Taking aim at the angry student mobs that tend these days to derail controversial campus speakers, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that demands colleges commit to protecting free speech if they want federal funding.
Read moreLegal experts on Thursday urged Congress to use President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border as an opportunity to claw back powers the legislative branch has given to the president over the years.
Read moreA coalition of 16 states hit the the Trump administration with a federal complaint on Presidents Day to stop what they called an executive order that steers billions of dollars to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read moreProtesters around the United States spent Presidents Day rallying against President Trump’s national emergency declaration as 16 states planned a lawsuit to block Trump’s latest ploy to fund his long-promised border wall.
Read morePresident Donald Trump declared a national emergency along the southern border and predicted his administration would end up defending it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Read moreIntensifying the country’s investment in artificial intelligence, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that would open up access to government data and computing resources.
Read morePersuaded by numerous examples of stalled regulatory action, a federal judge advanced a lawsuit over an executive order that requires agencies to nix two directives for each new one they implement.
Read moren his first day in office, newly inaugurated California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan to lower prescription drug costs and make it easier for Golden State families to get insurance coverage.
Read moreTossing claims from a Connecticut lawmaker, a judge said he lacked jurisdiction to decide whether Governor Dannel P. Malloy usurped legislative authority by deciding unilaterally to fund a toll study.
Read moreA coalition of industry groups representing internet service providers sued Vermont on Thursday in an effort to overturn its recently enacted net neutrality rules requiring all internet traffic to be treated equally.
Read moreA libertarian law firm claims in court that an executive order implemented by Missouri Governor Mike Parson and the state ethics commission banning all gifts, including written materials, to certain government officials violates its constitutional rights.
Read moreIn an executive order signed Wednesday, President Donald Trump set in motion plans to impose new sanctions on any foreign nations, people or entities that interfere in U.S. elections.
Read moreVying to dismiss a suit by his political opponent, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy told a judge that state Senator Joe Markley is trying to hamstring his executive action on electronic tolls.
Read moreAn anti-union push by the Trump administration was struck down as unconstitutional on Saturday by a federal judge.
Read moreInsisting that the so-called travel ban was the result of a rigorous, neutral review process, not anti-Muslim animus, a lawyer for the government urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to uphold the executive order.
Read moreIn a case that will test the court’s deference to executive power, the Supreme Court will focus Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking immigration from several Muslim-majority countries.
Read moreOhio Governor John Kasich signed an executive order Monday afternoon asking a committee of state agencies to take a closer look at how flaws in the way Ohio reports data to a national background check system are allowing firearms to fall into the wrong hands.
Read moreA federal judge rejected a challenge Monday to President Trump’s 2-for-1 deregulation order that requires agencies to repeal two regulations for every new one implemented, and to cap the cost of new regulations at zero.
Read moreA week after Maine Governor Paul LePage halted permits for new wind-turbine projects, environmentalists accused the Republican in court of pulling an end run on the Legislature.
Read moreThe Freedom From Religion Foundation on Wednesday voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit challenging an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that targeted an IRS rule saying religious organizations and other nonprofits that endorse political candidates risk losing their tax-exempt status.
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