Economic imperative or executive overreach? That is the question the Supreme Court is preparing this week to confront, in one of its most monumental appeals over the scope of executive power, a time-sensitive challenge to President Donald Trump‘s expansive import tariffs over most countries. The justices will hear oral arguments Wednesday over lawsuits from a coalition of small businesses and several Democratic-led states, who say Trump has abused...

EXCLUSIVE: Military veterans in Congress are criticizing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., for dodging questions on whether he will forego his paycheck as government workers go without pay due to the ongoing shutdown. Reps. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and Tom Barrett, R-Mich., each of whom served in the U.S. Army, said they would give up their paychecks for the duration of the shutdown, citing concern...

Virginia second gentleman Terence Sears rallied with the GOP ticket in his wife’s stead Friday as Democrats continued to pull Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears off the campaign trail to have her preside over their last-minute redistricting amendment session. The typically soft-spoken Sears fumed at party politicking as he headlined an event at the Obenshain family farm in Montgomery County, not far from Virginia Tech. The rally was supposed...