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White House Rejects Conflict-of-Interest Concerns as Trump Reports Roughly $1.4 Billion from Crypto in 2025
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EXPLAINER: Key Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling—and the Bloodline Theory It Buried
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BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, affirmed today by the U.S. Supreme Court, is deeply woven into American life. Despite Donald Trump’s effort to dismantle it by executive order, birthright citizens serve at the highest l...
EXPLAINER: Supreme Court Takes Up Six New Cases, Including Arizona’s Proof-of-Citizenship Fight
THE SUPREME COURT on Monday added six new cases to its merits docket for the 2026-27 term and declined to hear President Donald Trump’s appeal of the $5 million judgment against him in E. Jean Carroll’s civil case. The orders came in...
Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Rejecting Trump’s Attack on the 14th Amendment
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SCOTUS Hands Trump New Power to Fire Regulators, but Blocks Him on Fed Governor and E. Jean Carroll Cases
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