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Rebecca Bennett won New Jersey's Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District and will face Republican incumbent Thomas Kean in November. Bennett led her nearest rival by 28 points with 48% of precincts reporting. Kean, who ran unopposed, has been absent from the House since early March due to an undisclosed medical condition and has misse…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to allow the immediate removal of the nation’s top copyright official, upholding a lower court order that prevents President Trump from executing the firing while litigation over the dismissal moves forward. The unsigned order did not rule on the underlying legal questions, leaving in place a sequence of l…
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to deliver a decision on a Republican-led challenge to federal limits that restrict coordination between political parties and candidates on campaign spending. The dispute centers on whether existing caps on coordinated party expenditures violate the First Amendment. The case reaches the high court after a federal appe…
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to issue a decision on state laws from Idaho and West Virginia that prohibit transgender students from participating on female sports teams at public schools, including universities. Lower courts ruled in favor of the students, finding the statutes violated constitutional protections and federal anti-discriminati…
The U.S. Supreme Court will issue a ruling on whether to permit President Donald Trump to limit birthright citizenship under an executive order that directs federal agencies not to recognize as citizens those children born on U.S. soil whose parents are neither U.S. citizens nor lawful permanent residents. The case, arising from a class-action suit…
Colorado Democrats, including Senator John Hickenlooper and Representative Diana DeGette, are confronting vigorous primary challenges from progressive candidates pressing left-leaning platforms. Races for governor and the pivotal 8th congressional district add complexity as Democrats weigh electability concerns and intra-party momentum following re…
A new poll commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation and conducted June 12-16 finds that a significant majority of U.S. voters favor maintaining or increasing foreign aid for disaster relief, disease control and security when given information about program outcomes and actual cost to taxpayers. The survey of 2,022 voters also shows skepticism amo…
Advocacy coalitions have lodged a legal application at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice against Ghana on behalf of 27 people deported from the United States under the Trump administration. The filing seeks to compel Ghana to reveal the terms of its agreement with the U.S., halt further transfers under the same arrangement and secure compensati…
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold state laws that allow mail-in ballots postmarked on or before Election Day to be counted when received within a limited grace period after the election. The decision, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett and joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's three liberal justices, reversed a…
The U.S. Supreme Court asked the Trump administration for its position on whether to review a Republican-led appeal seeking enforcement of Pennsylvania’s rule requiring voters to handwrite a date on the outer envelope of mail-in ballots. The rule, part of state law, was blocked by lower courts as violating constitutional protections of the right to…
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted an appeal from Republican officials asking the court to revive Arizona's 2022 law that would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for registrants using the state's voter form and authorize regular purges of voters whose citizenship cannot be confirmed. Lower courts found parts of the law in conflict with…
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 declined to take up former President Donald Trump’s appeal seeking to overturn a $5 million jury verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll. Lower courts had upheld the 2023 verdict, finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and later defaming her. The decision leaves intact the civil judgment while a separ…
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to conclude its term with a set of consequential rulings still pending. Seven disputes remain, notably three challenges to actions by President Donald Trump that probe the limits of presidential authority, two cases with potential implications for how ballots are counted and political spending is regulated, and a se…
An Alaska Superior Court judge has ruled that Dan J. Sullivan, an unelected challenger, must be placed on the August 18 primary ballot alongside Republican U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan. The judge concluded the state election director relied on criteria outside the Constitution and Alaska election laws when removing the challenger, and said Dan J. Sull…
President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Lance Schroyer to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, calling for immediate Senate confirmation. The move comes while ICE continues to operate largely under acting directors and amid controversy over the administration's immigration crackdown and a rising number of deaths in dete…
Wolfe Research projects Democrats will retake the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms, driven by President Donald Trump's low approval ratings, advantages in congressional polling, and stronger-than-expected showings in statewide and special House races since 2024. The firm still views Republicans as the likely winners of the Senate,…
U.S. Representative Julia Letlow secured the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana after defeating state Treasurer John Fleming in a runoff. Letlow, who received President Donald Trump’s endorsement before formally launching her campaign, will face Democrat Jamie Davis in the general election and is widely viewed as the favorite to…
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will deliver a bipartisan housing affordability bill to President Donald Trump on Monday, declaring the measure will become law after passage by both chambers. The move follows Trump’s decision last week to cancel a planned signing ceremony as leverage to push Republican support for the SAVE America Act, a voter I…
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to issue decisions in a slate of consequential cases before the current term concludes, including three that test President Trump's assertions of authority to remove officials and limit birthright citizenship, two that could reshape election rules ahead of November, and disputes over transgender athlete bans and the…
An Alaska judge on June 27 ruled that Dan J. Sullivan is eligible to appear on the August 18 primary ballot alongside Republican U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, reversing a state elections official's decision to disqualify the challenger. The ruling said the earlier removal had been based on 'good-faith criteria' that are not found in the Constitution o…
A temporary fair opened on the National Mall to inaugurate a 16-day program commemorating the United States' 250th anniversary. Early attendance was light, political controversy has shadowed the event, and organizers face questions about state participation and the tone of national celebrations leading up to July 4.
Recent interviews with 18 Americans who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 show broad unease with the interim agreement ending U.S. hostilities with Iran. The memorandum of understanding, announced on June 14, reopened the Strait of Hormuz, temporarily lifted U.S. oil sanctions on Iran and authorized a $300 billion reconstruction fund structured as a p…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closure of the migrant detention facility nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Civil liberties and immigrant-rights organizations welcomed the move, but they cautioned that the site’s conditions reflect broader, systemic problems across U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities. Advocates remain conc…
This week the 6-3 conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court issued three ideologically split decisions that clear the way for more stringent immigration enforcement by the Trump administration. The rulings allow the termination of Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands, endorse turning away asylum seekers when border crossings are deem…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host a ministerial in Washington on July 15 that brings together representatives from over 60 countries to discuss how to respond to a rise in politically motivated violence. The event follows a counterterrorism strategy signed by President Donald Trump in May and will consider threats the White House has de…
