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A resolution with 13 articles of impeachment against President Trump has sat in the House Judiciary Committee since April 2026 with no floor vote. Every prior attempt this Congress was tabled, and removal would still require 67 Senate votes.
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A federal appeals court says Trump needs Congress to build his $400 million White House ballroom. With the order taking effect Friday, 250 workers are on site 20 hours a day.
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A Cole County judge upheld the rejection of a 300,000-signature referendum petition, leaving Missouri's new congressional map in place for November as an appeal heads to the state Supreme Court.
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Gross federal debt passed $40 trillion on August 18, 2026, as net interest costs are projected to exceed national defense spending for the first time.
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The OCC granted preliminary conditional approval to World Liberty Trust Company, a national trust bank sponsored by the Trump family crypto venture. It is not a deposit bank, and the charter is not final.
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Judge Indira Talwani's August 11 preliminary injunction bars the U.S. Postal Service nationwide from enforcing Section 3 of Trump's election order, which would have let it refuse to deliver mail-in ballots.
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Karoline Leavitt is stepping down as White House press secretary at the end of August, making her the fifth high-profile woman out of Trump's administration since March - and every replacement so far has been a man.
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Congressional pay has been $174,000 since 2009. The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009. We asked readers whether lawmakers should be paid their own state's minimum wage.
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Rep. Nancy Mace published a Daily Wire essay arguing that 'pathological empathy among liberal white women' is the single greatest threat to national security, drawing heavy criticism.
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NYC will eliminate weekly childcare copays for more than 22,000 families in the subsidized voucher program starting in September, part of Mayor Mamdani's universal-childcare push.
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The ACLU and civil rights groups asked a federal judge on August 11 to confirm that Trump's second executive order targeting birthright citizenship is already blocked. No ruling has issued yet, and the 14th Amendment remains intact.
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Trump gave Darline Graham a ‘complete and total endorsement,’ but she failed to clear a majority in South Carolina’s GOP Senate primary and now faces an Aug. 25 runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman.
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