Politics | ENMNEWS

Federal Agencies Clash as Laser Weapon Test Grounds El Paso Flights

A disagreement between government agencies over a high-energy laser weapon test forced air traffic controllers to shut down operations over El Paso for the night, stranding flights and disrupting t...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Trump Administration Launches Refund Portal for $166 Billion in Contested Tariffs

The Trump administration has rolled out a new system allowing importers to claim refunds on roughly $166 billion in tariffs, two months after the Supreme Court invalidated the underlying duties tha...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Patel Takes Swings at The Atlantic, Demands Quarter Billion

Kash Patel is suing The Atlantic for $250 million, alleging the magazine defamed him in an article that raised questions about his drinking habits.The lawsuit frames the piece as false and damaging...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

Politics

Supreme Court to Decide if Catholic Preschools Can Block Gay Families from Tuition Aid

The Supreme Court will consider whether Catholic preschools can exclude families with LGBTQ parents or children from a Colorado state-funded tuition assistance program. The dispute centers on presc...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Catholic schools challenge Colorado's gay-rights rule in Supreme Court showdown

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Colorado must carve out a religious exemption for Catholic preschools from the state's nondiscrimination policy, marking another high-stakes test o...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

U.S. Military Strike Kills 3 in Caribbean Waters

A U.S. military operation in the Caribbean resulted in three deaths in a boat incident, adding to a mounting toll from ongoing American counter-narcotics operations in the region.The strike brings ...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Trump Set to Break White House Correspondents Dinner Boycott

The president plans to attend the White House Correspondents Association dinner, marking a striking reversal from years of public hostility toward the event and the journalists who gather there.The...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Landmark Loyalty Oath Case Champion Dies at 93

Harry Keyishian, whose defiance of a university loyalty oath requirement became the centerpiece of a defining Supreme Court victory for academic freedom, died at 93.Keyishian was among five faculty...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

How Trump's approval stacks up against Biden, Obama, Bush and Clinton

Donald Trump's first year back in the White House has delivered a rapid-fire agenda. Tariffs on imports, the longest federal government shutdown on record, a sweeping tax and spending package, immi...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

Democrats Flip Script in Senate Races, Suddenly Within Reach

Democrats are mounting a serious challenge to Republican Senate control, with new polling showing the party competitive or leading in four GOP-held seats, a shift that seemed improbable just months...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

Vance Returns to Iran Talks After Walkout

Vice President JD Vance is heading back to the negotiating table with Iranian officials, days after he unexpectedly broke off the first round of high-level peace discussions without reaching a deal...

Sarah Mitchell April 20, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

Politics

Trump Claims U.S. Seized Iranian Tanker in Waters Standoff

President Trump announced that the United States has struck and seized an Iranian tanker, escalating tensions in a region already strained by competing naval operations and trade pressures. The ann...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Trump Justice Department seizes on fraud convictions to demand Michigan ballots

The Justice Department has ordered Wayne County, Michigan, to hand over all ballots cast in the November 2024 presidential election, marking another phase in the Trump administration's sweeping rev...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Trump's Loyalist Lawyer Now Runs Probe of His Enemies

Joe diGenova, an 81-year-old former Trump campaign attorney, has been appointed to lead a federal investigation based in Florida that targets officials who previously scrutinized the former preside...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

Politics

Democrats Smell Blood: Trump Drag Pulls GOP Seats Into Play

Democrats are widening their electoral map for November, spotting vulnerability in Republican strongholds as Trump's faltering approval ratings become a drag on the party's candidates nationwide. T...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

Politics

Gen Z Split Wide Open on Israel-Palestine, New Poll Finds

A fresh survey of Generation Z voters reveals a stark generational fault line over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with young Americans fractured in ways that could reshape Democratic politics he...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

Politics

Syrian Power Brokers Cash In on Trump's Washington

A wealthy Syrian family with business interests stretching across the Middle East has been working behind the scenes to shape U.S. foreign policy, leveraging the Trump name and network to advance t...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

NYC Mayor Courts Trump While Pushing Tax on the Rich

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is walking a careful line between courting the Trump administration and advancing a tax policy the president has publicly scorched.In an NBC News interview markin...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

Politics

Inside Mamdani's Office: New York's Socialist Mayor Settles In

Zohran Mamdani has moved into City Hall with a clear ideological mission. The newly elected New York City mayor, who won on a platform centered on taxing the wealthy and advancing democratic social...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

Politics

Trump's approval craters to second-term low as voters rebel on costs and Iran

President Donald Trump's job approval rating has plunged to its lowest point since taking office in 2025, with just 37% of Americans approving of his performance and 63% disapproving, according to ...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

State Dept Hands Venice Biennale Selection to Pet Store Owner

The State Department has restructured how it selects artists to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale, one of the world's most prestigious contemporary art exhibitions, and entrusted t...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Southern Muslims Say GOP Rhetoric Has Turned Hostile

Muslim voters in the South are confronting a sharp turn in political messaging, as candidates and elected officials deploy anti-Islamic language that has fractured what was once a tenuous alliance ...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

Syrian Business Family Leveraged Trump Name to Sway Washington

A prominent Syrian business family sought to influence U.S. foreign policy by invoking the Trump name, a tactic that reflects a broader pattern emerging in the president's second term. The Khayyats...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

Politics

Watergate Film Turns 50, Still Defines How Journalists See Themselves

Half a century after its release, "All the President's Men" remains the gold standard for how newsroom culture imagines itself. Current and former New York Times journalists are reflecting on why t...

