The Supreme Court's opinion threatens to dismantle a fundamental pillar of the Second Reconstruction.

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A POLITICO review of hundreds of cases brought by ICE detainees shows a pattern of noncompliance that has frustrated judges across the country.

The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.

If the Court blesses the president’s use of emergency powers to evade Congress, the consequences would be profound.

There is a lot one can say about today’s Supreme Court order lifting the stay issued by a federal district court in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo,[i]. This is the case that challenges the constitutionality o...

Comparing Monday's unexplained grant of emergency relief in the Department of Education downsizing case to how the justices handled President Biden's student loan program is ... telling.

With his majority opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.

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The agency responsible for enforcing federal election law has also lost its ability to proactively make policies.

For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.

An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.

The Supreme Court told the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison. So far, the administration is pretending to comply while re...

Today is the 114th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, a day I remember every year, because it also happens to be the 91st anniversary of Gloria Steinem’s birth, the 83rd anniversary of Ar...

The U.S. African Development Foundation denied several DOGE employees access to its offices Wednesday.

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Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.

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