In May 2026, Elon Musk told The Economist that he had gotten ‘a little too involved in politics’ and said he ‘got carried away, frankly.’ On July 29, 2026, Axios reported that Musk had authorized his super political action committee, America...
On February 12, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule rescinding the agency’s 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding — the formal legal determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. EPA Administrator...
The November 3, 2026 midterm elections are 95 days away. Before voters cast general election ballots, most states must first hold primary elections to select the candidates who will appear in November. August is the last major primary month of the 2026 cycle. Between...
On July 27, 2026, President Trump held a rally at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan. He told the crowd that ‘Michigan is thriving,’ that ‘car companies are doing better than they’ve ever done,’ and that all of it was...
On March 31, 2026, Judge Randolph D. Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that President Trump’s executive order directing the termination of all federal funding to NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment of the Constitution. The...
On July 22, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Stop Insider Trading Act, a bill that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from buying individual stocks while in office. The vote was 232 to 198. Thirteen...