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Trump Reclassifies 8,000 Senior Federal Positions Under New Executive Order, Expanding At-Will Authority

Story Highlights The order reclassifies roughly 8,000 senior policy-influencing positions into Schedule Policy/Career Affected employees can now be removed without traditional civil service protections ...

Trump’s Section 122 Tariff Authority Set to Expire July 24, Setting Up Major Trade Policy Test

Story Highlights Section 122 tariff authority, imposing a 10 percent global import surcharge, expires July 24 The Supreme Court ruled in February that IEEPA...

Federal Judge Rules Key Provisions of Trump’s Mail-In Voting Executive Order Unconstitutional

Story Highlights U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani blocked enforcement of key parts of the March 2026 executive order The order had directed creation of...

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Making Arrests at Immigration Courthouses Nationwide

Story Highlights U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts ruled ICE's courthouse arrest policy was "arbitrary and capricious" The nationwide block is the first of its...

Supreme Court Weighs Case That Could End Mail Ballot Grace Periods in 14 States Before Midterms

Story Highlights Watson v. Republican National Committee asks whether federal law requires mail ballots to be received by Election Day, not merely mailed by...

Appeals Court Clears Way for Nationwide Fast-Track Deportations, Rejecting Due Process Challenge

Story Highlights The D.C. Circuit ruled 2-1 on June 23 to allow nationwide expansion of "expedited removal," reversing a district court block from August...

Supreme Court Decision Looms in Trump’s Unprecedented Bid to Fire Federal Reserve Governor

Story Highlights Trump attempted to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in August 2025 over mortgage fraud allegations she denies It is the first...

Supreme Court Nears Decision on Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship

Story Highlights The Supreme Court is expected to rule on Trump's birthright citizenship executive order before its summer recess, with June 29 identified as...

Democratic Governors Send National Guard to Washington, Testing Federalism Fault Lines

Story Highlights Democratic governors sent National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. ahead of America 250 celebrations, the first such contribution since Trump's original deployment...

Supreme Court Sides With Trump on Asylum “Metering” Policy, Drawing Sharp Dissent

Story Highlights The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado that "metering," which limits the number of daily asylum applicants at...

Supreme Court Set to Rule on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order as Term Nears Close

Story Highlights Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office seeking to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to...

Congress Asserts War Powers Against Trump as Iran Conflict Tests Constitutional Limits

Story Highlights The House passed a war powers resolution 215-208 on June 3, and the Senate followed with a 50-48 vote on June 23,...

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