Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly speaks outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse and William B. Bryant Annex in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 7, 2026, following oral arguments in federal appeals court in his case against the Defense Department. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)
Mark Kelly calls Trump’s attempt to strip his retirement rank over free speech ‘absurd’ and ‘outrageous’
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for the Trump administration argued before a federal appeals court Thursday the Pentagon should be able to reprimand Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly for reminding members of the military they can refuse illegal orders, and for criticizing the Defense Department.
Lawyers from the Justice Department told the three-judge panel that even though Kelly, a retired Navy captain, is no longer on active duty and has no...
Protesters gather near the White House to urge the shutdown of immigrant family detention in the United States. Many were from Texas, distraught over the conditions in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center. (Photo by Naisha Roy/Medill News Service)
Once again, federal courts blocked Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s trade agenda faced another major setback Thursday when the U.S. Court of International Trade handed a win to two small businesses and the state of Washington after they challenged the president’s 10% global tariffs, imposed after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous emergency tariff regime.
In a 2-1 decision, the court granted a permanent injunction to...
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson, a Memphis Democrat, speaks to a crowd of protesters on May 5, 2026, the first day of a special legislative session called by Republican Gov. Bill Lee to redraw Tennessee’s congressional districts. (Photo by Cassandra Stephenson/Tennessee Lookout)
‘Killing our vote’: GOP states rush to break up Black districts after US Supreme Court case
The day after the U.S. Supreme Court crippled the federal Voting Rights Act, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson addressed a virtual gathering for the group’s members and supporters where he ranked the landmark decision alongside the court’s most infamous cases.
Dred Scott excluded Black people from American citizenship ahead of the Civil War. Plessy blessed policies of racial segregation in 1896. And now...
Mifepristone, one of two drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to terminate a pregnancy before 10 weeks’ gestation, can be dispensed without an in-person visit to a healthcare provider under FDA regulations. (Photo illustration by Natalie Behring/Getty Images)
Unpacking the fight over telehealth access to abortion medication
Advocates and opponents of abortion access say they’re wondering what happens next in a critical telehealth medication case that created chaos and confusion over the past week after an appeals court blocked nationwide access to the drug and, days later, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary stay.
Alito’s stay preserves telehealth access until May 11. But it’s unclear what happens next...
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