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Supreme Court Slams Door on Transgender Athletes in Women's Sports

The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive rejection of challenges to state bans on transgender athletes competing in girls' and women's sports, upholding restrictions in West Virginia and Idaho in...

Sarah Mitchell June 30, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Colorado Democrats Face Reckoning as Insurgent Challenges Test Party Unity

Colorado's primary elections Tuesday will serve as a critical test of whether the Democratic Party's establishment can hold its ground against a new wave of progressive challengers emboldened by re...

Sarah Mitchell June 30, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Washington Pushes Talks While Tehran Douses Hopes for Nuclear Deal

The United States is actively pursuing diplomatic negotiations with Iran, but Tehran's leadership has signaled little appetite for a breakthrough agreement in the near term, creating a significant ...

Sarah Mitchell June 30, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Texas Senate Race Deadlocked: Democrat Talarico Pulls Even With AG Paxton

A New York Times/Siena poll has found Texas's high-profile Senate race in a statistical dead heat, with Democratic state Representative James Talarico matching Republican Attorney General Ken Paxto...

Sarah Mitchell June 30, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Texas Turns Competitive: Hispanic Shift Reshapes Senate Race

Texas, long considered reliably Republican territory, is now genuinely competitive in its Senate race, driven by a significant realignment among Hispanic voters and the dynamics of the specific mat...

Sarah Mitchell June 30, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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House passes kids online safety package, igniting free speech firestorm

The House voted 267-117 Monday to advance a sweeping package of children's online safety measures, propelling legislation aimed at reining in tech platforms but drawing fierce backlash from digital...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Alaska Court Lets Two Dan Sullivans Run for Senate Seat

Alaska's highest court has cleared the way for two candidates named Dan Sullivan to appear on the November ballot for U.S. Senate, rejecting Republican efforts to remove the lesser-known challenger...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Michigan's Senate Fight Echoes 2020 Chaos, Sets Party Direction

Michigan's Democratic primary for Senate this year mirrors the ideological battle that defined the 2020 presidential race, with three candidates staking out familiar positions across the party's sp...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Colorado Democrats Face Showdown: Can Insurgent Forces Topple Party Favorites?

Colorado's primary elections Tuesday will serve as a crucial gauge of whether anti-establishment fervor among Democrats continues to reshape the party's direction, or whether institutional power pr...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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DOJ Eyes Arizona Senator's Campaign Cash for Family Vacations

The Justice Department is investigating Arizona Senator Mark Gallego's use of campaign funds to finance family getaways, according to people familiar with the probe. The scrutiny centers on flights...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Kean Breaks Silence After Four-Month Capitol Vanishing Act

Representative Tom Kean Jr. was preparing to address Congress following an extended and unexplained absence that stretched beyond four months, ending a period of silence that had drawn scrutiny fro...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Trump's Voting Push Hits Wall in Senate as Supreme Court Rejects GOP Challenge

President Donald Trump is running into legislative gridlock on his core voting restrictions agenda just as the Supreme Court handed him a stinging defeat on ballot eligibility rules. The collision ...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Trump Dismisses Housing Bill as Dull, Pours Cold Water on Crisis Fix

President Trump rejected legislative efforts aimed at tackling the nation's housing crisis, calling the measure a "yawn" and signaling little appetite for the proposal. The dismissal marks the late...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Colorado Democrat Signals Federal Showdown Over Trump Actions

A Colorado gubernatorial candidate is positioning herself as a check on the Trump administration, pledging aggressive action against what she characterizes as executive overreach and constitutional...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Trump Celebrates Supreme Court Win on Presidential Power to Fire

Former President Donald Trump marked a significant legal victory by celebrating a Supreme Court decision that expanded presidential authority to dismiss executive branch officials without cause. Th...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Trump Pushes Election Overhaul Following Supreme Court Decisions

Donald Trump is moving forward with a comprehensive elections bill in the wake of recent Supreme Court rulings that have shaped the legal landscape around voting procedures and ballot access. The r...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Supreme Court Reins In Police Power to Sweep Up Phone Location Data

The Supreme Court has moved to curtail a law enforcement surveillance technique that casts an impossibly wide net, potentially ensnaring innocent people caught in the wrong place at the wrong time....

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Trump Administration Cuts Fourth Offshore Wind Deal

The Trump administration has secured another agreement with a company to abandon its offshore wind lease, continuing a pattern of buyouts that has marked the start of the new term. The latest deal ...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Supreme Court Backs Late Mail Ballots, Blocks Trump Election Push

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can legally accept mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day, dealing another blow to efforts backed by former President Trump to tighten voting procedu...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Senate Ethics Panel Clears Gallego on Misconduct, Campaign Finance Claims

The Senate Ethics Committee has closed the book on allegations against Senator Ruben Gallego, dismissing charges that he engaged in sexual misconduct and violated campaign finance rules. The commit...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Supreme Court gives states green light to count late mail-in ballots

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for states to count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a decision with potential ripple effects across the country as voting practices continue to...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Colorado court blocks Democratic map-drawing bid for 2028

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday rejected all three ballot proposals that Democrats had backed to reshape the state's congressional districts before the 2028 election, marking another setback i...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Trump's Off-Script Moments Throw Republican Midterm Strategy Into Chaos

Republicans heading into the midterm elections have zeroed in on a simple, disciplined message: affordability. The party has worked to keep that focus sharp, betting that voter anxiety over prices ...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Colorado's Top Court Blocks Democratic Redistricting Scheme

