POLITICS
US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump's order to create a federal voter list
Read full article: US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump's order to create a federal voter listA federal appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that halted President Donald Trump's efforts to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot.
Cori Bush and Wesley Bell's rematch sets up key test for Democrats in Missouri
Read full article: Cori Bush and Wesley Bell's rematch sets up key test for Democrats in MissouriFormer Rep. Cori Bush, outside the courthouse where the Dred Scott case was argued, promises to reverse her ouster from Congress.
Airstrikes have paused and talks are pressing forward. But can the US and Iran take the off-ramp?
Read full article: Airstrikes have paused and talks are pressing forward. But can the US and Iran take the off-ramp?The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing.
Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years
Read full article: Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 yearsLiving through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits.
Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan Collins
Read full article: Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan CollinsFormer state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson has secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine.
Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics
Read full article: Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politicsThe Trump administration has again acknowledged in court documents that it terminated $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state,” in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Biden drops lawsuit seeking to block release of recordings of his interviews with a ghostwriter
Read full article: Biden drops lawsuit seeking to block release of recordings of his interviews with a ghostwriterJoe Biden has dropped a lawsuit in which he sought block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before the Delaware Democrat was elected president.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens in Democratic US Senate primary
Read full article: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens in Democratic US Senate primaryMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate over progressive Abdul El-Sayed.
Trump says the US will investigate EU trade practices, claiming the bloc unfairly fined tech giants
Read full article: Trump says the US will investigate EU trade practices, claiming the bloc unfairly fined tech giantsPresident Donald Trump says the United States will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices.
White House wants veterans to replace immigrant truckers who lost their licenses in crackdown
Read full article: White House wants veterans to replace immigrant truckers who lost their licenses in crackdownThe Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military.
Trump returns to correspondents' dinner for a rambling, insult-filled speech 3 months after shooting
Read full article: Trump returns to correspondents' dinner for a rambling, insult-filled speech 3 months after shootingPresident Donald Trump has returned to the stage of the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
Wisconsin voters sue to allow for vote to count if absentee ballot is late
Read full article: Wisconsin voters sue to allow for vote to count if absentee ballot is lateA new lawsuit argues that voters in swing state Wisconsin whose absentee ballots haven't arrived by Election Day should be allowed to cast provisional ballots at the polls to ensure their vote is counted.
The Latest: Trump says US will investigate EU trade practices for ‘unethical’ fines on Google
Read full article: The Latest: Trump says US will investigate EU trade practices for ‘unethical’ fines on GooglePresident Donald Trump says the U.S. will open a formal investigation into the European Union’s trade practices.
Democrats select South Carolina to kick off presidential nominating contest in 2028, leave Iowa out
Read full article: Democrats select South Carolina to kick off presidential nominating contest in 2028, leave Iowa outDemocrats have selected South Carolina to hold the first presidential nominating contest in 2028.
From prison fears to fireworks, Chinese pastor recounts sudden release after Trump's intervention
Read full article: From prison fears to fireworks, Chinese pastor recounts sudden release after Trump's interventionChinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri recounts how his fears turned to uncertainty and then joy after he was unexpectedly released from detention in China.
Federal judges allow new Tennessee congressional map that splits majority-Black district in Memphis
Read full article: Federal judges allow new Tennessee congressional map that splits majority-Black district in MemphisA federal judicial panel has allowed a new Tennessee congressional map that splits apart a majority-Black district in Memphis.
Alaska sends 3,000 letters asking voters to verify their citizenship ahead of this year's elections
Read full article: Alaska sends 3,000 letters asking voters to verify their citizenship ahead of this year's electionsAlaska has sent more than 3,000 letters to residents asking them to verify their citizenship ahead of this year's elections.
Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California's primary despite efforts to count every vote
Read full article: Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California's primary despite efforts to count every voteNearly 150,000 voters have had their mail-in ballots rejected for California’s June primary election, a sharp spike from previous primaries.
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court is not a rubber stamp for Trump
Read full article: Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court is not a rubber stamp for TrumpJustice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court may be deeply conservative but it is not simply a rubber stamp for President Donald Trump.
Next stop, Trump Station? Administration wants to rename New York’s Penn Station
Read full article: Next stop, Trump Station? Administration wants to rename New York’s Penn StationThe Trump administration is seeking to rename Manhattan’s Penn Station as part of a planned $8 billion redesign of the country’s busiest transit hub.
Education Department rescinds disparate impact rule, a key tool used to assess school discrimination
Read full article: Education Department rescinds disparate impact rule, a key tool used to assess school discriminationThe Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, rescinding a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement.
Senate committee postpones vote on whether to advance CDC director nominee
Read full article: Senate committee postpones vote on whether to advance CDC director nomineeThe Senate health committee has delayed a vote planned for Thursday on whether to advance the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Democrats urge IRS watchdog to find out why a top lawyer who clashed with White House left his job
Read full article: Democrats urge IRS watchdog to find out why a top lawyer who clashed with White House left his jobSenate Democrats want a watchdog at the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the recent departure of a high-ranking IRS attorney who clashed with President Donald Trump's White House after the attorney raised concerns about influence over taxpayer audits.
Democrats say Social Security boss' message pushed misleading statements on Trump tax law's benefits
Read full article: Democrats say Social Security boss' message pushed misleading statements on Trump tax law's benefitsCongressional Democrats are squaring off with President Donald Trump's administration over one of the most potent political issues in the country ahead of this year’s midterm elections: Social Security.
Laura Loomer meets Zelenskyy in Ukraine after her major reversal on the war
Read full article: Laura Loomer meets Zelenskyy in Ukraine after her major reversal on the warLaura Loomer, President Donald Trump's ally with a reputation for incendiary social media comments, has sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a dramatic about-face regarding the war.
More than 24 states sue Trump administration after it put conditions on receiving disaster funding
Read full article: More than 24 states sue Trump administration after it put conditions on receiving disaster fundingMore than two dozen states have sued the Trump administration after it required them to comply with election and immigration conditions to get billions of dollars in federal funding for disasters.
A member of Vance's Secret Service detail is being investigated over a suspected news leak
Read full article: A member of Vance's Secret Service detail is being investigated over a suspected news leakThe Secret Service says a member of Vice President JD Vance’s security detail is being investigated over a suspected news leak.
Fate of ICC chief prosecutor heads to unprecedented vote as US sanctions keep him out of New York
Read full article: Fate of ICC chief prosecutor heads to unprecedented vote as US sanctions keep him out of New YorkDiplomats from around the world are gathering at United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday to decide whether to permanently remove the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
Trump fetes Dodgers at the White House again, saying the team is 'one of the great brands'
Read full article: Trump fetes Dodgers at the White House again, saying the team is 'one of the great brands'President Donald Trump has celebrated the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House, calling the team “one of the great brands anywhere in the world.”.
Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers
Read full article: Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centersPresident Donald Trump is having governors and electricity companies join a pledge aimed at shielding U.S. consumers from higher utility bills because data centers.
House again passes a resolution seeking to halt military action in Iran as the conflict escalates
Read full article: House again passes a resolution seeking to halt military action in Iran as the conflict escalatesThe House has narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain.