The legislative path forward for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) has hit a roadblock in the US Senate. On February 26, Senate Majority Leader John Thune declared that a talking filibuster—a rare, prolonged debate tactic where senators speak continuously to block a vote—was not possible, effectively halting the bill’s progress in the [...]

The landscape of American late-night television is undergoing significant change amid tensions between TV networks, program producers and federal regulators, fueling debate over the future of political satire on broadcast television. In recent months, several high-profile shifts have occurred across the industry, including ABC’s temporary removal of Jimmy Kimmel from TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live! [...]

On February 11, the US House of Representatives passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) (H.R. 7296) in a 218-213 vote, marking the latest federal effort to impose stricter voter registration requirements. Sponsored by Representative Chip Roy, the SAVE Act would require prospective voters to show both proof of US citizenship and an [...]

Editor’s note: This story is part of ongoing coverage of the lead up to Mangione’s trial. Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Days 5-7, Day 8, and Day 9 of state suppression hearings on the case. Last month, a 90-minute suppression hearing was held in Luigi Mangione’s federal case to determine if [...]

On the morning of February 11, Attorney General Pam Bondi faced a divided House Judiciary Committee, defending recent actions of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a hearing primarily anchored in the Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405). Signed into law on November 19, 2025, following a near-unanimous 427-1 vote in the US House [...]

Editor’s note: This story is part of ongoing coverage of the lead up to Mangione’s trial. Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Days 5-7, Day 8, and Day 9 of state suppression hearings on the case. Luigi Mangione’s state trial is set to begin on June 8, Judge Gregory Carro of the [...]

Victor Qiu is a JURIST Washington, D.C. correspondent and an attorney. The views expressed in this article are his own and in his personal capacity. On the morning of Wednesday, January 21, I attended the oral argument for Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Lisa D. Cook at the US Supreme Court. When I arrived [...]

Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School.  The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Wolford v. Lopez on Tuesday, centering on whether Hawaii may effectively “flip the default” on public carry by licensed gun owners on [...]

Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School.  Two groups, two slogans, and one Court. On one side of the plaza, opponents of Idaho’s and West Virginia’s transgender bans rallied behind a speaker who shouted into a [...]

On January 3, 2026, the US military captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, at his compound in Caracas. The operation came after months of mounting pressures by US President Donald Trump, including a series of controversial boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific. US Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced [...]