- Conservatives attempt to reframe debate over same-sex marriage ruling
A growing coalition of parents, activist groups, and others is organizing to put pressure on the Supreme Court to overrule its 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The Greater Than campaign, which launched on Jan. 28, recasts the effort to repeal same-sex marriage as a push to restore the right of children to live in homes with a mother and a father. [...]
- Supreme Court to hear Roundup maker’s bid to block thousands of lawsuits in April
The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral argument in Monsanto’s appeal seeking to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn consumers that Roundup, its popular weedkiller, could cause cancer. The court announced on Feb. 11 that it will hear Monsanto Co. v. Durnell on April 27. The justices also scheduled arguments in two other high-profile cases. [...]
- FBI says Georgia search warrant was based on ‘substantiated’ 2020 election irregularities
The FBI said it has “substantiated” irregularities in how votes were tabulated after the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, Georgia, according to an FBI official’s search warrant affidavit that a court unsealed on Feb. 10. President Donald Trump has long argued that election improprieties in the state contributed to his loss in Georgia in the 2020 presidential [...]
- Federal judge temporarily allows Transportation Department to suspend Hudson Tunnel Project funding
A federal judge on Feb. 9 temporarily allowed the Trump administration to reinstate its four-month-old freeze on federal funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project that will connect rail lines between New York and New Jersey. The $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project involves building a new tunnel and railroad infrastructure for passenger rail trains under the Hudson River while [...]
