The Supreme Court issued an order allowing a $2.5 billion bankruptcy settlement by the Boy Scouts to proceed in lower federal courts Thursday. A group of 144 plaintiffs had moved to block the settlement, but the court’s Thursday order means the settlement will continue to be litigated among the parties. Justice Samuel Alito had issued a stay on the settlement last week while the court deliberated on the...

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., doubled down on his statement Thursday that Israel should kill every member of Hamas. Ogles originally made the statement last week, when he was confronted by a group of pro-Palestinian activists on Capitol Hill. The group pursued him through several hallways, arguing about the events in Gaza. “You know what? I think we should kill them all, if that makes you feel better. Everybody...

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a 174-year-old state law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. It’s the second legal challenge to the statute since the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Roe v. Wade. The organization filed a petition asking the high court to rule the law unconstitutional without letting any lower courts rule first. And if the justices do...