Voters in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Vermont go to the polls on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, in the next round of primaries ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. Minnesota carries the day’s heaviest card: an open governor’s race created by...
The Senate voted 50 to 49 in the early hours of Saturday, August 8, 2026, to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General of the United States. Every Democrat voted no, joined by two Republicans: Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Senator Mitch McConnell...
In December 2025, the Supreme Court refused to let the Trump administration proceed with its National Guard deployment in the Chicago area while litigation continued. Eight days later, Trump ended the Los Angeles deployment and abandoned attempted deployments in...
Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal food assistance program formerly known as food stamps and commonly called SNAP, has fallen by more than 4.5 million people since July 2025, according to an analysis by the Center on Budget and...
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced on August 7, 2026, that she will vote against the confirmation of Todd Blanche as Attorney General of the United States, citing concerns about the politicization of the Justice Department under his leadership....
On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3, along ideological lines, that Louisiana’s majority-Black congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The ruling, in the case Louisiana v. Callais, effectively gutted what remained of Section...
