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By Tommy Flynn
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state’s 2025 Republican-drawn congressional map Tuesday, clearing it for use in the November 2026 elections. In two separate opinions, the court affirmed lower-court rulings that the “Missouri First Map”...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Dr. Marty Makary, President Donald Trump’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner, resigned Tuesday after roughly 13 months leading the agency. A White House official confirmed the departure. President Trump, speaking to reporters before departing for China,...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche warned media outlets and reporters Tuesday that they should expect subpoenas if they possess information about individuals leaking classified national security material. “Prosecuting leakers who share our nation’s secrets with...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors on Tuesday, positioning the former Fed official to succeed Jerome Powell as chairman once his nomination for the four-year chair term receives final approval. Lawmakers voted...
By Tommy Flynn
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Democrats are rejecting the state Supreme Court’s May 8 ruling that voided a voter-approved constitutional amendment on congressional redistricting and are advancing multiple strategies to overturn or sidestep it, including an emergency appeal to the...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing May 13-15 for a state visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first by a sitting U.S. president in nearly a decade, amid ongoing U.S. sanctions on Chinese firms aiding Iran and efforts to stabilize bilateral trade....
By Tommy Flynn
DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates carried out covert military strikes against Iranian targets during the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, including a direct hit on an oil refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island in the Persian Gulf, according to a Wall Street Journal...
By Tommy Flynn
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated lower-court orders blocking Alabama’s 2023 congressional redistricting map, clearing the way for the state to use the Republican-led legislature’s plan for the 2026 midterm elections. In an unsigned order, the justices...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday suspending tariff-rate quotas on all beef imports for 200 days, clearing the way for more foreign beef to enter the U.S. at lower rates and ease record consumer prices. The move targets the smallest U.S. cattle...
By Tommy Flynn
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Democrats filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asking the justices to overturn the Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling that voided a voter-approved constitutional amendment authorizing new congressional maps. The appeal, led by...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old California man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump, entered a not guilty plea Monday morning in federal court in the District of Columbia. Allen faces charges of attempted assassination of the president,...
By Tommy Flynn
DUBAI — Three very large crude carriers successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz last week and over the weekend with their automatic identification system (AIS) transponders switched off, shipping data from Kpler and LSEG showed Monday. The vessels were carrying roughly 6...