of former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis

(Newser) - The Supreme Court's 2015 landmark ruling in favor of same-sex marriages will stand: The justices on Monday rejected the request of a former county clerk in Kentucky to revisit the decision, reports the Hill . The clerk, Kim Davis, rose to national attention a decade ago when she refused to...

Federal Judge Resigns, Cites 'Threat to Democracy'

Mark Wolf claims Trump is undermining rule of law

(Newser) - A veteran federal judge has resigned his post, warning in a public essay of what he calls an "existential threat to democracy" posed by President Trump. Mark L. Wolf, appointed to the federal bench in Massachusetts by Ronald Reagan and a Justice Department veteran dating back to the Ford...

Trump Pitches $2K Checks to Most Americans for Tariffs

Plan would need Congress, likely exceeds revenue, and faces skepticism

(Newser) - President Trump said Sunday that he is considering giving most Americans a $2,000 check funded by tariff revenues, in what appears to be an effort to build public support for his trade policies, the Guardian reports. "A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income...

Administration Tells States to 'Undo' Full SNAP Payments

Late-night memo authorizes 65% of benefits due

(Newser) - The Trump administration has ordered states to halt the distribution of full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November, promising consequences if they don't. In a memo, the Agriculture Department authorizing state governments to make only partial disbursements to the more than 40 million people enrolled in the program—...

SCOTUS Order Gives Trump Temporary Win on SNAP

Ketanji Brown Jackson answers emergency appeal, blocks court order to fully fund food aid payments

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds. A judge had given the Republican administration until Friday to...

Trump Loses SNAP Appeal, Takes Fight to Supreme Court

States already have begun to distribute full payments

(Newser) - A federal appeals court late Friday denied the Trump administration's appeal to block a judge's order to distribute November's SNAP benefits in full despite the government shutdown. The administration then announced it had filed an emergency application over the issue to the Supreme Court, the New York ...

A Shift? Trump Says Americans 'Paying Something' for Tariffs

But president maintains that they still benefit in the long run

(Newser) - In a back-and-forth with journalists in the Oval Office on Thursday, President Trump made what Reuters sees as a notable shift in semantics about his tariffs—he acknowledged that they were costing Americans to some degree. It came when he was pressed about comments from Chief Justice John Roberts, who...

Attempt to Scrap Gay Marriage Heads to Supreme Court

SCOTUS to consider hearing case from clerk Kim Davis, who refused gay marriage licenses

(Newser) - The Supreme Court is set to consider whether to hear an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2015. Davis, who was briefly jailed for defying the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision, is asking the justices to overturn that...

Trump Goes to SCOTUS on Transgender Passport Policy
SCOTUS Hands Trump
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SCOTUS Hands Trump a Win on Passport Policy

Court halts judge's order allowing people to request male, female, or X marker

(Newser) - The Supreme Court is allowing President Trump's administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport markers that align with their gender identity. Thursday's decision is Trump's latest win on the high court's emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce...

John Mulaney Had His Reasons for SCOTUS Visit

'Cheap seats but a great show,' comedian writes of attending Supreme Court arguments

(Newser) - One of the stranger questions to emerge from Wednesday's high-stakes Supreme Court arguments on President Trump's tariffs: Why was John Mulaney there? Turns out, the comedian sat in the court's press gallery to support a pal and perhaps do some research, per the Hollywood Reporter . One of...

SCOTUS Appears Skeptical of Trump's Tariff Powers

Conservative justices asked sharp questions during Wednesday's hearing

(Newser) - Key Supreme Court conservatives seemed skeptical Wednesday that President Trump has the power to unilaterally impose far-reaching tariffs, potentially putting a key part of his agenda at risk. The administration is trying to defend the tariffs central to Trump's economic agenda after lower courts ruled the emergency law he...

Trump's 'LIFE OR DEATH' Case Goes Before SCOTUS

Justices will hear arguments on Wednesday over Trump's tariffs

(Newser) - The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday over President Trump's sweeping tariffs, putting a tool at the center of his economic and foreign policy agendas squarely before the high court, which the AP reports has thus far been reluctant to check Trump's wide-ranging use of executive powers. What...

SCOTUS Set to Hear Landmark Case on Trump's Tariffs

President says it'll be one of the most important cases in the court's history

(Newser) - The Supreme Court is set to rule on the legality of President Trump's use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly all US trading partners—a case that could redefine the limits of presidential authority. The justices, who have often allowed Trump's policies to proceed while...

Why Lethal Injection Persists Despite Its Terrible Track Record

Legal scholar Corrina Lain concludes it 'hides the violence of state killing'

(Newser) - When legal scholar Corrina Lain started researching the death penalty in the US, she thought she knew the question in front of her: "Why are states so breathtakingly bad at lethal injection?" Those answers came quickly. In an interview with Inquest about her book Secrets of the Killing State,...

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