
Slate - 1 hour 26 min ago
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to keep building its new White House ballroom, even as the project itself is likely unlawful.

The Hill - 2 hours 54 min ago
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) went after right-wing influencer Laura Loomer for her rhetoric toward prominent left-leaning Black women in politics including Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon and Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.). "The media will clip my language about @AngieNixon, @IlhanMN, @AyannaPressley, @CoriBush, and [Supreme Court] Justice Ketanji Brown...

Daily Signal - 5 hours 32 min ago
Immigration and legal experts will testify against the Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship before a key subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary. The Daily Signal has learned that former acting United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and Immigration Accountability Project Policy Director Rosemary Jenks...

The Hill - 6 hours 5 min ago
A House Oversight panel will hold a hearing Tuesday morning examining birth tourism, months after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Trump's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship. Lawmakers will examine companies accused of marketing maternity services to foreign women seeking to give birth in the U.S., as well as concerns raised by Republicans...

The Hill - 6 hours 44 min ago
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb tore into President Trump's White House ballroom project on Monday, saying the historic building is turning into a "combination of a whorehouse and Las Vegas." Cobb, who served in the White House during Trump's first term, made the comment hours after the Supreme Court cleared the way for construction...

The Guardian - 8 hours 38 sec ago
Questions over Trump's ballroom and other structures might not feel urgent. But when his reign ends, Trumpism must be repudiated On Monday, a majority on the supreme court found a technical way to overrule a lower court's imperative to stop work, while not taking a stance on whether the whole enterprise might be illegal to begin with. Preservationists, the majority held, appear to lack legal grounds for filing a suit blocking Trump's ballroom; that means construction will proceed, even...

NBC News - 8 hours 22 min ago
Secretary of the Army, Dan Driscoll, is expected to step down after repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran, the direction of the military and national security. Meanwhile, construction is moving forward at the White House after the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to keep building his massive ballroom without congressional approval. NBC's Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.

NPR - 8 hours 37 min ago
The Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump's ballroom project may continue. And, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns after 18 months on the job.

The Hill - 8 hours 43 min ago
In today's issue: Generational battles in Massachusetts Army secretary hands in resignation Supreme Court lets Trump's ballroom go ahead Kalshi issues platform bans A brutal primary cycle for congressional incumbents will face its final test cases today in Massachusetts as longtime officeholders seek to fend off challenges from much younger opponents. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)...

NPR - 9 hours 54 sec ago
Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck explains the separation-of-powers questions raised by the Supreme Court's decision on the White House ballroom.

New York Times - 10 hours 1 min ago
After Justice Antonin Scalia died in 2016, the other Supreme Court justices held private negotiations about locking away their papers.

The Guardian - 10 hours 1 min ago
Experts say ruling could undermine the actual malice' standard and make publishers more wary of critical reporting A $300,000 jury verdict won recently by a Louisiana supreme court justice who sued the Advocate , the state's largest newspaper, for libel over an editorial has caused concern among some US press freedom advocates. One said the decision demonstrated a misunderstanding of a key legal principle governing such cases. And another worries the verdict could have a chilling effect...

The Guardian - 10 hours 7 min ago
Speaker Mike Johnson to launch a floor vote designed to prevent any federal shutdown before the November midterms Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. House speaker Mike Johnson will launch a floor vote to pass the stopgap funding bill designed to keep the federal government fully funded through early December, removing the possibility of a shutdown before the midterm elections. The Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump to continue building his $400m White House ballroom project. In a 5-4...

Slate - 10 hours 21 min ago
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to take up the constitutionality of its restrictions on transgender people serving in the military.

NPR - 11 hours 14 min ago
Supreme Court allows President Trump to continue construction of White House ballroom, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll steps down, world finance leaders meet in North Carolina for G-20 summit.

The Guardian - 18 hours 3 min ago
This live blog is now closed. US supreme court allows Trump to keep building $400m White House ballroom Sign up for US Breaking News emails Chris Hippensteel We're watching today as Scott Bessent , the US treasury secretary, and Kevin Warsh , the chair of the Federal Reserve, deliver their opening remarks at the G20 meetings in Asheville, North Carolina. Continue reading...

NBC News - 20 hours 48 min ago
A majority of Supreme Court justices ruled that construction can continue on President Trump's White House ballroom, which also features a secure underground facility. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports.

Fox News - 20 hours 52 min ago
House Republicans force Democrats to vote on condemning socialism and capping the Supreme Court at nine justices amid the left's inter-party civil war.

PBS Newshour - 21 hours 11 min ago
In our news wrap Monday, the Supreme Court is allowing construction to continue on President Trump's White House ballroom project as legal challenges play out, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling a planned Met Gala exhibit on British designer John Galliano following a backlash and soccer superstar Lionel Messi says he's retiring from Argentina's national team. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

BBC - 21 hours 23 min ago
But Chief Justice John Roberts dissents, writing that "construction is likely unlawful".

UPI - 21 hours 54 min ago
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump's massive $400 million White House ballroom project can continued.

The Hill - 21 hours 59 min ago
Chief Justice John Roberts broke with his conservative colleagues in a Supreme Court decision Monday that allowed construction on the proposed White House ballroom to continue, saying the ruling upsets the separation of powers. Roberts, joined by the three liberal justices, contended that the majority's reasoning likely infringed on Congress's power of the purse and...

NBC News - 22 hours 1 sec ago
In a novel lawsuit the Supreme Court is considering in October, the city of Boulder, Colorado, is asking for damages from Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy. Boulder seeks to hold energy companies accountable for the costs of adapting to a climate altered by fossil fuel emissions. NBC News' Lawrence Hurley reports.

New York Times - 22 hours 10 min ago
Construction at the White House on Tuesday, Aug. 25.