U.S. Political Pulse

• May 5 ballot for Summit County: U.S. Senate (term ends 1/3/29) features Sherrod Brown (D), Jon Husted (R), Jeffery M. Kanter (L)—all no responses;...

President Trump will return to Nevada in upcoming days to promote his administration's tax policies.

Trump's aggressive deportation push faces practical roadblocks forming a troubling trend:

• California's ban proposal: Dems advance bill prohibiting...

Supreme Court remands Colorado's conversion therapy ban, citing viewpoint discrimination in speech regulation—Gorsuch opinion, only Jackson...

Op-ed proposes Whole Health America to redesign U.S. health care delivery amid $5T annual spending and chronic disease burdens like heart disease,...

TikTok's U.S. fate sealed: Supreme Court upheld ban on Jan. 17, 2025, rejecting appeal of 2024 law forcing ByteDance divestiture by Jan. 19.

• Impacts...

Ongoing fallout from Trump's 2018 JCPOA withdrawal is complicating U.S.-Iran negotiations.

• Sen. Tim Kaine calls it one of the worst foreign...

The 2027 U.S. Budget includes $5 billion for the A1OF to fuel the President's foreign policy agenda, mobilizing funds for core national security priorities.

Federal push for security: Trump's March 31 EO mandates DHS/SSA citizenship lists for states, bars USPS from mailing ballots to non-eligible voters,...

• Ad Pressure Mounts: Restoration of America launches $5M campaign targeting Senate for SAVE Act passage, citing 83% public support for photo ID...

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• House: Week-ahead schedules from Majority Leader (e.g., H.R. 7147...

State push for higher turnout moves TN municipal elections—including Nashville Metro's—to even years, delaying 2027 vote to 2028 and extending...

Election tensions rise as federal agencies ramp up scrutiny of local records.

• Texas DHS push: Subpoenas to counties like Lubbock, Brazos, Montgomery...

Major win for prediction markets: Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, blocking Arizona's criminal case against Kalshi and siding with...

• Historic step-down: Minnesota's first Black Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson retires soon at mandatory age 70.
• Walz's praise: Gov. hails...

• Suing Washtenaw County (MI): DOJ targets sheriff's info-sharing blocks, ICE detainer refusals, lenient prosecutors, and property access limits as...

Key updates as House returns today:

• Reconvenes at 2:30 p.m. ET, but no vote to end 51-day DHS shutdown expected; Dems prioritize Iran war powers...

Republican Clay Fuller wins election to the U.S. House in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. GOP secures the seat in key special election hold.

• Tomorrow (Apr 14, 1-2pm ET): NACo webinar on WH's EO 14399 (Mar 31) mandating citizenship verification, voter databases, and USPS mail-in...

Immigration overreach spotlighted: Federal Judge Christina Reiss ruled CBP unlawfully canceled Kseniia Petrova’s visa over undeclared frog embryos,...