US Policy Pulse

Foreign Policy Developments

• 🔥 Iran Attack in Strait of Hormuz: A U.S. official stated Iran was behind an attack on a cargo vessel near Oman,...

• Democrats reintroduce the Right to Vote Act to create a federal statutory right to vote and empower court challenges to restrictions
• Thirteen...

The Trump administration is advancing an integrated foreign policy across immigration, trade, and geopolitics.

• Asylum restrictions: Supreme Court...

The Michigan Voting Rights Act package cleared the Senate and now needs House support to create state-level protections against voter suppression and...

Trump's push for the SAVE America Act is halting unrelated legislation and shaping enforcement priorities.

• Veterans benefits bill stalled, blocking...

U.S. citizens abroad must act now to vote in the 2026 elections.

• Register annually via FPCA form to request absentee ballot
• Drop FPCA at Nairobi...

Americans feel squeezed despite strong GDP and unemployment because volatile prices for everyday items like food, gas, and health care outpace wage...

Court Blocks on Voter Data Access

• 🔥 Federal Judge Blocks Citizenship Database Use: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from using...

Federal judges are repeatedly halting executive efforts to reshape election rules and access voter data.

• A Massachusetts court permanently blocked...

The State Department revoked visas for foreign nationals involved in fraud schemes like Medicaid scams and investor swindles, framing it as protecting...

A buried intelligence assessment on voting machine security sits in the White House, withheld because it contradicts claims of 2020 fraud.

• Report...

Senate passed a measure ending the Iran war with four Republican defections, clearing the way for last week's memorandum of understanding.

That MOU...

A coordinated wave of voting rights legislation is advancing at both state and federal levels.

• Delaware House passed the bipartisan DEVRA to ban...

Four years post-Dobbs, abortion restrictions reveal a coordinated system targeting women's autonomy across multiple fronts.

• Reproductive and...

Voting Rights Developments

• 🔥 Supreme Court Declines Key Case: The Supreme Court declined to take up Arkansas United v. Thurston, leaving the 8th...

Voting Rights Developments

• ⚡ Arizona Registration Deadline: Today is the deadline for Arizona voters to register for next month's primary...

Foreign Policy Update

• 🔥 US-Iran Interim Agreement: The United States and Iran signed an interim ceasefire agreement and memorandum of...

• Strategic Autonomy: Maintains CSPs with all five UNSC permanent members, including both the US and China
• Economic Navigation: US accounts for over...

The Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision stripped Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of nearly all force by requiring proof of intentional...

The author calls Donald Trump's foreign policy record the worst U.S. defeat since Vietnam and ranks him the worst president in history, far below Nixon or Buchanan.