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President Donald Trump called off a scheduled signing ceremony for bipartisan legislation intended to accelerate affordable housing construction, posting on Truth Social that the event is cancelled until Congress passes the SAVE AMERICA ACT, which he labeled a national emergency. The housing bill had cleared the Senate and House with lopsided major…
President Donald Trump will begin a 16-day observance of the United States' 250th anniversary with a rally on the National Mall, a move that highlights the convergence of formal celebration and his campaign-style public events. The festivities, culminating on July 4, have been mired in controversy over programming changes, the removal of several mu…
The U.S. Supreme Court is heading into the final days of its term with a disproportionate number of consequential cases that directly test President Donald Trump’s efforts to broaden executive authority. With five rulings already released on Tuesday and additional opinions anticipated later in the week, the court faces decisions on birthright citiz…
President Donald Trump will meet privately with Senate Republicans to urge passage of the SAVE America Act, a voting restrictions package that has failed repeatedly to clear procedural and vote thresholds in the chamber. The bill would impose photo ID requirements for federal elections, require proof of U.S. citizenship for registration, and mandat…
Cait Conley, a U.S. Army veteran and former White House national security official, won the Democratic primary on June 23 to become the challenger to Republican Representative Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th District. The contest pits a candidate with national security credentials and growing campaign resources against an incumbent who has repeatedl…
A U.S. district judge in California vacated two Trump administration policies that expanded arrests at immigration courthouses and extended the permissible length of short-term detention by immigration authorities. The ruling reinstates prior limits that restricted courthouse arrests to narrow circumstances and capped short-term detention at 12 hou…
The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 to approve a war powers resolution directing President Donald Trump to cease U.S. military operations against Iran, joining a House vote earlier this month. The measure is the first concurrent congressional resolution of its kind since the War Powers Resolution was enacted in 1973, but legal scholars and the White House …
A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily lifted a July 3 deadline that would have required the National Park Service to reinstall dozens of signs and exhibits removed under a presidential directive. The panel left in place most of a lower court's injunction against implementation of the executive order but is con…
The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 to adopt a concurrent resolution directing the president to end U.S. hostilities with Iran, with four Republican senators joining nearly the entire Democratic caucus in support. The measure, which passed the House earlier this month, invokes the War Powers Resolution and is widely viewed as largely symbolic given procedu…
A five-day national poll that concluded on Monday finds only about one in four Americans view the U.S. war with Iran as worth its costs. The same survey shows President Donald Trump’s overall approval rating slipping to 34%, matching the lowest level of his current term, and widespread doubt that a preliminary deal signed on June 17 will produce la…
A slate of competitive primaries in New York and a pivotal runoff in South Carolina converge Tuesday to highlight intraparty tensions, vulnerable incumbents and high-profile entrants. New York’s mayor has backed three far-left candidates linked to democratic socialists in bids against two established Democratic incumbents and for an open Queens sea…
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has backed a slate of democratic socialist candidates in local primaries that pit insurgent left-leaning contenders against established Democrats. While success for his allies would signal growing influence in deep-blue cities, party leaders warn that victories in primary battles may complicate Democrats’ chances in co…
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders directing a government-wide push to build a powerful quantum computer for scientific research with a target of 2028, while setting goals to protect federal systems from quantum-enabled cyber threats by migrating to post-quantum cryptography by 2030 or 2031. The measures also call for international …
A federal court has restrained the Department of Homeland Security from permitting state and local officials to use a reworked immigration database, SAVE, to cross-check voter rolls. The decision follows a legal challenge by voting rights and privacy groups and comes as control of Congress is at stake in the November midterm elections.
A federal court has enjoined the Trump administration from employing a revised immigration-status database to validate state voter lists. The decision, issued in a 75-page opinion, sided with advocates who argued the system overhaul undermined accuracy and risked disenfranchising eligible voters, halting a planned expansion of federal involvement i…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has barred the Trump administration from employing a revised immigration verification system to screen state voter registries, agreeing with advocates that the overhaul of the SAVE database decreased its reliability and posed a risk of removing eligible voters from rolls. The ruling arrives as Republicans contest…
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee said Monday that Republican Chairman Brett Guthrie and the committee’s top Democrat Frank Pallone have reached a bipartisan agreement targeting social media use by young people. Lawmakers said they worked for months to find common ground but did not release specifics of the measures. Committee leaders sa…
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has completed an assessment that identifies notable security weaknesses in U.S. voting machines, but the White House has withheld the report in the run-up to the November midterms. The document, which draws on both open-source and classified intelligence, recommends measures such as software updat…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer 'will resign,' criticizing his handling of immigration and energy policy. The comment arrives amid growing turmoil in London after a decisive by-election victory for Andy Burnham and reports that Starmer's allies expect him to announce a departure timetable.
On June 19, Maine Democrats selected state auditor Matthew Dunlap as their nominee for the state's 2nd Congressional District. The largely rural seat, which tilts Republican at the presidential level, is open after centrist Democrat Jared Golden chose not to run again. Dunlap, running as a progressive, emerged from a primary field that included sta…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has been elevated to lead the Trump administration’s negotiations to pause hostilities with Iran. A provisional agreement suspended fighting while deferring key issues to 60 days of talks. The assignment places Vance at the center of a sensitive diplomatic effort that could influence his future ambitions, expose him to …
A government intelligence report identifying notable vulnerabilities in U.S. voting machines has been held back by the White House despite months of internal briefings. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) concluded that some machines run outdated software and can connect to networks, and recommended remediation steps such as …
A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court’s injunction that had stopped the Trump administration’s National Park Service from removing a slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. The 3rd U.S. Circuit found the removal did not qualify as a reviewable agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act, even …
President Donald Trump on Thursday urged that Utah should be prevented from moving to an all-mail voting format ahead of the state’s primaries next week, posting on Truth Social that "We should stop Utah from doing this." He repeated longstanding concerns about mail-in ballots enabling misconduct, despite providing no evidence. Utah and Colorado ar…
Copies of the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding circulated on Capitol Hill after the White House dispatched the signed interim agreement, provoking fierce criticism from several Republican senators and prominent conservative commentators who say the deal grants Iran substantial benefits - including potential asset releases and a large private f…
