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Washington, DC – On June 30, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a 50-year-old federal campaign finance law that capped how much national political parties could spend in direct coordination with their candidates, r…
DENVER — Democratic socialist Melat Kiros, 29, has unseated 15-term U.S. Representative Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, delivering one of the most significant setbacks t…
Tel Aviv — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday announced that Israel will seek to end American financial assistance, saying the country no longer needs US aid and describing it as 'like welfare.' He outl…
Jefferson City, Missouri. Missourians will vote in August on whether to renew the one‑tenth of one percent Parks, Soils and Water Sales Tax that funds 57 state parks, 36 historic sites and soil and water conservation pro…
A Washington Post report published on June 30, 2026, details how White House officials secretly awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $500 million to Virginia-based Clark Construction for a new East Wing ballroom. The ag…
Construction of a new helipad on the White House South Lawn has begun without a public announcement from the Trump administration, according to a recent report. Work reportedly started Monday night behind security fencin…
House Republican leaders are considering using the Senate’s budget reconciliation process to advance former President Donald Trump’s signature voting proposal, the Save America Act, without needing 60 votes to overcome a…
Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 30, 2025, struck down President Donald Trump's executive order that sought to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents present unlawfully or te…
Washington. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls' and women's public school and college sports teams, with Justice Brett Kava…
Tampa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $117.6 billion fiscal 2027 budget Monday at Hillsborough Community College, issuing approximately $810 million in line-item vetoes and rejecting a $750 million transfer. The ena…
Delaware — As the General Assembly met June 30, legislators sought final-session votes on measures including House Bill 444, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which passed the House and awaited Senate committee review, a…
Washington, D.C. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. returned to the U.S. Capitol this week and delivered a floor speech explaining a months-long absence from the House after missing more than 100 votes since March 5; he said doctors trea…
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a Republican-backed challenge to invalidate mail ballots that arrive after Election Day, allowing 14 states to keep counting ballots postmarked by Election Day but delivered later. The…
Washington — On June 30, incumbent Colorado Democrats faced progressive primary challenges as voters prepared to decide intra-party nominations. Representative Diana DeGette was challenged by Melat Kiros, and Senator Joh…
United States. The U.S. Supreme Court this week cleared the way for the Department of Homeland Security to move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Haitian and Syrian nationals, a d…
The United States is preparing for its 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, with two separate, politically divided federal celebrations developing on opposite coasts. On the East Coast, the Trump administration’s "Freedom …
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington has ruled that federal courts generally lack authority to review decisions by the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate or terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for foreign…
Edward "Jake" Lang, who was previously pardoned for his role in the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, was involved in a confrontation outside the 2026 BET Awards at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday,…
BOSTON, United States – A federal judge in Boston has temporarily blocked key parts of a Trump administration executive order that sought to restrict who could vote by mail in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. In a prelim…
Israel – Iranian cyberattacks on Israeli systems have tripled over the past year, Israel’s National Cyber Directorate chief Yossi Karadi said in a June 29, 2026 interview with German newspaper Die Welt. Karadi reported t…
Georgia officials this week reported a 15.2% SNAP error rate and are preparing to cover increased administrative fees and potential benefit repayments under the One Big Beautiful Bill enacted July 4, 2025; the state flag…
A federal appeals court in Washington has rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s bid under the Trump administration to abandon a 2024 rule that tightens limits on fine particulate, or soot, pollution across the U…
Trenton — Lawmakers passed a $60.7 billion fiscal year 2027 budget and approved a supplemental spending bill late Sunday, June 28, and advanced an increase to the child tax credit; the supplemental package reportedly con…
The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing the end of its current term, expected to conclude in early July, with several major rulings pending on presidential authority and election rules. Justices are set to decide challenges to…
The Trump administration supported a major mining agreement granting an American company access to one of the world’s largest undeveloped tungsten deposits in Kazakhstan, a metal critical for missile systems, fighter jet…