U.S. Politics & Policy Digest

The 2025-26 Supreme Court term delivered a mixed record: it checked Trump on tariffs, birthright citizenship, and firing a Federal Reserve member, yet...

Recent decisions establish a two-step framework where courts first resolve procedural hurdles before any APA analysis.

• Statutory preclusion can...

Ohio U.S. House incumbents enter the final campaign stretch with millions in reserves, creating steep structural barriers for challengers.

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The Supreme Court's Landor ruling marks a radical judicial rewrite of the Constitution, treating spending-power laws as unenforceable contracts...

New York congressional leaders are pushing back against the Trump administration's accelerated plan to shift Army Corps of Engineers offices from...

AI chatbots can expand voting guidance accessibility for younger and less-engaged citizens, yet they introduce risks of advertiser influence, factual...

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez suspended her Wisconsin governor campaign over mishandled financial reports and double-counted contributions, dealing a blow...

Trump’s approval remains stuck between 37-43% across major polls, showing no collapse despite convictions and controversies. GOP lawmakers have...

Ron DeSantis is renewing calls for congressional term limits, citing Senate health scares and describing the chamber as an “old folks home” while...

America's elections span over 10,000 local jurisdictions with varying state rules, a structure that makes coordinated fraud highly unlikely.

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• U.S. scores 54/100 in the latest Electoral Integrity Project, tying Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, and Bolivia.
• Score fell from 71 previously, driven by...

The latest USPS price hike to 82 cents reflects a familiar pattern: costs rise and volume falls, yet the agency simply charges more instead of...

Ballotpedia's new Partisan Direction Index quantifies how Democrats and Republicans in state legislatures voted on 2026 ballot measures, scoring...

The Supreme Court cannot act like judges because life tenure, partisan confirmations, and unreviewable power let justices impose personal values...

The White House report on Smithsonian exhibits defends the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 against claims of racial motivation, insisting economic...

Trump accused China of election interference and declassified documents alleging 2020 ballot vulnerabilities, with critics calling it groundwork for midterm fraud claims. Mullin warned blue states against resisting federal voter record reviews.

Republicans are spending over $2 million to boost progressive state Rep. Francesca Hong in Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary, betting her...

Trump's Thursday White House address used claims of Chinese voter data theft and 270,000 noncitizens on rolls to erode trust in elections ahead of...

• Open seats across Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, and Oklahoma create the largest baseline shifts for enforcement priorities.
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A 6-3 Supreme Court ruling on June 30 struck down caps on coordinated spending between parties and candidates, giving parties greater clout to direct...