Tag: National courts
US fights ruling to extend SSI benefits to Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The federal government filed a brief late Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing Congress has the authority to...
After Manchin move, Democrats’ voting long shot grows longer
Democrats and voting rights groups scrambled Monday to figure out their next move after a key senator's opposition seemed to doom a sweeping election...
Woman sentenced for false 911 calls sparking fatal drug raid
HOUSTON — A woman was sentenced on Tuesday to three years and four months in federal prison for making false 911 calls that ultimately...
EXPLAINER: The Democrats’ two voting bills, explained
Denver — The Democratic Party's hopes of passing a massive overhaul of elections may have suffered a fatal blow when West Virginia Sen....
Capitol riot suspect blames ‘pack of lies,’ seeks release
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines, Iowa, man pictured prominently with a QAnon shirt ahead of a crowd of insurgents inside the U.S....
High court asked to review men-only draft registration law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether it's sex discrimination for the government to require only men to register for...
Palestinian mom fights to stave off punitive home demolition
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank — Sanaa Shalaby says she had no idea what her estranged husband was up to until Israeli soldiers raided her...
Probe: Cyprus wrongly issued passports despite warnings
NICOSIA, Cyprus —
The Cyprus government continued for at least...
Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary status
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to...
Pastor seeks revival of suit challenging virus restrictions
NEW ORLEANS — About 100 supporters of a Louisiana minister gathered outside a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday to show support...
