This past weekend, the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — based in Boston — upheld a lower court’s injunction blocking President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting. The order, signed in March 2026, directed the Department of Homeland Security to...
On July 23, 2026, the United States Department of Justice withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three New York Times reporters to testify before a federal grand jury and identify their confidential sources. The withdrawal came during a court hearing in which a...
On July 23, 2026, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan addressed an audience of lawyers and judges from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Bellevue, Washington. She pushed back on the growing perception that the Supreme Court operates as an arm of the Trump...
On July 24, 2026, a new set of tariffs on imports from 60 countries took effect at 12:01 a.m., replacing a temporary set of worldwide levies that expired the same day. The new tariffs, ranging from 10 to 12.5%, cover countries accounting for approximately 99% of all...
On July 21, 2026, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill announced that a software error in the state’s motor vehicle system had accidentally registered approximately 6,600 noncitizens to vote between June 2023 and June 2024. Sherrill said the state had identified...
On July 21, 2026, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced that the federal government was deferring more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, citing suspected...