Author: Nate

First Midterm Ballots Hit Mailboxes as Trump’s Postal Service Rule Fights for Its Life North Carolina became the first state in the country to begin mailing absentee ballots for the 2026 midterm election on Friday, with all 100 county boards of elections sending ballots to voters who had already requested them. The mailing proceeded even…

Blowout Jobs Report Triples Forecasts, But Your Paycheck Isn’t Feeling It The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday, more than tripling economists’ forecast of roughly 53,000 to 65,000 jobs and marking the strongest monthly gain since March. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, and…

ICE Agent Who Shot Migrant Pleads Not Guilty to Lying About It Christian Castro, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in McAllen, Texas, to six counts of making false statements to the FBI. The charges stem from a January 14 incident in Minneapolis in which Castro and…

Trump’s Wolf-Killing Executive Order Splits Ranchers From Everyone Else President Trump signed a pair of executive orders Friday billed by the White House and USDA as making his administration the “most pro-rancher” in history. One order directs the Interior Secretary to begin the process of delisting or downlisting gray wolves and Mexican wolves under the…

Missouri’s Highest Court Blows Up Trump’s Congressional Map Weeks Before Ballots Print The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously blocked a Republican-drawn congressional map backed by President Trump, ruling that the mid-decade redistricting plan cannot take effect for the November election unless voters approve it in a statewide referendum. The map would have redrawn Kansas…