President Donald Trump announced Monday his intention to eliminate mail-in ballots through executive action, following what he described as reinforcing comments from Russian President Vladimir Putin about American voting practices. On the morning of Aug. 18, President Trump took to his Truth Social platform to declare his comprehensive assault on […]
The United States Department of State has suspended all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza following a controversial social media campaign by far-right activist Laura Loomer. On Saturday, the State Department announced the immediate suspension of all Gaza visitor visas, stating: “All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped […]
The Congressional Budget Office has issued a warning that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation could trigger automatic cuts to Medicare totaling nearly $500 billion over the next decade, according to a May 20 letter from CBO Director Phillip Swagel to House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle. The warning […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom has formally launched a redistricting counter-campaign designed to neutralize Republican gains in Texas. On August 15, 2025, Newsom announced California’s “Election Rigging Response Act,” calling for a special election on November 4 to seek voter approval for new congressional maps drawn to potentially flip five GOP-held […]
The Trump administration was forced to scale back its attempt to federalize the District of Columbia’s police force on Friday after a federal judge expressed skepticism about the legality of placing a federal official in direct control of local law enforcement. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, appointed by former President […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an unprecedented order Thursday evening appointing Drug Enforcement Administration chief Terrence Cole as the District’s “emergency police commissioner,” stripping local control over the Metropolitan Police Department and rescinding sanctuary city protections. The legality of Bondi’s action now poses a separate constitutional question. In Order No. […]
The Trump administration has released the annual State Department human rights report. The document has been scaled back to just one-tenth the length of its 2023 predecessor. The report eliminates entire sections on abuses against women and LGBTQ people while softening criticism of nations aligned with the Trump administration. According […]
The U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) experienced its largest monthly increase in three years during July, rising 0.9% compared to the previous month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday that this jump far exceeded economists’ expectations of just 0.2% growth, while the annual inflation rate at the wholesale level […]
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the government can continue withholding billions of dollars in foreign aid funding that Congress had appropriated for fiscal year 2024. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit voted 2-1 to overturn a district court injunction that had required the State Department and U.S. Agency […]
The U.S. government’s gross national debt has crossed the $37 trillion threshold for the first time in American history. The Treasury Department’s latest daily financial report confirmed this historic high on August 12, revealing that the debt reached $37,004,817,625,842.56. This moment arrives years ahead of pre-pandemic projections, as the Congressional […]
