Federal DEI employees placed on leave as Trump's administration dismantles programs
Millions of federal workers are now on paid leave as President Trump's executive order dismantles Diversity, Equity, and ...
Federal judge blocks release of second volume of special counsel report to Judiciary Committee leaders
Judge Aileen Cannon has blocked the release of former special counsel Jack Smith's report on his investigation into President ...
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NATIONAL VIEW: In rejecting new federal judgeships, Biden plays politics to everyone’s peril
The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.
The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution
Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War ...
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In year-end report, chief justice defends judiciary’s independence
At the end of an eventful year at the Supreme Court that included a ruling giving former President Donald Trump broad immunity from criminal prosecution for his conduct while in office, reporting that ...
Is bipartisan reform of the clemency process likely?
Sen. Chris Coons suggested that there might be common ground with Congress and the attorney general to institutionalize ...
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Federal court leaders slam Biden for vetoing bill to add 66 new judges
Federal judiciary leaders have sharply criticized ... judgeships to address mounting caseloads in courts across the United States. Biden fulfilled his promise to veto the bill Monday evening ...
Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates to life in prison without possibility of parole
President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences​. Their sentences will be ...
In rejecting new federal judgeships, Biden plays politics to everyone’s peril
It isn’t Republican lawmakers who will suffer from Biden’s veto. It’s the Americans who must rely on federal courts to get ...
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.