A Maine judge on Wednesday put off deciding whether Donald Trump’s name can appear on that state’s primary ballot, saying the Supreme Court needs to rule on the issue first in a similar case out of Colorado. The ruling sent the case back to Maine’s secretary of state and put it on hold. A nationwide […]Read More
The Iowa caucuses are a weird element of our politics. It’s not voting, really, but a sort of streamlined debate club. It’s not particularly representative, given the state’s demography and geography. And it’s not predictive for the nomination, particularly in recent years. At the same time, it’s important to offer some measure of candidates’ campaigns […]Read More
A divided Supreme Court debated whether and how to curtail the power of federal agencies Wednesday, with liberals urging the court to defer to the judgment of government experts, and conservatives saying judges should not systematically favor government regulators over private companies, industry or individuals in litigation. After more than three hours of argument, it […]Read More
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: One of Donald Trump’s chief political foes is the non-White offspring of at least one immigrant parent. So he baselessly suggests they are ineligible to serve as president and proceeds to make their name sound more exotic. It happened with Barack Obama and then Kamala D. Harris. […]Read More
Since the Iowa caucuses ended Monday night, there’s been a lot of energy spent on interpreting the results in a way that best reflect the interpreters’ desires. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took to the stage that evening to crow about having “punched his ticket” out of Iowa — meaning that his distant second-place finish wasn’t […]Read More
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday unveiled long-awaited changes to how the nation’s biggest banks structure overdraft protection plans. The independent watchdog agency said the new rule closes a loophole that for decades has exempted overdraft loans from the consumer protections required by the 1968 Truth in Lending Act. Since 2000, American consumers have paid […]Read More
More than 1,800 flights within, to or out of the U.S. were canceled Tuesday as extreme winter weather continued to wreak havoc for travelers. Data from the tracking group FlightAware also showed more than 4,700 U.S. flights were delayed as of Tuesday afternoon. Southwest Airlines had the most cancellations at 391, FlightAware data showed. United […]Read More
Senators overwhelmingly rejected a resolution Tuesday night that would have forced the Biden administration to look into potential human rights abuses perpetrated by Israel in its military campaign in Gaza. Just 11 senators supported moving to a vote on the resolution, a sign of the body’s unflagging support for Israel, even as the Jewish state […]Read More
Fresh from his landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, former president Donald Trump on Tuesday flew to Manhattan to watch the selection of a jury to determine whether he should pay damages for defamatory comments he made in office. Only after that did he head to New Hampshire, to deliver a campaign speech ahead of […]Read More
correction A previous version of this article misspelled the last name of Rep. August Pfluger. The article has been corrected. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was hospitalized in Washington to receive treatment for an infection, his office announced Tuesday night in a brief statement. The eight-term senator, who is receiving antibiotic infusions, “is in good spirits […]Read More
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