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Accuracy at core of Supreme Court case over census question

Justice Elena Kagan's father was 3 years old when the census taker came to the family's apartment on Ocean Parkway in ...

Former counsel may have saved Trump from himself

Don McGahn was barely on speaking terms with President Donald Trump by the time he left the White House last fall.

Supreme Court asked to void Louisiana abortion clinic law

A Louisiana abortion clinic is asking the Supreme Court to strike down regulations that could leave the state with just one ...

States pushing near-bans on abortion, targeting Roe v. Wade

Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states ...

Liberal's concession in Wisconsin race boosts GOP confidence

The liberal candidate's concession Wednesday in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race gave Republicans a boost of confidence ...

Mitch McConnell

Senate GOP game plan means more Trump nominees, fewer bills

Mitch McConnell says the Senate will be in the "personnel business" this year. But the majority leader's focus on confirming ...

Ex-Senate employee pleads guilty to theft of personal data

A former congressional staffer has pleaded guilty to five federal offenses that stem from illegally posting online the home ...

Donald Trump

The $1 billion ask: Trump all-in on fundraising for 2020

President Donald Trump is well on his way to raising the $1 billion his campaign believes it will take for him to win another ...

Patrick Murphy

Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling

Texas prisons will no longer allow clergy in the death chamber after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution ...

Big week for Trump leads to big week for Hannity in ratings

When there's a blowout in the normally tight race for cable news supremacy between Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow, it's best ...

Supreme Court

Justices rule against Missouri inmate with rare health issue

Missouri can execute an inmate who argued his rare medical condition will result in severe pain if he is put to death by ...

Accuser still wants Virginia lieutenant governor to resign

The first of two women to accuse Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault says she still wants him to resign.

2 death row inmates similar requests, but different results

Death row inmates Patrick Murphy and Domineque Ray each turned to courts recently with a similar plea: Halt my execution if ...

'Heartbeat' abortion ban heads to Georgia governor's desk

Watchful eyes now turn to Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, wondering when he might sign a "heartbeat" abortion ban that ...

Georgia lawmakers approve 'heartbeat' abortion ban

Bucking intense opposition from abortion rights groups, citizens, physicians groups and even Hollywood celebrities, Georgia ...

Patrick Murphy

'Texas 7' prison-break gang member gets execution reprieve

A member of the "Texas 7" gang of escaped prisoners won a reprieve Thursday night from execution for the fatal shooting of ...

Justices reject new colleague's arguments in fraud case

The Supreme Court is rejecting arguments made by Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was an appeals court judge in a case ...

Joe Biden

Biden criticizes 'white man's culture,' role in Hill hearing

Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned "a white man's culture" as he lashed out at violence against women and, more ...

High court questions courts' role in partisan redistricting

The Supreme Court's conservative majority sounded wary Tuesday of allowing federal judges to determine when electoral maps ...

A more skeptical high court to hear redistricting challenge

Last year, proponents of limiting partisan politics in the creation of electoral districts needed to win over Justice Anthony ...