Elon Musk Said He Got Too Involved in Politics. His PAC Is Spending Up to $120 Million on the Midterms.
In May 2026, Elon Musk told The Economist that he had gotten 'a little too involved in politics' and said he 'got carried away, frankly.' On July 29, 2026, Axios reported that Musk had authorized his super political action committee, America PAC, to spend between $100...
The EPA Repealed the Legal Basis for All Federal Climate Rules. 24 States Are Suing to Get It Back.
On February 12, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule rescinding the agency's 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding — the formal legal determination that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. EPA Administrator Lee...
The August Primaries Start in Four Days. Here Is What Is on the Ballot Before November 3.
The November 3, 2026 midterm elections are 95 days away. Before voters cast general election ballots, most states must first hold primary elections to select the candidates who will appear in November. August is the last major primary month of the 2026 cycle. Between...
Trump Said Michigan Is Thriving. Michigan Has Lost 8,300 Manufacturing Jobs Since His Tariffs.
On July 27, 2026, President Trump held a rally at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan. He told the crowd that 'Michigan is thriving,' that 'car companies are doing better than they've ever done,' and that all of it was happening 'all because of...
Trump’s Order to Defund NPR and PBS Violated the First Amendment. The Stations Are Closing Anyway.
On March 31, 2026, Judge Randolph D. Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that President Trump's executive order directing the termination of all federal funding to NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment of the Constitution. The order,...
House Passes Stock Trading Ban With Presidential Exemption and Voter ID Requirement
On July 22, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Stop Insider Trading Act, a bill that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from buying individual stocks while in office. The vote was 232 to 198. Thirteen...
Trump Tried to Create a Federal Voter List and Restrict Mail Ballots. Courts Blocked Him Twice.
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 compile what...
The Justice Department Subpoenaed Three New York Times Reporters Over Air Force One Coverage. It Also Subpoenaed Their Spouses and One Reporter’s Mother. A Federal Judge Said the Government Had Turned the Law on Its Head. The DOJ Backed Down, Then Attacked the Judge.
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...
Kagan Says the Supreme Court Is Not a Rubber Stamp for Trump. Here Is the Record.
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...
The Supreme Court Struck Down Trump’s Tariffs in February. The Stopgap He Used to Replace Them Expired Today. He Replaced That With New 10 to 12.5% Tariffs on 60 Countries Covering 99% of U.S. Imports, Justified by Forced Labor Claims. More Are Coming.
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...
After New Jersey Removes 6,600 Noncitizens From Voter Rolls, DOJ Demands Their Personal Data
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 the...
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Froze Over $1 Billion in Medicaid Funding for California and Minnesota. They Did Not Present Proof of Fraud. The Administration Warned Other States They Are Next.
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...
Trump Imposed 50% Tariffs on Canada Today Using a Depression-Era Law That Has Not Been Used Since 1949. They Override the Free Trade Agreement He Negotiated Himself. Three Days Ago He Threatened Canada Over Wildfire Smoke.
On July 20, 2026, President Trump signed three proclamations imposing 50% tariffs on a wide range of Canadian goods, targeting automobiles, alcohol, and dairy products. The tariffs are imposed under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, a rarely invoked...
Congress Created the Federal Election Assistance Commission After the 2000 Election to Make Sure It Never Happened Again. On July 9, Trump Fired Every Member. The Agency Now Has No One Left to Run It.
On the evening of July 9, 2026, the White House Presidential Personnel Office sent emails to two federal commissioners firing them. A third commissioner was called and asked to resign. She did. By the end of that night, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the...
The DOJ Fired Its Career Pardon Attorney After She Refused to Fast-Track Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights. It Then Sent Armed Marshals to Her Home to Stop Her From Testifying to Congress. This Week She Testified Anyway.
In early 2025, officials in the Justice Department's deputy attorney general's office asked Elizabeth Oyer, the department's career pardon attorney, to add actor Mel Gibson to a list of individuals whose gun rights would be restored. Gibson is a vocal supporter of...
The ICE Agent Who Killed a 26-Year-Old Father in Maine Was Rejected by the Army for Mental Health Diagnoses. Recruiters Told Him to Stop Taking His Medication and Reapply. He Did. ICE Hired Him.
On the morning of July 13, 2026, Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was in his car in the neighborhood where he lived in Biddeford, Maine, when a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed him. He was 26 years old. He had a partner and a 3-year-old...
