State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Monday that “the ball is now in Russia’s court” to accept a U.S.-proposed ceasefire deal that Ukraine agreed to last week. The U.S.-backed proposal, which includes an immediate 30-day ceasefire and guaranteed resumption of U.S. military aid and intelligence to Ukraine, was finalized during diplomatic talks in Saudi Arabia last week. “Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an...

A North Carolina bill could become the nation’s test case on whether a legislature can prevent a politically-opposed state prosecutor from suing the presidential administration on behalf of the state. The bill, SB 58, would limit present and future North Carolina attorneys general from participating in litigation seeking to invalidate any executive order issued by the president of the United States. “The Attorney General shall not, as a...