
Fox News - 3 hours 14 min ago
Former admissions officer said colleges look for keywords like first-gen and low-income to identify Black students following the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling.

Daily Signal - 4 hours 14 min ago
The abortion issue won’t go away, as so many politicians wish it would. It persists because the discussion and debate are about our very existence. What is life? The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade, which has defined the abortion landscape in the United States...

Fox News - 4 hours 17 min ago
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled the state's redistricting referendum was illegal because Democrats skipped a required intervening election step.

Fox News - 5 hours 13 min ago
Abortion pill makers are crafting backup plans as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on mifepristone restrictions, with a key deadline on May 11.

The Independent - 6 hours 5 min ago
Voting rights advocates are scrambling to respond to rapidly gerrymandered congressional maps that dilute Black political power...

Rolling Stone - 6 hours 14 min ago
The legal battle over mifepristone, the most widely used abortion medication in the nation, is heating up...

Daily Signal - 6 hours 14 min ago
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, in the recent case that restricted the use of race in designing a Louisiana congressional district. Thomas wrote: “This Court should never have interpreted [Section)] 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to effectively give racial groups ‘an entitlement to...

Fox News - 7 hours 13 min ago
The Supreme Court's rejection of racial gerrymandering exposed broadcast network bias in how ABC, CBS and NBC covered the redistricting, fight.

The Guardian - 8 hours 13 min ago
A supreme court decision will determine whether the cruel, unconstitutional execution of people with intellectual disability becomes even more prevalent The supreme court will soon rule on Hamm v Smith, an Alabama death penalty case that could significantly increase the number of people with intellectual disability who are executed. In this case, Alabama is fighting to execute a man named Joseph Smith. Smith's five IQ scores 72, 74, 74, 75 and 78 all fall around the bottom fifth percentile of...

The Guardian - 8 hours 13 min ago
Organizers, including Selma foot soliders, say ruling is latest chapter in long battle over Black disenfranchisement in US The supreme court's recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act is an affront to everyone who marched, bled and died to make that law possible, civil rights activists said. "When we look at the supreme court's action against the Voting Rights Act, it's really a kneecap a way to discriminate, to silence voters who fought so hard for this right," said Sheyann...

Los Angeles Times - 9 hours 14 min ago
The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to restrict access to the country's most popular abortion method, but California's network of online providers and pharmaceutical suppliers already has an alternative in mind.

NPR - 9 hours 14 min ago
The Supreme Court weakened minority voting rights and prompted Republicans in four states to move to redistrict as part of Trump's push. A court nullified Democratic redistricting in Virginia.

The Hill - 9 hours 14 min ago
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday dealt a blow to Democrats' hopes of flipping the House this fall, throwing out the redistricting referendum that was set to give Democrats a midterm boost. The Virginia court's decision invalidates the state's newly adopted congressional map, which would've expanded Democrats' expected edge from 6-5 to 10-1. The ruling does not erase Democrats' chances of flipping the House in...

Slate - 9 hours 29 min ago
Just two weeks ago, the redistricting wars appeared to be resolving in Democrats' favor.

NY Post - 12 hours 16 min ago
A Utah Supreme Court justice has resigned amid a probe into an alleged relationship with an attorney who worked on a redistricting lawsuit.

ABC News - 12 hours 36 min ago
The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a Democratic congressional redistricting plan that had won voter approval...

Twitchy - 12 hours 39 min ago
CNN exposes Hakeem Jeffries as Virginia Supreme Court rejects Democrat redistricting plan.

ABC News - 13 hours 38 min ago
The congressional map appears to be tilting more red amid the latest flurry of redistricting developments across the U.S. Virginia's supreme court this week rejected a new districting plan on procedural grounds...

The Guardian - 17 hours 10 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Virginia supreme court strikes down new congressional maps in win for Republicans Sign up for the Breaking News US email A reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest on the conflict in the Middle East. Including secretary of state Marco Rubio's visit to Rome, to mend strained relations with Italian leaders and the Vatican after Donald Trump chided Pope Leo XIV for his stance on the war in Iran. Rubio told reporters in Rome that the US should get a response...

The Guardian - 17 hours 50 min ago
President and his party celebrate as Democrats vow to fight Virginia court ruling barring state from enacting new voter-approved congressional maps key US politics stories from 8 May 2026 at a glance Virginia 's supreme court on Friday ruled that the state cannot use new congressional maps approved by voters to help Democrats gain as many as four new seats in the US House of Representatives, handing Republicans a major win before November's midterm elections . In a 4-3 decision, the court...

Attack of the Fanboy - 18 hours 29 min ago
He's not too far off.

Attack of the Fanboy - 19 hours 29 min ago
Dems are "exploring all options to overturn this shocking decision."...

The Hill - 19 hours 45 min ago
Virginia Democrats on Friday asked the state Supreme Court for a stay on its ruling that threw out last month's referendum on redistricting in the commonwealth, signaling plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The state, Virginia's House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott (D) and others filed a joint motion asking the state Supreme...

Nation Review - 20 hours 19 min ago
This is going to put the Florida Supreme Court in a fascinating position.