Republicans

The Washington Examiner reports: A conservative legal group backed by top allies of President Donald Trump is suing the University of Michigan and its flagship law journal, alleging its editor and article selection process illegally discriminates against white, male, heterosexual, and conservative applicants. Filed late Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the complaint targets …

Politico reports: Senate Republicans are fielding mounting warnings from economists that their signature legislation would add trillions of dollars to the deficit. It appears to be the last thing on their minds. As Senate Majority Leader John Thune prepares to jam through the GOP’s sprawling border, energy and tax package to President Donald Trump’s desk, fellow Republicans are largely ignoring …

The Christian Post reports: A Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to designate a state holiday in commemoration of the first complete English-language Bible printed in the United States. State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz, R-76th District, is set to introduce a resolution designating Sept. 12 as “The Day of the Bible” across the Commonwealth. The resolution aims to commemorate the historic authorization of the …

The Texas Tribune reports: Senate Bill 1362 aims to prevent extreme risk protection orders in civil cases from being used to confiscate guns from people. The protection orders can be provided by civil judges after due process hearings to temporarily bar certain people from owning or purchasing firearms if they are found to be an immediate danger. Twenty-one states have …

ABC News reports: The Senate Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday digging into the cognitive abilities of former President Joe Biden and claims of whether his aides helped what they say was a cover up of his alleged mental decline — claims the former president and many on his staff have denied. The probe didn’t uncover any new information on …

The Associated Press reports: The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security ‘s trust funds have moved up as rising health care costs and new legislation affecting Social Security benefits have contributed to earlier projected depletion dates, according to an annual report released Wednesday. The go-broke date — or the date at which the programs will no longer have enough …

Bloomberg Law reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) no longer faces felony securities fraud charges after prosecutors say he paid $271,000 in restitution to the victims and completed other requirements of a pretrial diversion program. Three charges were dismissed Wednesday in Harris County district court, prosecutor Brian Wice said in a statement. “Today’s resolution was the fair, right, and …

“If you’ve ever studied the origins of, just the history of the LGBTQ movement throughout ancient history and all the way up to today, this is the same demonic spirit that basically just keeps coming back again. “Back in ancient Israel, there was a goddess, her name was Ishtar, and she was the goddess of transgenderism, a gender-warping goddess. She …

The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is facing strong pushback from members of the GOP conference over the Finance Committee’s piece of President Trump’s tax and spending bill, which largely ignores GOP senators’ concerns about Medicaid cuts and the quick phaseout of clean-energy tax credits. “I had no idea that they were going to completely scrap the …

“We’ve got the best friend we’ve got in Israel. They’re doing a fantastic job. They’re controlling the airspace now. So we just need to see. Look, it’s biblical, okay? I’m one of those. It’s biblical. “We support Israel. Israel is our friend. We need to be with them. I would say to Senator Kaine, whose side are you on for …

NBC News reports: A federal judge found Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt late Tuesday after he snubbed a court order in a high-profile immigration case and then boasted about it in interviews. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote that Uthmeier offered “a series of implausible interpretations of the language he used” to argue he was complying with …

The Scranton Times-Tribune reports: Bob Bolus refiled a lawsuit to get the pride flag, which is a symbol of support for LGBTQ+ people and inclusivity, removed from Scranton City Hall and barred from display at all government buildings in Lackawanna County. The city has been flying a rainbow-motif pride flag on a flagpole at the municipal building at 340 N. …

The New York Times reports: House Republicans’ sprawling package to cut taxes and slash federal safety-net programs would add about $3.4 trillion to the debt, according to nonpartisan congressional analysts, who reported on Tuesday that the minor gains in economic growth under the bill would not offset its full fiscal impact. The updated findings from the Congressional Budget Office amounted …

The Hill reports: Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Tuesday deleted social media posts he made blaming the left for the fatal shooting of a Minnesota state legislator. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Utah Republican had deleted the posts from his @BasedMikeLee account. One post from over the weekend had dubbed the shooting the “Nightmare on Waltz Street,” an apparent reference to …

The Washington Post reports: As part of the GOP campaign attacking the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office for the grim fiscal projections for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of tax and spending cuts pending in the Senate, Scott posted a one-minute video that was instantly ridiculed for its errors — nine, by our count. That’s one mistake every 6.66 seconds. …

The Hill reports: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Sunday said he doesn’t believe ICE should “pull back on any kind of enforcement” after the Trump administration directed the agency to pause raids against workers in the agriculture, hotel and restaurant industries. Cotton told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on “Face The Nation” that “we need to have robust worksite enforcement” after …

Law & Crime reports: The legal disciplinary board for attorneys in California has affirmed a recommendation that former law professor John Eastman be disbarred over his role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election to favor President Donald Trump. On Friday, a three-judge panel on the California State Bar Court’s Review Department ruled on two separate …

Florida Politics reports: The Republican Florida U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody sponsored two pieces of legislation she said will tighten immigration enforcement. The Reimbursement for Immigration Partnerships with Police to Allow Local Law Enforcement (RIPPLE) Act would enable states to participate in immigration enforcement. Moody also introduced the Stop Government Abandonment and Placement Scandals (Stop GAPS) Act. That proposed measure would …

NBC News reports: Sen. Rand Paul, a leading Republican critic of the sweeping Trump agenda bill, said during an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he told President Donald Trump that he is “not an absolute no” on the package. “I talked to the President last evening after the parade, and we’re trying to get to a better …

The Bulwark reports: The suspect, Vance Boulter, impersonated a police officer, arrived in a fake cop vehicle, and executed a horrifying plan that appears clearly politically motivated—targeting Democrats including Governor Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar. But instead of facing this reality, prominent voices on the far right—including Elon Musk, Charlie Kirk, Mike Cernovich, and even U.S. Senator Mike Lee—have …