Lawrence Hurley

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Andrea Mitchell |Lawrence Hurley

The political tug-of-war at the center of Trump's Iran decisionWelcome to the online version of In today's edition, Andrea Mitchell breaks down the critical decision facing President Donald Trump on the Israel-Iran conflict. Plus, Lawrence Hurley examines the questions that a major Supreme Court ruling on transgender rights left unanswered. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.

3 weeks ago | share.google | Lawrence Hurley |Gary Grumbach

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data. The conservative-majority court, with its three liberal justices objecting, granted an emergency application filed by the Trump administration asking the justices to lift an injunction issued by a federal judge in Maryland.

3 weeks ago | cnbc.com | Lawrence Hurley |Gary Grumbach

A Social Security Administration (SSA) office in Washington, DC, March 26, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court on Friday allowed members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data. The conservative-majority court, with its three liberal justices objecting, granted an emergency application filed by the Trump administration asking the justices to lift an injunction issued by a federal judge in Maryland.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday left in place a longstanding gun restriction in the District of Columbia that bans magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, opting once again to avoid taking up a new gun rights case. The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority that generally favors gun rights, turned away a challenge to the Washington, D.C., law just a few days after rejecting an appeal over a similar law in Rhode Island.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Lawrence Hurley |Gary Grumbach

NowSupreme Court restores DOGE’s access to sensitive Social Security dataCNN — The Supreme Court on Friday lifted a lower court order blocking the Social Security Administration from granting access to the agency’s sensitive data to affiliates of the Department of Government Efficiency. The court separately paused a lower court’s order that required DOGE to turn over …2 hours agoHackers leak 86 million AT&T customer records with 44 million social security numbers, report saysPlus, AT&T responds.