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Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected the idea of being a swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court during an appearance in Arkansas on Saturday, despite cases where she’s split from the court’s conservative majority. Barrett, who President Donald Trump nominated to the court in 2020, spoke for an hour about her work during an event at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Conservatives hold a 6-3 majority on the court, but Barrett has sided with the liberal justices on several key cases over the years. But Barrett said she doesn’t view herself as a swing vote. “I don’t like that label because it makes me sound sort of flighty,” she said during the “Building Bridges” Q&A with Crystal Bridges Board Chair Olivia Walton. “You could say a lot of things. I don’t think I’m flighty. I think independent, or just following the law, would be the way to describe it.” Barrett said that being a judge means that sometimes she’ll decide a case where she doesn’t like the results. “I thi...

A recent SEC filing reveals President Donald Trump’s Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media and Technology Group, sloughed off more than $400 million last quarter and brought in only a few hundred thousand dollars in sales. Trump’s family may be cashing in big through government contracts and federally-enabled crypto schemes, but the president’s own social media company appears to be bleeding. The company reported only $871,200 in revenue in the first three months of 2026, but also revealed a nearly $406 million net loss in 2026, which amounted to a total $387.8 million loss after accounting for earnings, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. The company blamed its $405.9 million net loss and a $387.8 million Adjusted EBITDA loss for “non-cash losses including unrealized losses on digital assets, digital assets pledged, and equity securities, accreted interest, and stock-based compensation.” Despite the red ink, the company claims “a strong balance sheet” and that it will be “...

The Irish Star reports critics bushwhacked a White House social media post wherein it proclaimed to be an ally of small business when consumer satisfaction is historically low. The mass attack came on the heels of a small business summit held at the White House, after which the White House posted on X, stating : "Small businesses are the backbone of America. They drive 40 percent of our economy, power American manufacturing and support working families nationwide.” But hundreds of online critics swarmed the comments section to share their fury at President Donald Trump and the business environment he’s created for the small businesses he claims to appreciate. “As a small business owner, you have made everything MUCH worse. You're the enemy of the United States and of the American people,” said one critic, according to the Star. “Trump just gave small business the death sentence,” posted another . “With fuel doubled, family businesses will be going into bankruptcy from Trump...

As of right now, CNN anchor Jake Tapper says Republicans appear to “have the edge” in the gerrymandering arms race that President Donald Trump set off with his extreme mid-decade gerrymander in Texas. But CNN data analyst John King says there are some things that even the most extreme undemocratic tampering can’t fix. With Republicans determined to lock in a permanent House majority by picking their own voters and the Supreme Court agreeing to let white-majority Southern legislators “go back and take away the majority Black districts,” King said Republicans look like they’re winning their gerrymander war. But he added that “this is still a bad Republican year.” “[B]ased on historical odds — it’s usually 25 seats on average since World War II — the party in power loses 25 seats in the House in a midterm election year. So the Democrats, on average, are still poised to get there.” If Democrats have a “below average year,” King said Republicans could maintain their gerrymandering advantag...

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President Donald Trump’s Justice Department recently targeted a powerful Virginia Democrat — but one expert worries that the Democratic Party will not be the primary casualty of this prosecution. “[MS NOW’s Carol] Leonnig also reports that Lindsey Halligan, a former insurance lawyer who Trump illegally attempted to install as the top federal prosecutor in eastern Virginia, pressured prosecutors to bring charges against Lucas prior to the midterm elections, believing that ‘it would be good for the White House to be able, before the midterms, to accuse a prominent state Democrat in Virginia with bribery,’” wrote Vox's legal reporter Ian Millhiser on Thursday . Millhiser, who noted that the Justice Department claims to have been investigating Lucas for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes since President Joe Biden’s administration, added that the charges against her may have at least some merit. Yet even if the charges against her are valid, Millhiser pointed out that the charge...