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U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for Dismissal of Steve Bannon’s 2022 Contempt of Congress Conviction

U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for Dismissal of Steve Bannon’s 2022 Contempt of Congress Conviction

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon scored a major win on Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Department of Justice to dismiss his 2022 contempt of Congress conviction. The Legal Saga Bannon was convicted after defying a Congressional subpoena issued by the now-defunct House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, …

Trump Orders New DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to Pay TSA Agents Amid Partial Shutdown

Trump Orders New DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to Pay TSA Agents Amid Partial Shutdown

Update March 27, 2026, 4:30 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional info about the partial shutdown In the wee hours of Friday morning, the Senate voted to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that had been left unfunded during the weeks-long partial government shutdown. The agreement, which needs to be …

U.S. Supreme Court Appears Poised to Overturn Mississippi State Law Allowing for Late-Arriving Mail-In Ballots

U.S. Supreme Court Appears Poised to Overturn Mississippi State Law Allowing for Late-Arriving Mail-In Ballots

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case that could reshape how states handle mail-in ballots – specifically, whether ballots postmarked by Election Day but arriving later can still be counted. As reported on Tuesday’s AM Update, at issue is a Mississippi law adopted in 2020 during the COVID pandemic that allows mail-in …