Two federal judges in two separate courts have spent June asking the Justice Department to confirm, formally and in writing, that it has abandoned the $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund. In both cases, the department has declined. The fund itself traces back to a...
On July 1, 2026, five separate changes to the federal student loan system take effect at once. The Biden-era SAVE repayment plan officially ends. New borrowing limits and a new repayment plan created by last year’s reconciliation law begin. Interest rates rise...
Nebraska Started Enforcing Medicaid Work Rules in May. Economists Say a Million Jobs Are at Stake. On May 1, 2026, Nebraska became the first state to begin enforcing Medicaid work requirements created by the 2025 reconciliation law, ahead of the national deadline....
The Senate passed a $70 billion bill on June 5, 2026 to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol through the end of Trump’s term. The vote was 52 to 47. Every Democrat voted no. The only Republican who voted no was Lisa Murkowski of Alaska....
On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that President Trump’s tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were unlawful. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the opinion. The ruling struck down both the Reciprocal Tariffs first imposed in...
FISA Section 702, the surveillance law that allows U.S. intelligence agencies to monitor foreign targets, expired on June 12. On June 14, President Trump posted on Truth Social to explain his conditions for bringing it back. “I’m against FISA if it...
