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Kazakhstan Approves New Constitution With 87% Support, Officials Report

Critics say the charter consolidates presidential power.

Supreme Court Unlikely to Weigh In on Constitutionality of Trump’s Iran Strikes

Herzog Stands By Legal Process on Netanyahu Pardon as Trump Intensifies Push

Supreme Court Voids Trump’s Global Tariffs as Bacon Rejects Congressional Bailout

Supreme Court Signals Doubts About Trump’s Bid to Oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook

Supreme Court Hears Trump v. Cook Over President’s Power to Remove Fed Governor

Trump Says Only His Morality Limits His Power, Dismissing International Law

Kaine Opposes Iran War, Affirms Syria Strike Authority, Moves to Rein In Trump on Venezuela and Greenland

Trump Says Only His ‘Own Morality’ Limits Global Power, Dismissing International Law

Congress Ends 2025 With Record-Low Output as Trump Governs by Executive Order

Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Deploy National Guard to Chicago

Supreme Court Appears Poised to Broaden Presidential Removal Power After FTC Firing Case

D.C. Circuit Backs Trump on Firing NLRB, MSPB Members as Supreme Court Takes FTC Case

Critics Urge Roberts to Rein In Trump, Citing Court’s Erosion of Democratic Guardrails

Trump’s Push to Scrap the Filibuster Splits Conservatives as Senate Leaders Resist

Stephen Miller’s ‘Plenary Authority’ Claim and On-Air Pause Focus Attention on Portland Guard Appeal

Stephen Miller Reportedly Directs U.S. Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Through Homeland Security Council

Shutdown Likely as Trump and Democrats Deadlock Over ACA Subsidies

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook

Waters Calls for 25th Amendment After Trump Removes Fed Governor Lisa Cook