Joe Biden signing with a regular pen. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily.The controversies created by Joe Biden’s late-term pardons were reinvigorated this week by a story in t...

American flags are seen during a protest outside the US Supreme Court over President Donald Trump's move to end birthright citizenship as the court hears arguments over the order in Washington, DC, on May 15.Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Images Boston CNN  — A federal judge who previously blocked Pr...

The Conversation A polygraph test. (Shutterstock)By Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of TechnologyThe Trump administration has recently directed that a new wave of polygraphs be administered across the executive branch, aimed at uncovering leaks to the press.As someone who has taken roughly a doz...

“I just kept telling myself to first keep believing in myself. Second off, just to bring my level up,” A jubilant Amanda Anisimova said after earning a hard-fought fourth-round Wimbledon win on Monday. Despite facing a tough challenge from Linda Noskova, the 23-year-old American kept her calm...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday questioned when the Trump administration will try to enforce its birthright citizenship executive order and asked if the government would attempt to deport U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally or temporarily before restriction...

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By Sonam Sheth is an Evening Politics Editor at Newsweek who is based in New York. She joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at Business Insider and CNBC. Sonam has extensive experience covering national security, foreign policy, elections, and stories at the intersection of law and polit...

a federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately release Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student activist who has been held in a Louisiana detention center since his arrest in early March.The judge had previously ruled that Khalil could not be held...

Politics By Melissa QuinnPolitics Reporter Melissa Quinn is a politics reporter for CBSNews.com. She has written for outlets including the Washington Examiner, Daily Signal and Alexandria Times. Melissa covers U.S.