US Politics Tracker

Congressional Calls for 25th Amendment

• 🔥 73 Members Urge Invocation Against Trump: 73 members of Congress are calling for the 25th Amendment to...

Escalating calls for Trump's removal via 25th Amendment:

• 73 members (70 House, 3 Senators, all Democrats like Pelosi, AOC, Murphy) demand invocation...

Federal push for sensitive voter data meets state resistance:

• May 2025: DOJ demands SSNs, driver's licenses from 48 states + DC to purge ineligible...

Key Second Amendment breakdowns from recent rulings and cases:

• Who: Disarm credible threats temporarily, e.g., restraining orders; pending on drug...

Key dynamics reshaping 2026 midterms:

• Enforcement fallout: Trump's ramp-up caused U.S. citizen deaths in Minneapolis, sharply dropping his...

NEC Director Hassett's upbeat take on U.S. economy:

• Productivity boom from Trump admin infrastructure deals ($18T spending) and AI gains to drive...

Key takeaways on Democrats' push after Trump's expletive-filled Easter threat to bomb Iranian infrastructure:

• Dem reactions: Sen. Chris Murphy...

Major USDA discretionary funding slashed by $4.9B (19%), targeting food aid, rural programs, and research.

• International aid hit hard: Food for...

Georgia Runoffs Impacting Congress and State Legislature

• 🔥 GA-14 Congressional District: Voters in northwest Georgia head to polls Tuesday for...

• Nationally watched GA-14 special election: Shawn Harris (moderate Democrat, 37% first round) faces Clay Fuller (Trump-backed Republican, 35%) to...

Key shifts in Trump's deportation push:

• Miller scaled back public role after fatal Minneapolis shooting of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti, admitting...

Trump's unpopular Iran war—launched late February—is worsening GOP headwinds with no end in sight and rising fuel prices hitting wallets.

• Standard...

Family event politicized: Trump warned Iran of power grid strikes if demands unmet, dismissed ceasefire as “not enough” during kids' festivities.

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Emerging trend: Trump admin overhauling college oversight and FY2027 budget to enforce conservative goals.

• Ties federal funding to eradicating DEI...

Reihan Salam highlights immigrants' nuanced role beyond debates:

• Post-1965 arrivals, kids, and grandkids form one-third of US population, integrated...

Key limits on presidential actions from constitutional law prof David Schultz:

• War: Congress alone declares war (Art. 1 Sec. 8), but presidents...

Deadly toll from aggressive enforcement: Two American citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, died.

• Miller vanishes from spotlight: Fox appearances...

• SB 2031 passed: Private right of action for those coerced into gender treatments and harmed, with 18-year statute of limitations.
• SB 676 advanced:...

Congressional Budget Challenges

• 🔥 Unpredictable Appropriations: POLITICO reports it has become impossible to predict the trajectory of the...

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) asked energy expert Todd Snitchler, 'How Much Investment In Their Systems Might Be Needed?' during March's Senate Energy Committee hearing on grid updates, highlighting modernization costs amid energy policy debates.