Category: Politics

A sharp disagreement over pesticide policy reportedly occurred in the Oval Office last week as farm industry leaders and supporters of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement battled over a Trump administration executive order promoting alternatives to conventional pesticides. The meeting included…

A federal judge has overturned the Transportation Department’s suspension of $16 billion in federal funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project, ruling that the freeze violated federal law. The decision by Judge Jeannette Vargas in the Southern District of New York eliminates the legal basis for the current funding freeze. In…

A judge heard arguments Monday over whether Alabama courts can consider a lawsuit challenging Republican gubernatorial nominee Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to run under the state’s seven-year residency requirement, with a ruling on whether to dismiss the case expected soon. The lawsuit alleges Tuberville does not meet the qualifications to…

Republicans and Democrats in Congress questioned Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff on Monday, marking their first briefing with a broad group of lawmakers since the U.S. and Iran signed a June 17 memorandum of understanding to cease hostilities. The MOU established a 60-day framework…

Border czar Tom Homan praised the Supreme Court’s decision Monday that federal courts cannot review the government’s actions to terminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Syrian and Haitian nationals during a recent broadcast. “I thank God the Supreme Court finally ruled that temporary means temporary,” Homan said. “I’ve been doing…

The Supreme Court is nearing the end of its term with several major cases still undecided. These pending decisions involve disputes over President Donald Trump’s authority, election rules, campaign finance, transgender athletes, and digital privacy. The timing is significant. The court traditionally completes its work by late June or early…

Sunday, 28 June 2026 President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that the Department of the Interior will oversee the rebuilding of a Washington, D.C., golf course currently in disrepair. The project aims to transform the historic public course into “one of the Greatest Golf Courses anywhere in the World,” which…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, his state’s Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, said the country is one election cycle away from losing the faith and freedom that built it, and that the only way to protect future elections is to gut the Senate filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act….

Former U.S. Housing Secretary Ben Carson warned Friday that Americans should be alarmed by what he described as a growing effort to erase the nation’s religious foundations from classrooms and public discourse, stating children are receiving an incomplete account of U.S. history. In an interview with Greta Van Susteren, Carson…

By Michael Katz | Friday, 26 June 2026 10:23 PM EDT Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said Friday that Democrats are “absolutely” discussing expanding the Supreme Court and enacting term limits. Jayapal’s comments came a day after the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, allowed the Trump administration to move forward…