Category: US

Trump’s Pick Couldn’t Win South Carolina Outright — Mace Is Eliminated and the MAGA Runoff Is On No candidate in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary cleared the 50% threshold required to avoid a runoff Tuesday, setting up a June 23 contest between Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, who led the field with 29.3% of the…

Nevada Just Named Its Two Fighters for Governor — and Cook Says Neither Side Has the Edge Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford won the state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday with 66% of the vote, defeating Washoe County Commissioner Alexis Hill, who received 21%, to become the Democratic nominee. Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, endorsed by President…

Maine Democrats Nominated a Candidate Accused of Abuse — and He Won With 77 Percent of the Vote Progressive oyster farmer Graham Platner won Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday with 77.7% of the vote, defeating Gov. Janet Mills — who suspended her campaign in April but remained on the ballot — who received 16.7%.…

Congress Cuts a $70 Billion Blank Check for ICE With No Strings Attached — and Sends It to Trump The Republican-controlled House voted 214-212 on Tuesday to pass a $70 billion reconciliation bill funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s administration, sending the legislation to the White…

FISA’s Warrantless Spy Program Is Three Days From Expiring — and Washington Created This Crisis Itself The Senate voted 47-52 on Friday to block a procedural motion that would have advanced a long-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the primary legal authority for warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals abroad. Seven…

South Carolina held its 2026 Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, June 9, the first statewide test of the GOP since incumbent Gov. Henry McMaster approaches the end of his nearly decade-long tenure [1]. Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, backed by both McMaster and President Trump, entered primary day as the polling leader with 19.9 percent support…

The U.S. House of Representatives was set to vote Tuesday, June 9, 2026, on a $69.5 billion budget reconciliation package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection through the end of President Trump’s second term in 2029 [1]. The measure arrived from the Senate, which passed it 52-47 on June…

The Senate on Monday, June 8, 2026, voted 47-52 to block a motion to proceed to the House-passed version of a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [1], leaving Congress without a viable path to renewal less than 96 hours before the law’s June 12 expiration date [1, 2]. Seven Republicans…

Maine voters went to the polls on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, to choose the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in a race targeting four-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins [1]. The front-runner entering primary day is Graham Platner, an oyster farmer, Navy veteran, and Sullivan Harbor Master whose campaign drew endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders and…

A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down President Trump’s $100,000-per-petition fee on H-1B visas on Monday, June 8, 2026 [1], ruling the surcharge constituted an unlawful tax Congress never authorized. U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin — appointed by President Obama — wrote in his 42-page decision that “the President has no authority to levy…