Law and Legislation

Supreme Court Overturns Block on Trump Administration’s Venezuelan Deportations

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The Trump administration asked the justices to weigh in after a federal judge paused the president’s use of a wartime powers law to deport Venezuelans it accused of being gang members.

Transgender Woman Arrested After Using Bathroom at Florida State Capitol

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Marcy Rheintgen said she was held in jail overnight after she deliberately challenged a state law by entering a women’s bathroom in the government building.

The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaid

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States that were once reluctant to expand Medicaid now have their state budgets tied to the fate of the program by constitutional amendments.

He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.

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Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., who campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, has emerged as one of the most active stock traders in the freshman class.

Trump Is on Shaky Legal Ground With Mass Layoffs at H.H.S., Experts Say

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Job and program cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services have teed up court challenges and prompted bipartisan criticism in Congress.

Senate Approves G.O.P. Budget Plan After Overnight Vote-a-Thon

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Republicans pushed through their blueprint for tax and spending cuts after Democrats forced them to cast politically painful votes into the early morning on every element of President Trump’s agenda.