Energy companies have urged the Supreme Court to shut down states’ attempts to hold them responsible for the impacts of climate change.
Roughly three dozen such lawsuits have been filed against those companies, and more are expected — particularly if Boulder County, the Colorado county whose case was argued before the court, prevails.
The companies told the court it’s a national issue to be handled by Congress, not settled by local lawsuits.
Boulder County said its lawsuit isn’t just about emissions but also about the companies’ failure to be truthful with the public about the dangers and costs of climate change related to those emissions.
As the court opened its new term, it also declined to hear a case involving public school students who were banned from wearing “Let’s Go Brandon” sweatshirts to class because officials said the slogan was vulgar.
Lower courts had agreed with the Tri County Area School District in Michigan, finding that although the words included no explicit profanity, the intent of the words, which were a euphemism against former President Joe Biden, was vulgar.
Other rejections included the Justice Department’s request to restore a case against a man convicted of methamphetamine use, and a case involving whether an Alabama judge tainted a capital murder case by scaring jurors after he arrested a juror who was 30 minutes late for court.
Alex Ovechkin has finally decided it is time. The legendary Washington Capitals captain announced that this season, his 22nd in the NHL, will be his last.
The 41-year-old forward made his announcement 21 years to the day after his NHL debut, saying “I love this game so much, but I know in my heart it’s the right decision.”
Washington is two games into its season, but Ovechkin said he wanted to make the announcement before the Capitals home opener Wednesday against Pittsburgh, “so I have the chance to thank all the people around the game.”
Speculation picked up about Ovechkin’s retirement at the end of last season, with tributes to him and his accomplishments in back-to-back games between the Capitals and Penguins in April. “The Great 8” played coy, however, and signed a one-year contract extension in July.
The No. 1 pick in the 2004 NHL draft, Ovechkin has spent his entire career as a Capital, becoming one of the greatest professional athletes in Washington history. He passed Wayne Gretzky in April 2025 as the NHL’s all-time leading goal scorer, with 929 and counting.
President Trump’s idea to pay $5,000 to every American adult continues to draw scrutiny.
The idea would cost the federal government roughly $1.22 trillion based on $5,000 checks for 245 million adults.
The president claims he would pay for the checks with revenue the U.S. is receiving from foreign investment in data centers, pharmaceutical plants and other factories. But his investment figure of $21 trillion is nearly double the $11.2 trillion listed on the White House website and appears to conflate private-industry commitments with Treasury revenue.
James Talarico has been sounding the alarm that Christian nationalism threatens both Christianity and American democracy.
Now, the Democratic nominee for a Senate seat in Texas is still leaning hard into that message while fending off Republican attacks that his theology is out of step with his state.
Some Democrats praise his emphasis on Christian values as a long‑overdue reframing of religious politics, while Republicans criticize him for using his faith for political ends.
In a July sermon at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Talarico warned Christian nationalism had “reared its ugly head” in recent state policy fights. His refrain had not changed: Christians are called to resist domination, not sanctify it.
And finally … The perception that President Trump continues to view Taiwan as a bargaining chip in his back-and-forth negotiations with China has many in the Indo-Pacific on edge.
Critics argue he missed a critical opportunity to push back against an increasingly aggressive China. Others said Trump’s use of pomp and pageantry during a recent state visit showed he understands Chinese President Xi Jinping better than most observers have given him credit for.
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