Colorado's Supreme Court has rejected a pair of ballot initiatives that would have redrawn the state's political maps, ruling that the proposed changes violated state law. The court determined that...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Ousted FTC Official Raises Alarm Over Executive Power Grab

A fired Federal Trade Commission official is warning that presidents could exploit independent agencies designed to police corporate misconduct, raising fresh concerns about the boundaries of execu...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Supreme Court Shields CNN from Dershowitz defamation suit, declines to revisit landmark media protections

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alan Dershowitz's defamation case against CNN, preserving six decades of constitutional protections that make it extraordinarily difficult for public fi...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Supreme Court Splits the Difference: Shields Fed Chair From Trump, Unleashes Him on Other Agencies

The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a complicated victory on Monday, blocking his attempt to remove Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook while dramatically expanding his power to fire...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 11 min read

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Supreme Court Justices Question Block on Trump's Bid to Fire Fed Governor

A split among Supreme Court justices has emerged over a ruling that prevented President Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, with dissenters arguing the court moved too fast in b...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Supreme Court Gives Trump Firing Power, Shields Fed Chief

The Supreme Court handed President Trump a significant victory on executive authority while simultaneously drawing a line around the Federal Reserve, issuing contradictory rulings on presidential r...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Confederate flag yanked from North Carolina booth at D.C. fairground

A video display featuring Confederate imagery was quietly removed from North Carolina's state booth at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall after it drew swift criticism and sparked c...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Supreme Court blocks warrantless cell phone dragnet surveillance

The Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to law enforcement's ability to conduct mass digital surveillance, ruling Monday that police cannot use sweeping cell phone location data without a warran...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Supreme Court blocks Trump from firing Federal Reserve official Lisa Cook

The Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump cannot unilaterally remove Lisa Cook from her position on the Federal Reserve's board of governors, marking a significant check on executive power o...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Ethics panel clears Gallego after misconduct investigation

The Senate Ethics Committee has cleared Sen. Ruben Gallego of misconduct allegations, concluding a months-long investigation that stemmed from accusations leveled by a Florida Republican.In a lette...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Supreme Court hands Trump sweeping power to fire regulators, but draws line at Fed chief

The Supreme Court fundamentally restructured the relationship between the president and the federal bureaucracy on Monday, ruling 6-to-3 that Donald Trump can fire independent government regulators...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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High Court Unleashes Trump Firing Power, Sotomayor Warns of Fallout

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the president to remove federal employees at will, a decision that prompted Justice Sonia Sotomayor to issue an unusually sharp rebuke from the bench.Sotom...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Trump Vows Swift Action Against Federal Reserve Governor After Courtroom Setback

Donald Trump escalated his confrontation with the Federal Reserve on Monday, pledging to move quickly against governor Lisa D. Cook following a legal defeat that constrained his ability to remove h...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Supreme Court Takes Up Ballot Access Showdown Over Citizenship Proof

The Supreme Court is preparing to decide whether Arizona can demand proof of citizenship from voters at the ballot box, a decision that could reshape registration rules across the country and hand ...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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High Court Shuts Door on Moore's Defamation Windfall

Roy Moore's bid to collect an $8.2 million defamation judgment has hit a wall at the nation's highest court, which declined to intervene in the case without explanation. The former Alabama Supreme ...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Trump Reshapes Federal Agencies Before Court Gave Him Firing Power

President Trump has already shifted the political balance at multiple federal agencies, moving them from Democratic to Republican control even before the Supreme Court expanded his authority to rem...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Supreme Court Blocks Trump's Effort to Overturn Carroll Verdict

The Supreme Court has declined to intervene in Donald Trump's legal fight against a jury verdict in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, closing off one potential avenue for the former president to...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Supreme Court to decide if Arizona can demand citizenship proof from voters

The Supreme Court will take on a high-stakes voting rights battle in its next term, agreeing Monday to review Arizona's law requiring voters to present proof of citizenship when registering to vote...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Supreme Court Slams Door on Trump's Carroll Appeal

The Supreme Court has declined to hear Donald Trump's bid to overturn a jury verdict that found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation against writer E. Jean Carroll, closing off what amounted ...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Supreme Court Backs Extended Deadline for Mail-In Ballots

The Supreme Court has upheld a state's practice of counting mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, rejecting a legal challenge to the grace period that allows election officials to continu...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Supreme Court Limits Independent Agencies, but Spares the Fed

The Supreme Court has significantly narrowed the protections that shield independent regulators from presidential removal, dealing a blow to the traditional autonomy of federal agencies. Yet the ju...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Supreme Court shuts down Trump bid to overturn Carroll verdict

The Supreme Court declined to hear President Donald Trump's challenge to a jury finding that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving a $5 million civil judgment intact. The j...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Supreme Court blocks GOP bid to kill late mail-in ballots

The Supreme Court dealt the Republican National Committee a significant defeat Monday, allowing states to count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day provided they were postmarked beforeha...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Voters hate AI, but campaigns can't get enough of it

Voters overwhelmingly distrust artificial intelligence, yet campaign operatives across the political landscape are deploying it at scale to reach those same skeptical voters.The contradiction runs ...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Brink and back: US and Iran step back from weekend fire

The United States and Iran have halted their exchange of direct military strikes, marking an abrupt shift from a weekend that saw both nations trading blows and raising fears of broader regional co...

Sarah Mitchell June 29, 2026 0 comments 4 min read