The Department of Justice is offering a combined $3 billion for state and local governments to combat illegal immigration. President Donald Trump’s officials posted the funding opportunity June 15 under the Bridging Immigration-Related Deficits Experienced Nationwide Program, or “BIDEN.” The program stems from provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed in July 2025, […]
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked key portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to tighten rules governing mail-in voting, ruling the president lacked constitutional authority to impose the changes on states ahead of this year’s midterm elections. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction halting implementation of several provisions in Trump’s […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) joined the likes of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) this month, becoming the latest Democratic leader to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. President Donald Trump has had an up-and-down relationship with Carney throughout his time in office, made contentious by Trump’s tariffs and his […]
Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Nicholas Gluba and his running mate, Jules Cutler, are challenging an Iowa state decision to remove them from the Nov. 3 ballot. A panel comprised of Attorney General Brenna Bird, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, who are all Republicans, ruled last week that the running […]
The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a key win on Thursday on his immigration policy, allowing his administration to end temporary protected status for people from Haiti and Syria. The high court ruled 6-3, on ideological lines, that the homeland security secretary’s determination on whether to end TPS for a country cannot be challenged. […]
The Supreme Court handed gun rights activists a major victory on Thursday, striking down a sweeping Hawaii gun law that required gun owners to get permission to carry their firearms on any private property in the state. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the 6-3 majority opinion, finding Hawaii’s law is unconstitutional under both the Second and […]
The Supreme Court has granted legal immunity to Bayer, maker of the weedkiller Roundup, from lawsuits alleging that the chemical glyphosate causes cancer. The 7-2 decision announced on Thursday will send a shockwave through the Make America Healthy Again movement, which blames the chemical not only for rising cancer rates among agriculture workers but also […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is fuming over Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-SD) decision not to push back the planned July 4th recess ahead of any votes on the SAVE America Act, promising to shut down the House floor as long as the Senate recess lasts. Thune held a vote to adjourn the Senate […]
Hundreds of people have died across Western Europe as a result of a record-breaking heatwave over the past week. Spain’s Health Ministry said Thursday that as many as 212 people have died in the country since Saturday due to the heat wave, using data provided by regional governments. A monitoring system in the country recorded […]
Tuesday night’s electoral shock wave in New York City may have just solidified the unified midterm message President Donald Trump and Republicans have been looking for. On Tuesday, community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier ousted incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander bested incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), and state Assemblywoman […]
