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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.
Read »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.
Congress Gave ICE $70 Billion and No Oversight
Trump signed $70B in ICE funding on June 10. Every oversight reform Democrats demanded got stripped.
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.
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.
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.
MAHA's Civil War Over Kratom
RFK Jr. wants to schedule synthetic kratom. His own allies say he's targeting the wrong thing.
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.
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.
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.
Trump Turns 80 With a Cage Fight on the Lawn
The White House built a $60 million UFC cage for his 80th.
Commercial Fishing Comes Back to the Pacific
Half a million square miles, three monuments, US flag only. Earthjustice will sue.
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.
Trump Noms Clayton for DNI
Pulte got bipartisan backlash. FISA 702 just expired. Clayton's hearing is June 17.
Judge Blocks Trump's $100K H-1B Fee
A different judge already sided with Trump on the same issue.
SBF Wants a Pardon
Filed Monday. Trump has already rejected it twice.
Trump On Meet the Press
Fifty minutes in, Trump called Kristen Welker "either crooked or stupid" and stormed off.
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.
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.
Should Platner Drop Out?
Maine's Democratic Senate nominee got caught sexting. His wife defends. His campaign threatened a witness.