Topic
Legislation, regulation, courts, agencies and how policy is made and enforced.
Immigration & BorderBreaking
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to lift a lower court order that halts border wall construction in Texas’s Big Bend region.
Covered by 9 outlets across the spectrum.
PoliticsDeveloping
Politico reports that Democrats are drawing up a list of possible investigations into Elon Musk that they could launch if they retake Congress after the November midterms.
Covered by 5 outlets, mostly right-leaning (60%).
Quiet in the center
Climate & EnvironmentBreaking
The UK government has approved the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea, a project that has been controversial for years.
Covered by 11 outlets across the spectrum.
Crime & JusticeDeveloping
The Justice Department’s inspector general, Don Berthiaume, has declined to investigate how prosecutors handled the criminal case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn over alleged damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Covered by 8 outlets across the spectrum.
PoliticsBreaking
On Tuesday in the Oval Office, during an announcement of a program that offers rewards for reporting federal fraud, President Donald Trump told reporters to be quiet and snapped at Andrew Feinberg, White House correspondent for The Independent.
Covered by 10 outlets, mostly left-leaning (70%).
Crime & JusticeDeveloping
A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday denied a request from lawyers for Lindsay Clancy to question the holdout juror in her triple-murder trial, ABC News reports.
Covered by 3 outlets, mostly right-leaning (67%).