Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Politics

Supreme Court backs GOP challenge to campaign finance law 

The Supreme Court agreed with Vice President Vance that federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates violate...

New Jersey Republican Tom Kean reveals depression diagnosis after returning from lengthy absence

Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) said Tuesday that his lengthy and previously unexplained absence from the House was due to being treated for depression,...

Thomas: Birthright decision 'devalues' American citizenship

Justice Clarence Thomas disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to strike down President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, contending the decision...

How the Supreme Court justices ruled on birthright citizenship

A majority of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday ruled to uphold birthright citizenship, citing the 14th Amendment as clearly enshrining jus soli, Latin for...

5 takeaways from Supreme Court's landmark decision day

The Supreme Court’s final opinion day was full of landmark decisions, in a term marked by them. The justices handed down major rulings that rejected...

House adopts Massie resolution to release records on lawmaker sexual misconduct monetary settlements

The House on Tuesday adopted a resolution from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) that would direct the House Ethics Committee to preserve and release records...

House cuts work short for second week as rebels freeze floor

House Republican leaders are set to send the chamber home early for the second week in a row amid mounting tensions after GOP rebels...

House rejects Lebanon war powers resolution

The House on Tuesday rejected a Democratic-backed war powers resolution directing President Trump to remove troops from hostilities in Lebanon. The lower chamber voted...

House conservatives block rule advancing NDAA, stalling key bills

A band of conservative hardliners on Tuesday blocked a procedural rule that would have teed up debate and final votes on a slate of...

Alito slams birthright decision as 'serious mistake'

Justice Samuel Alito expressed discontent with the Supreme Court’s Tuesday decision to strike down the Trump administration’s restrictions on birthright citizenship, calling the ruling both...