
UPI - 1 hour 33 min ago
Missouri's Supreme Court ordered the state's secretary of state to appear Thursday to explain why he should not be held in contempt.

New York Times - 4 hours 48 min ago
People opposing a congressional redistricting plan rally outside the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City, Mo., this month. They hold signs displaying the number of petition signatures that were submitted seeking a statewide vote on a new congressional map.

The Hill - 6 hours 15 min ago
President Trump's mail voting restrictions are on the emergency docket again, but ballots have already begun going out in one state. Justice Brett Kavanaugh declined to restore Missouri Republicans' congressional map just ahead of the deadline to lock in the state's ballot, but a ruling in a separate lawsuit has led to continued confusion. Plus, another...

Fox News - 6 hours 44 min ago
John Roberts praised Lonnie Bunch's Smithsonian leadership as the secretary retired amid mounting Trump administration pressure over museum exhibits.

NY Post - 15 hours 23 min ago
The flurry of legal rulings and decisions has sparked some confusion about which map will be in place come November.

The Guardian - 16 hours 15 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Missouri congressional maps thrown into chaos after conflicting court rulings Sign up for US Breaking News emails Further down the ballot in New Hampshire, the Democratic primary for Chris Pappas's House seat has drawn eight candidates, with Stefany Shaheen daughter of the outgoing senator and Maura Sullivan , a former Obama administration official, leading the field. The district, long purple, has been reliably blue since 2017. Republicans now see it as flippable...

UPI - 16 hours 52 min ago
President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow the return of a Homeland Security citizenship verification system.

UPI - 19 hours 5 min ago
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal by Missouri authorities asking to use a new congressional map for the midterm elections.

The Conversation - 19 hours 20 min ago
How will the Supreme Court justices approach the vote-by-mail case that concerns the most fundamental right in a democracy, the right to vote? A former federal judge weighs in on their task.

The Hill - 19 hours 37 min ago
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a lawsuit brought by a New York mother who wanted to send her child to kindergarten while a challenge over the state's vaccine requirements continues to play out. The mother, identified only as Jane Doe, was seeking emergency relief from the high court to keep her...

The Guardian - 20 hours 10 min ago
Decision marks setback for president and Republicans, who set in motion national redistricting battle last year The US supreme court refused an emergency appeal by Missouri officials to use a newly drawn congressional map backed by Donald Trump in the November midterm election, letting stand a ruling by the state's highest state court that blocked the new lines from taking effect. Last week the Missouri supreme court ruled that the map must go before voters to approve or reject the new districts...

Huffington Post - 20 hours 19 min ago
At Trump's urging, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe called on the Legislature to redraw congressional boundaries to their advantage ahead of the midterms.

The Hill - 20 hours 31 min ago
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday refused to lift a block on Missouri's new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November. Missouri officials held their primaries using Republicans' new 7-1 House map, but the decision means the Show Me State must revert to its existing GOP-favored 6-2 House map for the November...

New York Times - 20 hours 31 min ago
Protesting outside the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., last September.

NBC News - 20 hours 40 min ago
Republicans rushed to the high court after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the state could not use the redrawn map, which was designed to eliminate one Democratic-held seat, this year.

The Hill - 20 hours 45 min ago
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Prediction markets' regulation draws closer to Supreme Court Prediction markets have arrived at the Supreme Court's doorstep. Erin Hooley, Associated Press file New Jersey this past week urged the justices to settle how prediction markets should be regulated, and a split among the nation's appeals courts is increasing expectations that they may...

Ars Technica - 22 hours 25 min ago
Republican victory means stations must offer lowest ad prices to political parties.

New York Times - 23 hours 41 min ago
Election workers in Fremont, Calif., last month.

Newser - 23 hours 56 min ago
The Supreme Court dealt Republicans an unusual setback in the nationwide redistricting fight on Tuesday. Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday refused to reinstate a new GOP-drawn congressional map that was expected to give Republicans a strong chance at flipping a Democratic seat this November, the Washington Post reports. His order...