A federal judge permanently blocked most of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul federal election procedures, ruling that the president exceeded his constitutional authority by attempting to impose new voting requirements on states. U.S. District Judge Denise Casper, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, converted a preliminary injunction issued last year into […]
The Trump administration says a new requirement forcing high-risk student aid applicants to prove their identity with government-issued identification has already stopped nearly $200 million in attempted fraud in less than two months. The Department of Education rolled out its new real-time identity verification system on April 27, embedding fraud detection directly into the Free […]
There is a claim buried inside every proposal to tax a great fortune out of existence, and it is rarely stated out loud. The claim is that the people who run the government could put that money to better use than the person who earned it. This is usually dressed as a moral assertion, a […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly canceled the signing ceremony for a major bipartisan housing bill Wednesday, declaring that he will not move forward with the legislation until Congress passes his administration’s proof-of-citizenship voting proposal, dramatically injecting election politics into what had been one of the year’s most significant bipartisan policy victories. The decision came […]
Sweeping Ruling Deals Major Blow to Trump Administration Enforcement Strategy SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California has issued a nationwide ruling prohibiting immigration agents from making civil immigration arrests inside immigration courts, delivering a significant setback to one of the Trump administration’s most controversial immigration enforcement policies. U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts […]
A U.S. airstrike in northwestern Syria last week killed a senior ISIS leader, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Wednesday. According to CENTCOM, U.S. forces conducted a precision strike on June 19 that killed Ali Husayn al-‘Ulaywi, a senior figure within the Islamic State terrorist organization. The military said the operation was part of ongoing efforts […]
Brad Lander Defeats Rep. Dan Goldman in Major Upset as Progressive Wing Scores Key Victory NEW YORK — Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a self-described liberal Zionist backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has defeated Rep. Dan Goldman in New York’s Democratic congressional primary, delivering a major victory for the party’s […]
Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is facing a new round of scrutiny after a series of archived social media posts resurfaced online, adding to ongoing questions about his past conduct as he prepares to challenge Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in November. The posts, recovered from a former Reddit account attributed to Platner and preserved through […]
Democratic New York state Rep. Micah Lasher won Tuesday’s primary to replace retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler, defeating a crowded field that included Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway and Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg. Lasher narrowly prevailed over fellow New York state Rep. Alex Bores, according to Decision Desk HQ and NBC News. Bores, a former Palantir […]
Lawmakers are challenging presidential war powers, the nation’s top intelligence agency is undergoing a dramatic restructuring, and a veteran DEA agent is accusing federal authorities of allowing deadly drugs to flood American communities in pursuit of bigger targets. Senate Delivers Bipartisan Rebuke on Iran President Trump’s Iran policy faced its most significant congressional setback yet […]
Consider what social scientists almost never get to run: a clean experiment. You take a system, hold most things constant, change one large input, and wait long enough that the result cannot be dismissed as noise. In medicine this is the gold standard, and when the input changes by enough and the output refuses to […]
Senators Scramble To Stop Plan To Impose Federal Gun Bans
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee reports Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 15 Senate Republicans have introduced the Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts (SHOT) Act. To “strengthen the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), providing the firearms industry enhanced protection against frivolous lawsuits brought by liberal anti-gun groups.” “The Second Amendment is a fundamental […]