Trump administration asks appeals court to let White House ballroom construction resume

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are hosting the White House‘s annual Easter egg roll, a tradition celebrated since 1878, on Monday. The event is set to start at 10 a.m. on the South Lawn. The White House is using 30,000 eggs from Braswell Family Farms in Nashville, North Carolina, according to Agriculture […]

A Democratic group tasked with growing the party’s majorities in state legislatures across the country announced their first slate of target candidates on Monday. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) announced it would be backing candidates in races for both state legislative chambers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina. The DLCC also announced candidates it will back...

A privilege that lets the government withhold certain information in court because it’s a “state secret” will not be reviewed by the Supreme Court, the justices ruled Monday. It vacates a decision that would make it harder for the government to invoke the privilege, returning a challenge brought by three Muslim men who claim they were surveilled because of their religion to...

A former Cincinnati city councilman convicted of bribery and attempted extortion but later pardoned by President Trump may now see his case dismissed after the Supreme Court cleared the way. In an order Monday, the justices declined to hear arguments in Alexander “P.G.” Sittenfeld’s appeal of his 2022 conviction, instead granting his petition only to vacate a...