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A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sent President Donald Trump's Justice Department a stark message after grand jurors in Virginia failed to secure a re-indictment on allegations of mortgage fraud charges.

The news came after a judge tossed an initial indictment about 10 days earlier, declaring the appointment of the interim U.S. attorney overseeing the case unlawful.

The right-wing justices on the Supreme Court handed Republicans a win on Thursday evening by allowing Texas' extreme mid-decade gerrymander of its congressional seats to take effect, staying a lower three-judge panel's finding that it was illegally determined using racial criteria. But buried in a concurrence by the three farthest-right justices was a clear indicator that the GOP's efforts to stop California's retaliatory map will also fail.

The line came in a passage written by Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.

Legal experts bashed the Supreme Court's unsigned order on Thursday that allows Texas to use an election map that significantly favors President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court's order prohibiting Texas from using the map state Republicans created during a special session that eliminated five Democratic districts. The lower court found the map constituted a racial gerrymander, meaning that it considered the race of voters when lawmakers were outlining the districts.

Three Supreme Court justices issued a blistering dissent on Thursday to yet another unsigned order from the high court.

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Texas can use the new election map its Republican-controlled legislature drew during a special session during the 2026 midterm. The new map is designed to eliminate five Democrat-controlled districts, but a lower court ruled that the map was a racial gerrymander, which violates the 14th and 15th Amendments of the Constitution.

Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that he doesn't see the "simmering antisemitism" on the right, as some of his Republican colleagues have claimed, according to a new report.

Vance told NBC News in an interview that it is "anti-American" to judge someone by their immutable characteristics, and that he doesn't see "simmering antisemitism" in young conservatives he engages with. His comments happened at a time when other Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who appears to be positioning himself to challenge Vance in 2028, are calling out antisemitism within the Republican Party.

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Texas can use the election map favored by President Donald Trump in the 2026 midterm election, according to a new report from CNN.

The ruling paves the way for Texas Republicans to use a map that will give them a significant advantage over Democrats in the election. It also blocked a lower court's ruling that the map was illegal because it was likely drawn on the basis of race, according to the report.

A federal judge signaled she is prepared to disqualify yet another improperly-appointed Trump administration prosecutor, this time in the Northern District of New York — just as he is starting to work on an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James.

According to Politico, "During oral arguments, U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield, appointed by President Barack Obama, appeared poised not only to toss the prosecutor, John Sarcone III, from the top job, but also from other posts that might allow him to serve in the same capacity."

A federal grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, on Thursday refused to return an indictment for New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking yet another setback for President Donald Trump's Justice Department in its bid to prosecute her.

However, reported MS NOW's Carol Leonnig, two sources tell her this isn't the end of the DOJ's attempts to bring the case.

President Donald Trump is being roundly condemned for making bigoted attacks on Somalis, whom he referred to collectively as “garbage” earlier this week.

During a Tuesday Cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump unleashed a racist tirade against Somali Americans living in Minnesota, whom he falsely portrayed as layabouts who sponge up welfare money.