In December, when a federal appeals court agreed to hear former President Donald J. Trump’s sweeping claims to be immune from charges of plotting overturn the 2020 election, it laid out a lightning-fast briefing schedule, asking the defense and prosecution to file their papers on successive Saturdays during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. A…
Mr. Tester’s top Republican challenger, Tim Sheehy, a wealthy businessman, raised $2.5 million in the fourth quarter, including $450,000 of his own money, according to his filings. Republicans also expect Representative Matt Rosendale, a far-right agitator, to enter the race soon. In Ohio, Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat also seeking his fourth term, raised $6.6…
Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, when cruise ships filled with sickened passengers were blocked from U.S. ports, residents in Key West, Fla., have been trying to limit the size and number of vacation vessels on the tiny island, using the momentum created during the pandemic to argue for continuing restrictions on cruise…
In the Supreme Court decision striking down racial and ethnic preferences in college admissions, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. had harsh words for Harvard and the University of North Carolina, calling their admissions process “elusive,” “opaque” and “imponderable.” But the court’s ruling against the two universities on Thursday could lead to an admissions system…
One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, former President Donald J. Trump reminded a gathering of evangelical activists in the nation’s capital how he had shaped the court’s conservative supermajority that ended nearly 50 years of constitutional protections for abortion. Appearing at a Faith & Freedom Coalition gala in Washington on Saturday…
WASHINGTON — President Biden will announce sweeping new restrictions on offshore oil leasing in the Arctic Ocean and new conservation measures in Alaska, according to an administration official. The actions come as the administration prepares to approve an enormous drilling project in the North Slope that has faced widespread opposition on environmental and climate grounds.…
When it comes to affirmative action on highly selective campuses, a common critique among both liberals and conservatives is that schools have made a bargain with economic elites of all races, with the exception of Asian Americans, who are underrepresented compared with their level of academic achievement. In the Ivy League, children whose parents are…
While the march brought out many veterans of the movement, it also attracted some newcomers. Holli Shelton said she had an abortion when she was 18 in her home state of Arkansas. On Friday morning, she joined the March for Life for the first time, carrying a sign that said “I regret my abortion.” Nearly…
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued an order on Monday temporarily maintaining a Trump-era public health emergency measure that allows the government to expel migrants seeking asylum who cross the southern border unlawfully. The chief justice’s order, known as an administrative stay, was provisional and meant to give the Supreme Court time…