Trump Gave a Primetime Address Claiming Declassified Documents Prove China Interfered With the 2020 Election. The Documents Said China Chose Not To.
On the evening of July 16, 2026, President Trump delivered a more than 20-minute primetime address from the White House claiming that newly declassified intelligence documents expose what he called "shocking vulnerabilities" in the American election system and prove...
Trump Is Delivering a Primetime Address Tonight Claiming Declassified Intelligence Proves 2020 Election Interference. Here Is What U.S. Intelligence Has Actually Concluded.
On the evening of July 16, 2026, President Trump is scheduled to deliver a rare primetime address from the White House focused on elections. According to reporting by multiple news organizations in the days leading up to the address, Trump plans to present what he...
Since 1966, Companies Have Been Required to Report Who They Hire and Who They Promote by Race and Sex. The EEOC Is Moving to End That.
Since 1966, companies with 100 or more employees have been required by federal law to file an annual report with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disclosing the demographic breakdown of their workforce — how many people they employ by race, sex, ethnicity,...
Hospitals Are Closing Maternity Wards. 3.8 Million People Have Lost Coverage. One Year After the Federal Medicaid Cuts, Here Is What Is Actually Happening.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law on July 4, 2025. It cut federal Medicaid funding by more than $900 billion over ten years, the largest reduction in the program's history. At the time, the Congressional Budget Office projected that roughly 11.8...
Juries Convicted Them. Judges Sentenced Them to Up to 22 Years. Then the DOJ Asked a Judge to Erase the Convictions.
On July 11, 2026, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly vacated the federal convictions of four Proud Boys leaders who had been found guilty by a jury of conspiring to use force to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election — along with related charges — for...
17 Federal Watchdogs Were Fired Overnight. A Judge Called It Illegal. 40 Percent of the Positions Are Still Vacant.
On the night of January 24, 2025, the White House Presidential Personnel Office sent a wave of emails to inspectors general across the federal government. The emails were brief. They said that due to changing priorities, the recipient's position was terminated...
A 15 Percent Tariff on Virtually All Imports Expires July 24. Congress Has Not Moved. Here Is What Happens Next.
A 15 percent tariff surcharge currently applied to nearly all goods imported into the United States from nearly every country on earth expires on July 24, 2026, under the terms of the federal law that authorizes it. The law that created the authority — Section 122 of...
The Supreme Court Narrowed the Core of the Voting Rights Act. States Are Already Redrawing Maps Before the Midterms.
On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that significantly weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the central legal mechanism used for decades to prevent states from drawing congressional maps that dilute the...
The Supreme Court Ended 91 Years of Independent Agency Protections. Here Is What That Means for Civil Rights, Labor, and Consumer Enforcement.
On June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter that overturned a 91-year-old precedent and gave the president the authority to fire the heads of independent federal regulatory agencies at will, for any reason or no reason at all. The...
Trump Threatened to Pull U.S. Troops From Europe to Acquire Greenland. The Constitution Says He Needs Congress. Greenland Says It Is Not for Sale.
At a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey on July 7 and 8, 2026, President Trump escalated his push to acquire Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory in the Arctic, telling reporters the United States needs the island "for the protection of the world" and suggesting...
Trump Sent Soldiers to Police Memphis Streets. Three People Have Died in Nine Months. No One Can Confirm the Soldiers Have Body Cameras.
In September 2025, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum deploying the National Guard to patrol the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, as part of a new law enforcement initiative called the Memphis Safe Task Force. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen...
The Federal Government Has Quietly Stopped Enforcing Half a Century of Anti-Discrimination Law. No One Announced It.
For more than 50 years, federal civil rights law has included a principle called disparate impact: the idea that a policy or practice can be unlawful discrimination even without proof of intent, as long as it produces unequal outcomes for protected groups. A company...
Health Insurance Premiums Just Doubled for Millions of Americans. Three Million People Have Already Dropped Coverage.
The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is the federal law that created the insurance marketplaces where roughly 22 million Americans bought their health coverage in 2025. Starting in January 2026, the subsidies that had been making those plans...
Trump Called This Housing Bill ‘a Big Yawn.’ Under the Constitution, It Becomes Law Without His Signature on July 10.
The 21st Century Road to Housing Act passed the Senate 85 to 5 and the House 358 to 32 with the kind of bipartisan margins lawmakers rarely produce. Trump was scheduled to sign it at the White House. He canceled the ceremony and told Congress he would not put his name...