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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end East Wing ballroom lawsuit, saying the project is 70% complete
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to summarily reverse an injunction against the White House East Wing ballroom, arguing the court’s August stay all but decided the case and that the…
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Party money is back. Voters won’t see most of it until December.
The party committees reported $78 million in coordinated spending in two weeks. Their next report isn’t due until Dec. 3, and unlike independent expenditures, coordinated spending has no 24-hour reporting rule.
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House party committees spent $57 million on coordinated ads in two weeks, most of it in 20 districts
The DCCC and NRCC each reported about $28 million in coordinated spending from Oct. 1 to 14, the first pre-general filings since the Supreme Court lifted party coordination caps. An Inquisitor analysis…
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Senate Democrats borrowed $15 million and outspent Republicans 3 to 1 on coordinated ads in early October, filings show
Pre-general FEC reports show the DSCC drew $15 million on a bank line of credit and spent $16.1 million in coordination with Senate candidates Oct. 1-14, led by $4.8 million for Sherrod…
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Supreme Court leaves in place D.C. judge’s order keeping transgender inmates’ hormone therapy
The justices denied the Bureau of Prisons’ request to pause Judge Royce Lamberth’s injunction against its 2026 policy, with Justices Thomas and Alito dissenting. The appeals continue in the D.C. Circuit.