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The state constitution’s legislative calendar — not a vote threshold — makes it hard to overrule the governor. Legislators are crafting an amendment that would make more overrides possible.

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From today's order by Judge Beryl Howell (D.D.C.) in U.S. Institute for Peace v. Jackson: [On Monday, t]his Court declared… The post District Court Declines to Stay Order Reinstating Fired U.S. Institute of Peace Board Members, Holds Trump v. Wilcox Doesn't Apply appeared first on Reason.com.

A Midwestern affiliate of Planned Parenthood says it will close four of its six clinics in Iowa and four in Minnesota within a year

San Francisco authorities say officials from Bureau of Prisons visited famous site last week and plan to return

Staff to be cut as office meant to formulate national security policy is reduced to implementing the president’s ideas, under watch of trusted aides

The U.S. Justice Department’s new pardon attorney says he is going to take a “hard look” at two men who are in prison for leading a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020

Democrats accuse Trump and Republicans of attempting to erase the memory of the January 6 attack by refusing to install a legally mandated plaque honoring police officers who defended the Capitol.

A host of new executive orders seeks to fast-track approvals to grow the US’s nuclear energy sector, a lengthy process.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and President Trump have long clashed over policies. Now, Trump is seeking to oust him for a more loyal lawmaker.

Trump’s firing of a federal agency head may soon spell doom for a New Deal era precedent that limited presidential power.