WASHINGTON — Online safety legislation focused on children and teens that has come under fire from key senators passed the House Monday, setting the stage for continued wrangling as Congress seeks to address concerns raised by parent and free speech groups.

The bipartisan legislation, which Energy and Commerce Committee leadership amended ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump refused to commit to signing a major bipartisan housing bill, heightening uncertainty surrounding the fate of the legislation.

Trump told reporters Monday he had yet to decide on the measure, but again denigrated it, saying it was “so unimportant” compared to a voting bill he is pressuring the U.S. ...Read more

LIMA, Peru — Conservative Keiko Fujimori won Peru’s presidential election by a slim margin in her fourth bid for the highest office in the copper-rich nation.

Fujimori received 50.14% of the vote, according to the full count by the electoral agency ONPE on Monday, after a lengthy review of thousands of disputed ballots from the June 7 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint against Sen. Ruben Gallego following an investigation of “alleged campaign finance violations and inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature,” according to a letter released by the Arizona Democrat.

The probe came as Congress grappled with a wave of sexual harassment ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on a legal battle over one of Colorado’s critical water sources as a neighboring state seeks to use more water from the South Platte River.

The nation’s highest court on Monday announced it would hear the case, in which Nebraska officials claim Colorado water administrators are violating a century-old ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A judicial election watchdog group continues to raise concerns about partisanship creeping into Kentucky judicial elections.

The most recent example includes fundraising efforts by Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear for current Court of Appeals Judge Will Moynahan, the group said in a June 27 news release.

The Judicial Campaign ...Read more

President Donald Trump reached the end of a long road gridlocked by appeals and must pay $5 million to E. Jean Carroll after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a civil jury’s verdict that he sexually assaulted her.

The nation’s highest court declined to take up Trump’s appeal of the May 2023 verdict at a Manhattan Federal Court ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced it will wrap up decisions for the term Tuesday, which is expected to include a ruling on a case over President Donald Trump’s push to unilaterally alter birthright citizenship.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Monday announced the last day for opinions, which is likely to include rulings on party...Read more

LIMA, Peru — Conservative Keiko Fujimori won Peru’s presidential election by a slim margin in her fourth bid for the highest office in the copper-rich nation.

Fujimori received 50.14% of the vote, according to the full count by the electoral agency ONPE on Monday, after a lengthy review of thousands of disputed ballots from the June 7 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cast doubt Monday on whether police may obtain cellphone data to find crime suspects.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices said this location data showing where a cellphone user has traveled is personal and private and subject to the protection of the 4th Amendment’s ban on unreasonable searches.

Justice Elena ...Read more

California officials cheered a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday that allows states to continue counting mail ballots postmarked by election day but received in the days after — calling it a win for voter participation and access, including in the upcoming November midterm.

They also acknowledged delays in recent vote counting have spurred ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz's defamation suit against CNN, refusing to reconsider the high bar for press freedom set in the New York Times vs. Sullivan case.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil M. Gorsuch dissented.

The no-comment decision may signal the justices are not anxious to...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Donald Trump new power to fire the heads of most independent agencies created by Congress — but not the Federal Reserve.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. announced two opinions, one of which bolstered the president's power as the chief executive and a second which said this authority ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s effort to remove Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook on Monday, even as the justices expanded presidential power to remove members of the Federal Trade Commission and other independent agencies.

The two decisions written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr — a 5-4 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld state laws that allow for counting mail ballots that are postmarked by election day but arrive later.

The 5-4 decision rejects a Republican challenge to laws in California and 13 other mostly Democratic states which permit the counting of these late-arriving ballots.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down without comment President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million jury verdict for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan nearly 30 years ago.

None of the justices registered a dissent.

When Carroll reported the incident in a book, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Bills that would strengthen online safety for young users have attracted bipartisan coalitions, but lawmakers are still separated over the level of regulation they would impose on social media companies, adding uncertainty to the effort’s prospects.

That divide has come to the fore as the House is expected to consider on Monday...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down without comment President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5-million jury verdict for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan nearly 30 years ago.

None of the justices registered a dissent.

When Carroll reported the incident in a book, ...Read more

Debates over what visitors will see and experience in the nation’s capital city have taken center stage as Americans prepare to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

For President Donald J. Trump, the event inspired a massive redevelopment project. Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has argued ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Some progressives are floating various plans to spread the wealth of the AI boom in the run-up to the midterm elections this fall, with proposals ranging from taxes on AI tokens to an excise tax on the energy used by data centers. But other stakeholders are urging a more cautious approach, and artificial intelligence companies ...Read more