U.S. courts require random judge assignments to avoid ‘judge shopping’
Federal judiciary leaders on Tuesday announced a policy that requires assigning judges at random in civil cases that have statewide or national implications, an effort to address widespread concerns about “judge shopping” in single-judge divisions. The Judicial Conference of the United
House TikTok bill faces a minefield in the Senate
The House on Tuesday was speeding toward a vote on a bill that could lead to the forced sale or nationwide ban of TikTok, reigniting the battle over a massively popular video app that has come to epitomize Washington anxieties
Under partisan fire, Hur defends report that questions Biden’s memory
Republicans and Democrats squeezed former special counsel Robert K. Hur for more than four hours Tuesday, trying to get him to either condemn President Biden as a crook, say former president Donald Trump’s treatment of classified documents was worse or
Trump takes control of the RNC with mass layoffs, restructuring
Former president Donald Trump took charge of the Republican National Committee this week with the political equivalent of shock and awe — leaving dozens out of work, revamping strategic priorities and raising fears among some former officials about the party’s
Rep. Ken Buck says he will not serve out rest of term, narrowing GOP majority
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said Tuesday that he will not serve out the rest of his term and will vacate his seat in Congress at the end of next week, further narrowing an already razor-thin House Republican majority. “I look forward
Five takeaways from the Hur special counsel hearing
The House Judiciary Committee spent more than four hours Tuesday grilling former special counsel Robert K. Hur about his decision not to seek charges against President Biden over classified papers found in Biden’s home and office. Like other special counsel hearings
Support for LGBTQ+ protections is tied to politics more than population
About 1 in 10 Americans identify as LGBTQ+, according to new data from PRRI — a bit more than Gallup measured in similar polling last year. PRRI’s data, though, offer an insight that Gallup didn’t: the size of the LGBTQ+ population
Polling won’t tell you who will win in November, but it’s not meant to
President Biden’s reelection campaign is not going particularly smoothly, not that political campaigns ever really do. But his is particularly rough, with critics and allies suggesting that he might or will step aside to improve his party’s chances for success.
Tether CTO Aims Dig At DCG For Doubting USDT’s Resilience
Paolo Ardoino, the CEO of Tether, has taken a jab at Digital Currency Group (DCG), the distressed crypto firm currently facing a lawsuit from the New York Attorney General (NYAG). In a March 11 post on X, the CEO mocked DCG
Israel Plans to Launch Interest-Bearing CBDC – Here’s What You Need to Know
Israel’s Central Bank unveiled plans on March 11 to launch an interest-bearing Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), dubbed the “digital shekel”. In a recent document, the Bank of Israel (BoI) outlined its proposal for the ‘digital shekel,’ highlighting key features such