• Utah Congress members sue to try to block new House districts that boost Democrats’ chances
    With the deadline to file for reelection a little over a month away, two of Utah’s Republican members of Congress are asking a federal court to block the use of new U.S. House districts that could boost Democrats’ chances of winning a Salt Lake City area seat in November. A lawsuit filed Monday by U.S. […]
  • Judge seems skeptical of legal justification for Pentagon’s punishment of Sen. Mark Kelly
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to justify the Pentagon’s censuring of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped plea for troops to resist unlawful orders from the Trump administration. Sen. Mark Kelly had a front-row seat in a courtroom as his attorneys […]
  • Federal agents must limit tear gas for now at protests outside Portland ICE building, judge says
    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officers are temporarily restricted from using tear gas at protests outside a Portland immigration building, a judge in Oregon ruled Tuesday, just days after agents fired gas into a crowd of demonstrators that local officials described as peaceful and which included young children. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon ordered federal […]
  • Trump signs bill to end partial government shutdown, setting stage for next fight
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding. The president moved quickly to sign the bill after the House approved it with a […]
  • GOP effort to add House seats in Florida through census lawsuit hits a snag
    TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican groups seeking to add U.S. House seats in Florida by challenging the 2020 census suffered a major setback Tuesday as a federal court ruled the lawsuit was filed too late. The suit alleges that the statistical methods used to calculate the census undercounted the state’s population, costing the state two […]