Category: US

The Supreme Court Buried Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order 6–3 — And Nobody Got What They Wanted The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on June 30, 2026 in Trump v. Barbara that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause guarantees automatic citizenship to virtually all children born on U.S. soil, including those born to parents who entered the country…

Trump Signs a “Freedom to Fix” Order for Car Owners — Auto Dealers and Environmentalists Are Both Livid President Trump signed a presidential memorandum titled “Lowering the Cost of Living by Promoting the Freedom to Fix” on June 29, 2026, directing the Environmental Protection Agency to clarify within 30 days what vehicle owners and independent…

Witkoff and Kushner Fly to Qatar for Iran Nuclear Talks — Tehran Says No Meeting Is Actually Scheduled President Trump announced on June 29, 2026, that special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner would travel to Qatar for talks with Iran, despite the United States and Iran having traded military strikes in the…

The House Is About to Brawl Over a $1.15 Trillion Defense Bill That Includes Renaming the Pentagon the “Department of War” The House Rules Committee voted 8-4 on June 29, 2026, to advance more than 300 amendments for floor consideration on H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, a $1.15 trillion…

Supreme Court Hands Trump the Power to Fire Independent Regulators — The Fed Barely Survives The Supreme Court voted 6-3 on June 29, 2026, to overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 91-year-old precedent that had prevented presidents from dismissing members of independent federal regulatory agencies without a finding of cause. The ruling validates President…

Supreme Court Deals the GOP a 5-4 Loss on Mail Ballots — Trump Demands the Filibuster Die in Response The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on June 29, 2026, that Mississippi’s law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days afterward to be counted does not conflict with federal statutes governing…

The Supreme Court Handed Trump a Deportation Green Light — 350,000 People Are Now Counting the Days In a 6–3 ruling in Mullin v. Doe on June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court held that the Temporary Protected Status statute bars most judicial review of the Trump administration’s decision to terminate TPS designations, clearing the way…

Trump Lost in Court Over Mail-In Voting — And Now He’s Running Out of Time to Fight Back Before the Midterms A federal judge in Boston ruled on June 25, 2026 that key provisions of President Trump’s March executive order on elections are unconstitutional, blocking the administration from using federal citizenship lists built by DHS…

Someone Called CPS on Pete Buttigieg With a Fabricated Abuse Story — and the Fight Over What to Call It Is Just Getting Started Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg disclosed publicly on June 26, 2026 that his family had been targeted by a false report to Michigan Child Protective Services. An anonymous caller had contacted…

Trump Picked an Oklahoma State Trooper to Run ICE — and the Confirmation Fight Is Already a Proxy War Over Deportation Policy President Trump announced on June 27, 2026 his intention to nominate Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper with more than 29 years of law enforcement experience, to serve as director of Immigration…