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Justice Clarence Thomas lamented the heightened security that has become necessary for members of the Supreme Court in recent years, making it more difficult for him to take part in activities outside the courthouse.

The Justice Department is discussing whether to settle President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, which could include a provision on the IRS dropping audits of the president and his family.

Taxpayers have paid over half a million dollars in confidential congressional sexual harassment settlements dating back decades, with the single largest payment of $220,000 made on behalf of former Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings.

President Donald Trump has suggested that ICE should be renamed National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (NICE), and while the idea has been met with some pushback from rank-and-file officers, the White House has shared memes endorsing the name change and officials have crunched numbers on what it would look like.

Two companies and the ship's technical superintendent have been charged with criminal offenses related to the March 2024 crash of the Dali cargo vessel into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which killed six highway workers and caused billions of dollars in damage.

Republicans have gained an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections due to recent redistricting efforts in several states, which were aided by the Supreme Court's decision to gut a significant part of the Voting Rights Act.

On the eve of Mother's Day, eight children were buried in Shreveport, Louisiana, after being fatally shot by their father, in a tragic reminder of the collision of mental health and gun access in America.

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane after jumping a perimeter fence and crossing a runway at Denver International Airport, resulting in 12 people injured and the flight being aborted.

Researchers have uncovered evidence that the enslaved Black child depicted in an 18th-century portrait by Joshua Reynolds, known as "Jersey", was a real person with a naval career, and that his full name was Boston Jersey, who later baptized himself as George Walker.

Dozens of passengers were evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which had been affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, with the help of multiple nations, and the remaining passengers and crew are being repatriated to their home countries.