Alito Goes After Lower Court Judges Who Dare to Rule Against Trump

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The New Republic criticizes Justice Samuel Alito's Federalist Society remarks that lower court judges who blocked Donald Trump's policies on mail-in voting, birthright citizenship, and his ballroom went "far astray in abuse of their powers," calling his warning that a Democratic Congress could "defund" the Supreme Court hyperbolic. The article also covers the Senate majority leader contest between Chuck Schumer and Chris Van Hollen, Walmart's $3.50-per-person 2026 Holiday Meal amid 4 percent inflation, and Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia's CEO over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

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