U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston ruled on June 25, 2026, that the Trump administration cannot enforce key parts of an executive order that would have let the U.S. Postal Service refuse to deliver mail ballots to voters who were not on a federally generated...
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 on June 25, 2026, in Mullin v. Doe that the Trump administration can end Temporary Protected Status, a designation that lets people from countries in crisis live and work in the United States legally without facing deportation, for more...
The Senate passed the 21st Century Road to Housing Act on June 22, 2026, by a vote of 85 to 5. The House passed it the next day, 358 to 32. It is one of the largest housing affordability bills in decades, with support from both parties in numbers rarely seen on any...
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....
