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White House Uses Pocket Rescission to Cancel $810 Million in Congressional Spending

The move challenges Congress’s control of the purse and sets up legal fights and legislative efforts to block future end-of-year rescissions.

Senate Russia Sanctions Package Awaits House Vote After Bipartisan Passage

Senate Rejects Rebuke of Trump After GOP Vote Reversals

Supreme Court Poised to Rule on Birthright Citizenship, Presidential Removal Power and TPS

Supreme Court Set to Rule on Birthright Citizenship, Agency Removals and Election Rules

House Approves War Powers Invocation to Push Trump to Seek Approval or Withdraw Forces

Ex-DHS Aide Warns Trump Could Exploit Secret ‘Doomsday Book’ of Emergency Powers

Supreme Court Enters Final Stretch With High-Impact Rulings Pending

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

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

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

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