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Nation District of Columbia Court erases party spending limits WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that’s more than 50 years old. Prodded by a Republican-led Ohio lawsuit, the court’s conservative justices Tuesday were again in the majority of the latest decision that upended congressionally enacted limits on raising and spending money to influence elections. The party spending limits stem from a desire to prevent large ...

Top Court upholds birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. By a 6-3 vote, the court struck down Trump’s order. A bare majority of five justices, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, held that the long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, makes a citizen of anyone born in the country, with very limited ...

Horoscope: Thursday, July 2

Thursday, July 2 Like the golden apples of Greek myth, what was planted long ago now bears fruit. Aries (March 21-April 19) Don’t worry about what’s smart, cool or sophisticated. Warmth is the quality people really respond to now. A conversation doesn’t have to be deep to be meaningful. You’ll connect best through laughter and shared experience. Taurus (April 20-May 20) We often judge people not by what they did, but by what we wish they had done. Before deciding someone has disappointed you, consider whether you’re reacting to what they really did or to an expectation ...

Restarting treatment after ONJ

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m currently in the final stages of recovering from osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). Getting a diagnosis took two months, all of which I spent in excruciating pain. I finally found someone that has knowledge of ONJ. Can this condition recur if I continue taking Prolia? — N.L. Answer: ONJ is a rare side effect of denosumab (Prolia), with one large trial finding the equivalent of about 5 cases per 1,000 people after 10 years. Another trial found that it may be as high as 28 cases. There’s a very low risk of recurrence of ONJ if you were to restart Prolia. In ...

Husband constantly needs to have TV on

Dear Annie: My husband is one of those people who always needs the TV on. Eating dinner? TV on. Getting dressed? TV on. Even working, he’ll have it on — muted if necessary, but on. I’m not anti-TV, but I do feel it steals from the quality time we could be sharing. When we eat, he looks at the screen instead of at me. Beyond that, I worry about why he’s so uncomfortable with silence. I meditate almost daily and find stillness important. His constant need for distraction looks like running from his own thoughts. How do I bring this up without sounding like a nagging wife? — ...

U.S. military justice in Britain needs scrutiny

A British victim of crime, on British soil, might reasonably expect their assailant to be tried in the British justice system. That was not Sarah Steele’s experience. U.S. military police quickly took charge of investigating her assault by Jacob Wulfson in late 2023, and the airman was prosecuted in a U.S. court martial — for a crime that took place off duty and off base, in an English city. Downing Street said on Friday that it was “very concerning” that the case never reached the Crown Prosecution Service, and the Ministry of Justice has said it will look into it. Dr. Steele ...