The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked an order requiring Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ club.
Why it matters: The Modern Orthodox Jewish college had filed an emergency request claiming that a "government-enforced establishment" of the Pride Alliance club would cause "irreparable harm" to students and the community.
Two Democrat House chairs have asked the Treasury Department to launch a federal investigation into airlines' use of federal COVID-19 relief aid from 2020.
Why it matters: Democrats are concerned that airlines misused their federal relief funds during the early days of the pandemic, which led to a pilot shortage that's creating delays and cancellations today.
Vice President Kamala Harris attacked the current Supreme Court as "an activist court" that took away a "constitutional right" in an interview with NBC News that will air in full Sunday morning.
Why it matters: The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has had a domino effect across the country, with Democratic states scrambling to issue abortion protections as Republican states enact near-total bans.
Three men, including the leader of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys, pleaded guilty on Friday to a felony charge for their involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to the Department of Justice.
Driving the news: Nicholas Ochs, 36, who founded Hawaii's Proud Boys chapter, and Nicholas DeCarlo, 32, of Fort Worth, Texas, pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding. Shane Jason Woods, 44, of Auburn, Illinois, pleaded guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer and a member of the media.
After months of gloom, the Biden administration is becoming more eager to define — and talk about — Bidenomics.
Why it matters: The White House isn't introducing major new policy proposals. Rather, it's talking about the Biden economic record as something to embrace, suggesting a shifting tone heading into midterm elections and beyond.
A U.S. judge has thrown out former President Trump's lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, saying the former president "is seeking to flaunt a two-hundred-page political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him."
Driving the news: "And this Court is not the appropriate forum," Judge Donald Middlebrooks of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida wrote.
A new genre of Trump books begins — the investigations.
Driving the news: Twelve Books tells me Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, both of Yahoo News, are writing a book — out in 2024 — about the multiple criminal investigations into former President Trump and associates.
Some GOP candidates are softening their rhetoric and scrubbing their campaign websites of hardline positions as the midterms get closer. But Doug Mastriano is running a much different playbook in the Pennsylvania governor's race, one of the most important contests in the nation.
Driving the news: He has doubled down on false claims about the 2020 election. He's ghosting the mainstream media and spending nothing on TV advertising, relying instead on Facebook livestreams and far-right media.
CIA director Bill Burns said Thursday it's "hard to see" Russian President Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine "as anything but a failure" six months into the invasion, per the New York Times.
The big picture: Burns' comments come as Ukrainian forces wage counteroffensives in the south and northeast and after Secretary of State Tony Blinken on a visit to Kyiv announced more military aid for Ukraine and 18 other European countries "potentially at risk of future Russian aggression."
A near-total abortion ban in South Carolina failed on Thursday after a Republican state senator threatened a filibuster during a special session that was called in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Yes, but: The South Carolina state Senate did pass a six-week abortion ban, similar to the one that is currently blocked by the state Supreme Court, which is considering whether it violates privacy rights.
House Republicans are running more than 60 nominees of color on general election ballots nationwide, with Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) looking for a sequel to a 2020 cycle in which he more than doubled the number of GOP women in Congress.
Why it matters: McCarthy is trying to win back control of the House and ascend to Speaker. Every seat the Republicans flipped in the last cycle was won by a woman, person of color or veteran.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (left) and Herschel Walker. Photos: Anna Moneymaker; James Gilbert via Getty Images
In what's still a U.S. rarity — a statewide general election between two Black nominees — Georgia's Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker is accusing Democrats, and incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock, of using racism "to divide us."
Why it matters: In a neck-and-neck race for a seat that could decide control of the Senate, every vote matters. Walker's strategy may be an appeal to white voters as much as — or more than — voters of color.
The White House is engaging with Senate Democrats about making one last push for an enhanced child tax credit this year — and in return for GOP votes, may dangle support for corporate tax credits for research and development that expired last year, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Some Democrats see a year-end legislative horse-trade as their last chance to enshrine some version of President Biden’s enhanced child tax credit into law before Republicans take one — or both — chambers of Congress.
