When Sen. Kamala Harris said last week that she obviously supports marijuana legalization and has smoked the plant, she cited her ethnicity — “Half my…
Gavin Newsom accuses Donald Trump of ‘political retribution’ in bullet-train money fight
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is engaging in “political retribution” by trying to take back $3.5 billion granted for the state’s high-speed…
Ibraheem Samirah beats Gregg Nelson in Virginia House of Delegates special election
Democrat Ibraheem S. Samirah handily beat Republican Gregg G. Nelson in a special election Tuesday for a Northern Virginia seat in the House of Delegates,…
ACLU, Sierra Club file lawsuit over Trump border wall emergency declaration
Nearly every legal argument has already been made — and now nearly every major player has joined in, after the ACLU and the Sierra Club…
Indiana Senate removes list of biases from hate crimes bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana’s state Senate has removed sexual orientation, gender identity, race and a list of other characteristics from a hate crimes bill. The…
Rod Rosenstein to step down: Report
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has reportedly set his expected departure from the Justice Department for mid-March. Citing unnamed administration officials, Fox News reported Monday…
Louis Farrakhan chides Ilhan Omar for Jewish money apology
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan says Rep. Ilhan Omar merely spoke the truth and should not have apologized for saying Israel and the U.S.…
16 states’ lawsuit aims to stop Trump border wall emergency declaration
Sixteen Democrat-led states made good Monday on their threat to sue to stop President Trump’s emergency declaration to build his border wall, hoping to use…
NY joins lawsuit challenging Trump’s border wall declaration
NEW YORK (AP) – New York is joining California and 14 other states in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration. New York…
Iran-al Qaeda alliance may provide legal rationale for U.S. military strikes
Iran is providing high-level al Qaeda operatives with a clandestine sanctuary to funnel fighters, money and weapons across the Middle East, according to Trump administration…