Sarah Mitchell April 19, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

Politics

Trump Claims UFO File Review Uncovered 'Interesting' Materials

Donald Trump said a review of classified UFO documents has surfaced material he found compelling, though he provided no specifics about what those files contain or what conclusions might be drawn f...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

Politics

Warren throws weight behind political newcomer in Maine's heated Democratic primary

Elizabeth Warren showed up in Portland on Saturday to make a simple case: Graham Platner is the fighter Maine Democrats need to oust Republican Sen. Susan Collins. The Massachusetts senator's endor...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

Politics

ICE Releases Four Overdue Death Reports as Custody Deaths Hit 17 This Year

Immigration and Customs Enforcement published delayed reports Friday documenting the deaths of four detainees in the first months of 2026, sidestepping a 90-day disclosure requirement set by Congre...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Democrats Size Each Other Up in Michigan as 2028 Race Takes Shape

Three potential Democratic heavyweights descended on Detroit this week to address a room full of party operatives, each audition signaling serious interest in a 2028 presidential bid.Former Vice Pr...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Appeals court greenlights Trump ballroom work through June

A federal appeals court in Washington has lifted a construction freeze on President Trump's White House ballroom project, allowing work to resume on the 90,000-square-foot facility and its accompan...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Trump Voters Reject Pope's Iran War Criticism: 'Stay in Your Lane'

Donald Trump's most devoted supporters are siding squarely with the president in his public clash with Pope Leo over military action against Iran, dismissing the pontiff's moral objections as overr...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

Politics

Trump Taps Loyalist Attorney to Head Sensitive Investigation Into Political Rivals

Joseph diGenova, a former campaign lawyer for Donald Trump, is positioned to lead a high-stakes investigation that targets the former president's political opponents. The appointment signals Trump'...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

Politics

Construction Stays On While Court Weighs Ballroom Fight

A federal appeals court in Washington has cleared the way for construction on a contested ballroom project to move forward, at least through June, as judges deliberate the underlying legal dispute....

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

Politics

Supreme Court's Shadow Docket: How Secret Memos Reveal a Shift in Power

Newly obtained internal memos reveal how the Supreme Court came to embrace rapid-fire rulings on presidential authority, a practice that has become standard but remains deeply controversial among l...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

Politics

Trump Pledges to Unlock UFO Files

Donald Trump said he plans to release classified documents related to unidentified flying objects in the near future, reviving a topic that has periodically captured public attention and fueled spe...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

Politics

Conservative Students Break with Turning Point Over Leadership Shift

A faction of University of Arkansas students has distanced itself from Turning Point, citing fundamental disagreements about the group's strategic direction and priorities. The split reflects broad...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

Montana GOP Primary Turns Brutal Against Bipartisan Deal-Makers

Montana Republicans who have spent years cooperating with Democrats are now facing a reckoning at the ballot box. Nearly two dozen state lawmakers will encounter primary challengers in June, backed...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

Politics

Inside the Supreme Court's Shadow Process for Blockbuster Rulings

The Supreme Court has operated a largely hidden decision-making channel for its most consequential cases, according to internal documents obtained by The New York Times. The memos reveal how justic...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

Politics

Iran Finds New Leverage in Strait Control

Iran is using its command of a vital shipping corridor as a fresh tool to deter adversaries, a strategy that could outlast any future constraints on its nuclear capabilities. The nation's ability t...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

Politics

Opening Hormuz Strait Won't Fix Oil Crisis Overnight, Experts Warn

Clearing the Strait of Hormuz of blockades would provide relief to global energy markets, but analysts caution that a full economic recovery depends on something far harder to achieve: lasting peac...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

Secret Supreme Court Memos Reveal How Justices Rushed to Rule on Presidential Power

Confidential memoranda circulated among Supreme Court justices have opened a rare window into the internal deliberations behind emergency orders involving presidential authority, exposing the speed...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

Politics

Doctors flood midterm ballot to counter anti-vaccine movement

A wave of medical professionals is entering politics this midterm season, driven in part by alarm over anti-vaccine rhetoric gaining traction in the national conversation.Dozens of Democratic docto...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

Politics

Republicans gain ground in Virginia redistricting battle as spending gap narrows

Virginia's congressional map stands at the center of a multimillion-dollar battle that could reshape the House of Representatives this fall, with Republicans mounting an unexpectedly competitive ch...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

Trump promises UFO file dump 'very, very soon' as Congress demands answers

President Donald Trump said Friday that the Defense Department will release classified UFO files imminently, calling them "very interesting documents" that his administration has already begun revi...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

Trump Touts Falling Oil Prices as Iran War Drags On

President Trump used a rally in Phoenix to highlight declining energy costs, signaling a shift in messaging as the conflict with Iran approaches its eighth week.Speaking to supporters, Trump emphas...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

Politics

Mills Weighs Data Center Ban, Eyes Jay Exception for Struggling Town

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is taking time to review a landmark moratorium on new data centers that landed on her desk this week, signaling she may not embrace the Legislature's approach without changes...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

Politics

Trump and IRS Hit Pause Button on $10 Billion Tax Records Lawsuit

Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service are negotiating a settlement to end a $10 billion lawsuit over the unauthorized disclosure of the president's tax documents, according to a joint court...

Sarah Mitchell April 18, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

Politics

Trump rallies Turning Point faithful as Vatican feud deepens

Donald Trump took the stage at a Turning Point USA event as tensions with Pope Francis reached a new pitch, underscoring the widening gulf between the former president and one of the world's most i...

Sarah Mitchell April 17, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

Politics

Maine Voters Reveal What Matters Most in 2026 Senate Showdown

As Maine heads toward a pivotal Senate race in 2026, voters across the state are signaling their priorities with clarity and urgency. Conversations with residents show a electorate focused on kitch...

Sarah Mitchell April 17, 2026 0 comments 5 min read