California Ballot to Decide One-Time Billionaire Wealth Tax

 

SACRAMENTO, California — Union leaders said Thursday that a proposed ballot measure to impose a one-time 5% tax on residents worth more than $1 billion will appear on the November ballot; the measure targets approximately 250 billionaires and cites Jan. 1, 2026 residency for liability, aiming to raise roughly $100...

Boston judge blocks Trump order limiting mail voting

 

Boston — A federal judge in Boston has halted key parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting nationwide, marking a significant legal setback for the administration’s efforts to reshape federal election rules. In a ruling issued Thursday, June 25, 2026, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani found that...

Washington: Trump clashes with Senator Cassidy over Iran war

 

In Washington on Wednesday, President Donald Trump had a heated exchange with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy during a private lunch with Senate Republicans, according to the Associated Press. The confrontation centered on the ongoing war in Iran and a Senate war powers resolution passed the previous day aimed at restricting...

Washington Republicans reverse war powers vote after Trump confrontation

 

Senate Republicans held an emergency late-night vote Wednesday in Washington to reverse their previous support for a war powers resolution that had passed the chamber one day earlier. The original measure was intended as a rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the ongoing military conflict in Iran. According to...

DOJ and Kansas Seek Court Ruling on Tuition Eligibility

 

Topeka, Kansas. On Wednesday the U.S. Justice Department sued Kansas, asking a federal judge to invalidate the state law that grants certain undocumented residents in-state college tuition; Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach joined the DOJ’s filing seeking an order to bar universities and state officials from enforcing HB 2145 this...

Florida Everglades detention camp to close after year

 

OCHOPEE, Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the Everglades detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" will close after nearly a year of operation; contractors have been ordered to begin full demobilization this week and detainees were relocated earlier as officials cited hurricane-season safety concerns. Federal authorities coordinated transfers and state...

Louisiana lawmakers approve fund diversion for teacher stipends

 

Baton Rouge. Louisiana lawmakers approved Gov. Jeff Landry's executive order this week to redirect $168 million from the state's K‑12 funding formula to provide one-year stipends of $2,000 for teachers and $1,000 for qualifying support staff; both chambers recorded supermajority votes on the measure on June 24. The vote follows voters...

Washington: Trump blocks bipartisan housing bill signing

 

In Washington on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned White House signing ceremony for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a major bipartisan housing affordability bill. Trump said he would not sign the widely supported measure until Congress passes his controversial election security proposal,...

Washington: Trump orders DOJ probe into fuel price gouging

 

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2026 — President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to open an immediate investigation into major energy companies for alleged fuel price manipulation. In posts on Truth Social on Wednesday morning, he accused large oil firms of failing to pass on sharply lower crude...

Washington: Acting intelligence chief orders sweeping ODNI cuts

 

Acting Director of National Intelligence William “Bill” Pulte has initiated substantial personnel reductions at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) shortly after assuming the role on June 19, 2026, following Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation. According to multiple intelligence sources and internal agency logs, Pulte dismissed six political appointees...