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FISA Surveillance Authority Lapses for First Time, Reviving Privacy Debate

Story Highlights Section 702 lapsed at midnight on June 12, 2026, after the House rejected a short-term extension by a vote of 198 to...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Hawaii Gun Law, Expanding Second Amendment Carry Rights

Story Highlights The Court ruled 6-3 in Wolford v. Lopez that Hawaii's "default-exclusion" gun law violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments The law, nicknamed...

Supreme Court Hands Trump Sweeping Immigration Wins, Limiting Judicial Review

Story Highlights In Mullin v. Doe, the Court ruled 6-3 that federal courts generally cannot review DHS decisions to terminate Temporary Protected Status In...

Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Trump Election Order, Citing Separation of Powers

Story Highlights U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper permanently barred enforcement of most of Trump's first elections executive order The order had sought proof-of-citizenship...

Senate Democrats Launch First-Ever Election Observer Program Ahead of 2026 Midterms, Citing Trump Threat

Story Highlights The Senate Election Observer Program will train Capitol Hill staff to monitor polling places across the 35 states holding Senate races in...

Immigrant Advocacy Groups Sue Trump Administration Over DACA Renewal Delays Stripping Dreamers of Work Rights

Story Highlights Legal aid groups East Bay Sanctuary Covenant and the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area sued ICE and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...

Nation Awaits Historic Supreme Court Ruling on Birthright Citizenship as Decision Looms

Story Highlights The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in April and is expected to rule by early July on whether Trump's executive order ending...

Supreme Court Sides With Trump, Allows Border Agents to Turn Back Asylum Seekers on Mexican Soil

Story Highlights The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that asylum seekers standing on Mexican soil have not legally "arrived in" the United States and therefore...

Over 3.5 Million Americans Lose Food Assistance as Big Beautiful Bill’s SNAP Cuts Take Hold

Story Highlights More than 3.5 million SNAP recipients lost benefits between July 2025 and February 2026, with Arizona experiencing the largest decline, estimated at...

Trump and Cassidy Clash at Tense Senate Republican Lunch Over Iran War

Story Highlights Trump told Cassidy to sit down during a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans after a dispute over the War Powers Resolution Cassidy,...

Senate Passes Historic Iran War Powers Resolution, Then Reverses Course a Day Later

Story Highlights The Senate passed a bipartisan war powers resolution on Tuesday 50-48, with four Republicans — Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and...

Trump Blocks Bipartisan Housing Bill, Demands SAVE America Act First

Story Highlights Trump canceled the housing bill signing via Truth Social, stating he would not act until Congress passed the SAVE America Act, an...

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