Saturday, June 27, 2026

Politics

Senate GOP scrambling for a strategy to please Trump on SAVE America Act

Senate Republicans are scrambling for a strategy to pass the SAVE America Act, a sweeping election reform bill, along with $67 billion to $350...

House panel advances $1.1 trillion defense spending bill with Department of War name change

The House Appropriations Committee has advanced its $1.1 trillion defense spending bill for fiscal 2027, legislation that includes a provision to rename the Defense...

Raskin aims to force vote on bill barring Trump 'anti-weaponization' fund

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Democratic leaders Thursday he plans to force a vote on legislation...

Supreme Court protects pesticides from some health claims in key Roundup case

The Supreme Court on Thursday restricted Americans’ ability to sue pesticide makers over alleged health harms stemming from their products. In a 7-2 ruling,...

Hard-liners grind House agenda to a halt over SAVE America Act demands 

A group of conservative hard-liners have effectively ground most House floor action to a halt until Congress acts on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility...

Supreme Court rules asylum seekers may be turned around, siding with Trump

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that the government may legally turn back asylum seekers who are attempting to reach a port...

Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate deportation protections for Haitians, Syrians  

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration can cut off temporary legal protections for thousands of Haitians and Syrians, deciding that federal judges have...

Inflation hits 4.1 percent in May, highest level in 3 years

Annual inflation hit the highest level in more than three years last month as prices across the economy rose at an even quicker pace,...

Johnson walks tightrope with SAVE America Act push in reconciliation 3.0

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is aiming to advance a grant program tied to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act in a Republicans...

Trump lays out new details on Reflecting Pool 'vandals'

President Trump on Wednesday went into greater detail about how he believes vandals were the cause of the damage to the newly renovated Lincoln...