The U.S. Supreme Court sided Thursday with the Trump administration’s request to turn away asylum-seekers who present themselves at ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The decision is likely to impact multiple lawsuits across the country in which federal judges have halted President Donald Trump’s efforts to strip legal protections granted to more than 1.3 million immigrants with TPS because they hail from countries the U.S. initially deemed too dangerous for return.
The justices, in a 7-2 decision, threw out a $1.25 million verdict a Missouri court awarded to a man who said long-term use of the weedkiller Roundup caused him to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.
President Donald Trump kicked off his administration’s celebration of America’s 250th anniversary Wednesday night with a rally speech nearly mirroring his days on the 2024 presidential campaign trail to a crowd of loyal supporters waving American flag placards.
The North Carolina Board of Elections voted 3-2 to censure two Democratic members of the Wake County elections board for controversial votes, but will allow them both to continue to serve.
The N.C. Senate approved a bill to require cities to regulate and police homeless camps. Critics say it will criminalize the homeless.
North Carolina House Republicans overrode key vetoes by Gov. Josh Stein on bills related to ICE and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said he appreciated the president’s “candor” during the meeting before adding that Trump was “mad as a murder hornet about the war powers vote.”
Around 30 local governments have already enacted moratoriums or zoning restrictions on data centers.
Trump had been scheduled to sign the bill, which passed the Senate Monday and House Tuesday with wide margins, during a Capitol ceremony. But in a pair of social media posts prior to the event, he derided the overhaul aimed at lowering housing costs as “minor” before refusing to sign it entirely.