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Jun 18 · 4 min read ·US Policy

SCOTUS Will Decide If 350,000 Haitians Stay or Go

DHS career staff said keep it. A political appointee said end it. Then DHS lied. The court rules this month.

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Jun 18 · 4 min read ·US Policy

Marijuana Users Can Own Guns. The Court Was Unanimous.

The NRA and the ACLU won together. Everytown and the Trump DOJ lost together. The vote was 9-0.

Jun 18 · 4 min read ·US Policy

Congress Gave ICE $70 Billion and No Oversight

Trump signed $70B in ICE funding on June 10. Every oversight reform Democrats demanded got stripped.

Jun 18 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Trump's DOJ Is Suing America's First Reparations Program

The feds are calling it racial discrimination. Evanston says it's paying for harm it caused.

Jun 17 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Rex Heuermann Gets Life for Gilgo Beach Killings

A Long Island architect who murdered eight sex workers over 17 years was sentenced to life without parole on June 17, 2026.

Jun 17 · 3 min read ·US Policy

SpaceX Is Getting 715 Acres of a Wildlife Refuge

The government approved trading protected ocelot habitat to Musk's rocket company. Conservationists and a Texas tribe are suing to stop it.

Jun 15 · 3 min read ·US Policy

MAHA's Civil War Over Kratom

RFK Jr. wants to schedule synthetic kratom. His own allies say he's targeting the wrong thing.

Jun 15 · 2 min read ·US Policy

America Turns 250, and Can't Agree How to Party

Congress built a bipartisan commission. Trump built his own and gave it double the money. Seven states are sitting it out.

Jun 15 · 3 min read ·US Policy

A Bill to Ship Raw Milk Across State Lines

Massie and Pingree (and, of course, RFK) want to end the 1987 federal ban. Food-safety groups say it'll sicken kids across state lines.

Jun 15 · 3 min read ·US Policy

A Flesh-Eating Fly Just Crossed Into Texas

The screwworm is back in the US after 60 years. The fix is closing the cattle border and breeding billions of sterile flies.

Jun 15 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Trump Turns 80 With a Cage Fight on the Lawn

The White House built a $60 million UFC cage for his 80th.

Jun 12 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Commercial Fishing Comes Back to the Pacific

Half a million square miles, three monuments, US flag only. Earthjustice will sue.

Jun 12 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Hegseth Stops a Lot of Promotions

Two dozen officers blocked across all four services. 60% are Black, female, or both. They're under 20% of the corps.

Jun 12 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Trump Noms Clayton for DNI

Pulte got bipartisan backlash. FISA 702 just expired. Clayton's hearing is June 17.

Jun 9 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Judge Blocks Trump's $100K H-1B Fee

A different judge already sided with Trump on the same issue.

Jun 9 · 3 min read ·US Policy

SBF Wants a Pardon

Filed Monday. Trump has already rejected it twice.

Jun 8 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Trump On Meet the Press

Fifty minutes in, Trump called Kristen Welker "either crooked or stupid" and stormed off.

Jun 5 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Karen Bass vs. Spencer Pratt

The biggest news from Tuesday's primaries: the LA mayor only got 37%, and a reality TV star whose house burned in the Palisades fires came in second.

Jun 2 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Trump's $1.8B Fund Is Dead

The "anti-weaponization fund" got paused by judges, balked at by Republicans, and dropped by the White House.

Jun 1 · 2 min read ·US Policy

Should Platner Drop Out?

Maine's Democratic Senate nominee got caught sexting. His wife defends. His campaign threatened a witness.