Ray Bogan

1 week ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Ray Bogan |Snorre Wik

House Democrats released a report this week that found President Trump’s 1,600 pardons are set to cost crime victims and the government $1.3 billion in fines and restitution. That’s because not only did the president commute prison sentences – he absolved offenders of the restitution imposed as punishment.

1 week ago | san.com | Devin Pavlou |Ray Bogan

The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee’s law that bans gender-affirming care for minors does not violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The 6-3 decision in United States v. Skrmetti means Tennessee can continue to restrict minors from using puberty blockers and hormone therapy in order to identify as a gender that is different from their sex at birth.

1 week ago | san.com | Cole Lauterbach |Lawrence Banton |Ray Bogan |Snorre Wik

Senate Republican leadership has a big hill to climb to get the president’s tax and budget package over the finish line by the Fourth of July. The text was released on Monday night, June 16, and already two members have stated they’ll vote against it, while more have indicated they’ll not support it without significant changes. “This is not at all, at all, what we were told would be in this bill,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told reporters Tuesday, June 17.

1 week ago | san.com | Ray Bogan |Snorre Wik

Members of Congress are looking to assert their authority to declare war under Article I of the Constitution with a new resolution that would require President Donald Trump to get Congressional approval before striking Iran. Bipartisan resolutions have been introduced in the House and Senate that would require the president to get authorization before going on offense against the Islamic Republic. Reps.

1 week ago | san.com | Cole Lauterbach |Drew Pittock |Ray Bogan

The Senate Finance Committee released its version of President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” tax and budget bill, which appears dead on arrival in both the Senate and House. Republicans in the committee made key changes to Medicaid, state and local tax deductions, and child tax credits, each of which could cause the package to lose support. “Consider this the response to the Senate’s ‘negotiating mark’: DEAD ON ARRIVAL,” Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., posted on X.