Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Sen. Ruben Gallego had a present for Speaker Mike Johnson. And he had to give it to him right away. It didn’t matter that Christmas was more than a month away or that Gallego…
President Donald Trump’s threatened $1 billion lawsuit against the BBC over an edited broadcast of his January 6, 2021, speech would confront formidable legal obstacles, according to Mark Stephens CBE, a leading international media lawyer. In an exclusive interview with Newsweek, Stephens said Trump’s claim “isn’t the legal hill to die on—it might just as…
US has launched lethal strikes against boats in the Carribean in September, killing 76 people. The United Kingdom has stopped sharing intelligence with the United States about suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, amid concerns that the information could be used to support US military strikes that London believes are unlawful, the CNN has reported….
U.S. stocks pointed to sharp gains Sunday evening as a report said Republicans in Congress are poised to advance a bill that would end the government shutdown. Sources told ABC News that there are more than enough Democratic votes in the Senate to clear a procedural hurdle on a short-term bill that would end the longest-ever…
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican fiscal hawks in Congress are making a new pitch in the struggle to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: Continue to spend at the same rate as last year for as long as possible. That approach would not cut discretionary spending but also not add to the…
Lawyers for Rupert Murdoch and other defendants in Trump v. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. have accused President Donald Trump of raising what they called a “red herring” in his latest filing, as part of a defamation case stemming from reporting on a letter linked to Jeffrey Epstein in the U.S. District Court for the…
Senate Democrats are pushing the Trump administration for more information on US efforts to prevent American private equity and venture capital firms from bankrolling advances by China and other adversaries in key technologies including artificial intelligence and quantum computing. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, five Democratic senators demanded a update on plans…
For more than two and a half hours, the nine justices—and three lawyers—debated whether Trump overstepped his authority when he imposed sweeping global tariffs, ostensibly to tackle national emergencies tied to trade deficits and illegal fentanyl imports. Justices from across the ideological spectrum expressed doubts that Trump’s tariffs are authorized by a 1977 law that…
Congressional leaders are pressing federal agencies to provide more information on their plans to compete with China on a range of tech and cybersecurity issues, including a strategy for promoting American 6G telecommunications infrastructure and limiting Chinese tech in US supply chains. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., ranking member on the House Select Committee on the…
CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVED new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026 and, with it, the power to thwart or advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. The approval of Proposition 50 gives Democrats a shot at…