Congress & Courts

The 48-year-old Kasey Hopkins was given a four-month prison term by US district judge Tanya S. Chutkan. In addition, he was mandated to complete 24 months of probation and pay $500 in reparations. Hopkins was previously found guilty of…

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill banning the storage of high-level nuclear waste in New Mexico just hours after the Legislature passed it. Because the bill did not receive enough votes to be declared an emergency, it will take…

The Justice Department formally requested a federal appeals court on Monday to stay an order from a US district court judge that delayed the FDA's approval of the abortion pill, calling the ruling extraordinary and unprecedented. The…

President Joe Biden waited 789 days in office before issuing his first veto, and it could be significant in terms of both retirement savings and future investment choices. The veto, delivered on March 20, prevented the repeal of a Labor…

A Social Security proposal in Congress for an additional $2,400 in checks has been expanded and reintroduced. According to Fragassi, Sanders reintroduced the Social Security Expansion Act to Congress on February 13 after the previous…

Whatever the outcome of President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, which is currently before the Supreme Court, at least 25 million Americans will still have college debt to repay. This is because, according to Biden, only 20…

Two high-profile lawsuits probing President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan to cancel up to $20,000 in borrowers' debt, which lower courts temporarily blocked. Six Republican-led states  Arkansas, South Carolina, Iowa, Kansas,…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday that judges who "lie under oath" face penalties. Ocasio-Cortez was alluding to Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, two Supreme Court justices. Despite both voting to overturn Roe v. Wade,…