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President Trump announced Republicans will hold their first-ever midterm-year national convention in Dallas on September 9-10, an unprecedented move to spotlight narrow congressional majorities ahead of the 2026 elections.
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Trump's federal financial disclosure, released June 30, 2026, shows he earned more than $1 billion from crypto in his first year back in office - up to $1.4 billion by NBC's reading.
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) drew a blunt contrast between the DOJ threatening 10-year sentences for damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Trump's blanket pardons of Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted police.
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President Trump called the rise of democratic socialist candidates the biggest threat to the nation since its founding, ranking it above World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor and 9/11.
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Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says that if he were voting in Texas, he'd back Democrat James Talarico over GOP nominee Ken Paxton in the 2026 Senate race.
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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that geofence warrants trigger Fourth Amendment protections, requiring police to get a narrowly tailored warrant before sweeping up bulk cellphone location data.
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California's $352 billion 2026-27 budget fully funds free school meals for every K-12 student and universal transitional kindergarten for 400,000+ four-year-olds.
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In a 5-4 ruling in Watson v. RNC, the Supreme Court upheld Mississippi's mail-ballot grace period, preserving protections in roughly 29 states for on-time ballots that arrive late.
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A federal judge has given the Justice Department until July 2 to release unredacted Epstein records or explain why it cannot, finding acting Attorney General Todd Blanche conceded he is in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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In a narrow 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court blocked Trump from firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook without cause, carving out the Federal Reserve as an exception even as it expanded presidential firing power over other agencies.
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Sen. John Hickenlooper is demanding President Trump personally reimburse taxpayers for the failed $16 million Lincoln Reflecting Pool renovation that left the pool a green algae swamp.
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In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court let presidents fire members of independent agencies, overturning Humphrey's Executor as liberal justices warned of a destabilizing power grab.
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