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Could USPS Refuse to Deliver Your Ballot? A New Election Fight Is About to Explode

The Supreme Court opened the door to Trump’s mail-ballot policy — but it did not uphold the USPS rule, and a separate court order still blocks it from being used this November.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ August 25, 2026

Could USPS Refuse to Deliver Your Ballot? A New Election Fight Is About to Explode

America’s First Socialist President? His Name Is Donald Trump

The Trump administration is taking direct ownership stakes in major U.S. corporations like Intel, U.S. Steel, and Westinghouse Electric, marking an unprecedented expansion of federal control over American business.

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James K Glassman

/ August 17, 2026

America’s First Socialist President? His Name Is Donald Trump

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship 2.0 Could Put Him on a Collision Course With Pro-Lifers

The Trump administration's new executive order on birthright citizenship aims to work within Supreme Court limits by denying citizenship to children born to non-citizen parents in specific categories, but experts warn it could create constitutional conflicts.

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Irwin Nowick

/ August 14, 2026

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship 2.0 Could Put Him on a Collision Course With Pro-Lifers

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Backfire: Six Fatal Mistakes—and One Big Failure to Research the Justices’ Own Family Histories

A legal analysis of Trump's defeated birthright citizenship executive order reveals six fatal mistakes, including failure to research the justices' own naturalization histories and a misunderstanding of 14th Amendment jurisdiction.

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Irwin Nowick

/ July 23, 2026

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Backfire: Six Fatal Mistakes—and One Big Failure to Research the Justices’ Own Family Histories

Trump EO Pushes Citizenship Verification and Mail Ballot Tracking Further Than SAVE Act Debate

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 31 directing federal agencies to build a new citizenship-verification system for federal elections and requiring the U.S. Postal Service to begin rulemaking on new standards for mailed ballots.

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Chad Peace

/ March 31, 2026

Donald Trump signing an executive order with voter registration documents, a passport, and mail ballot tracking materials on a presidential desk.

No Referee in the Midterms? Trump’s FEC Nominations Come After 10 Months of Zero Federal Oversight

As February wrapped up, it was reported that President Donald Trump had nominated two Republicans for the Federal Elections Commission after 10 months of the agency being unable to perform its basic functions.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ March 2, 2026

Empty Federal Election Commission hearing room symbolizing FEC shutdown during 2026 midterms as Trump nominates new commissioners amid campaign finance oversight crisis.

Will Trump Reclassify Cannabis This Week?

A massive fistfight broke out on the floor of the Mexican Senate on August 27 as lawmakers clashed over whether the United States should step in to confront Mexico’s drug cartels. The chaos in Mexico comes just as President Donald Trump is preparing to make news of his own. With a single announcemen

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ August 29, 2025

Will Trump Reclassify Cannabis This Week?

Trump and Newsom Engage in War to See Who Can Offend Voters the Most

President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom are escalating a partisan tug-of-war match — each threatening to manipulate electoral maps for short-term advantage. However, their proposals are receiving significant pushback from voters, election reform advocates, even members of their o

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Shawn Griffiths

/ July 17, 2025

Trump and Newsom Engage in War to See Who Can Offend Voters the Most

Mike Tyson Calls Out Donald Trump to Make Good on Cannabis Rescheduling Promise

Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight boxing champion known as “Iron Mike,” is calling on President Donald Trump to make good on a campaign promise to reclassify cannabis under federal law.

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ July 11, 2025

Mike Tyson Calls Out Donald Trump to Make Good on Cannabis Rescheduling Promise

Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Trump’s Executive Order Attack on Drug Pricing Middlemen

In less than a month, President Donald Trump has signed two major executive orders to overhaul the nation’s prescription drug pricing system. These orders have placed Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) at the center of the president’s ire and revived a controversial “Most Favored Nation” pricing polic

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ May 12, 2025

Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Trump’s Executive Order Attack on Drug Pricing Middlemen

Trump Pushes Alcatraz Revival as Calif. Audit Finds State Prisons Unprepared for Natural Disaster Evacuations

As President Donald Trump calls for the reopening and expansion of Alcatraz Island to house the nation’s “most ruthless and violent offenders,” a new state audit raises alarms about California’s state prison system: most state-run facilities are not adequately prepared to evacuate during natural dis

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Cara Brown McCormick

/ May 5, 2025

Trump Pushes Alcatraz Revival as Calif. Audit Finds State Prisons Unprepared for Natural Disaster Evacuations

What Will Trump's 'Liberation Day' Mean for US Job Growth?

April 2 marks President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day,’ which could usher in the most aggressive tariffs in modern US history or be completely blown out of proportion.

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Shawn Griffiths

/ April 1, 2025

What Will Trump's 'Liberation Day' Mean for US Job Growth?