The mail voting fight arrives at its decisive week fully loaded. On Monday, the federal judge whose restraining order blocks the Postal Service’s mail ballot rule denied the administration’s request to pause that order pending appeal — ruling that a...
Congressional Democrats have formed a task force to prepare for the possibility that President Trump attempts to undermine November’s elections — by claiming fraud, by interfering in the voting process, or by contesting results — NPR reported Friday. The...
Last week, a federal judge struck down the State Department’s freeze on immigrant visas from 75 countries, ruling the policy unlawful. The administration’s response was not to narrow the policy. It was to expand it to everyone. On Tuesday, the State...
The economic backdrop to the midterms turned visibly worse this month. Growth slowed to 1.5 percent in the second quarter, down from 2.1 percent in the first. The Conference Board reported that consumer confidence fell in August. Inflation, per The Hill’s...
Late Thursday night, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing core parts of its newly finalized mail ballot rule — one day after she had vacated her own nationwide injunction and...
The U.S.-Canada trade war now has two armed sides and no negotiation. On Tuesday, Canada published its retaliation for the 50 percent U.S. tariffs that took effect August 22: duties of 15, 25, and 50 percent on more than 700 American products — nearly C$27.6 billion,...
