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Supreme Court Justice Makes Blistering Dissent in Trump Case

On December 4, 2025, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned emergency order allowing Texas to use a GOP-friendly map for the 2026 elections. Justice Elena Kagan authored the blistering dissent, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, criticizing the Court’s handling of race in re

Trump Moves to Expand Travel Ban to 30+ Nations

The Trump administration is weighing a broad expansion of the U.S. travel ban from its current 19-country scope to roughly 30 nations, according to multiple officials familiar with internal discussions. The push comes in the wake of a Washington, D.C. shooting in which an Afghan asylum-seeker who en

Trump administration to direct more water to California farms

On Friday, the Trump administration unveiled a new operating plan for the Central Valley Project designed to redirect more water from Northern California toward the Central Valley’s farms. The plan, issued by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in coordination with California’s Department of Water Resour

Google Year in Search 2025 Deals Bruising Blow to Trump

Google’s annual Year in Search has landed with a twist in 2025: the man who often defined the public’s attention in prior years, Donald Trump, did not top the ranking this time. The Daily Beast’s Leigh Kimmins reports that Trump was nowhere in the top trending lists globally or in the United States.

Supreme Court Puts Trump’s Midterm Power Grab Back on Track

On November 19, 2025, in a move critics call a brisk, unsigned shadow-docket ruling, the Supreme Court intervened to allow Texas to deploy a new congressional map drawn by state Republicans for the 2026 midterms. The order, issued without full briefing and argument, effectively overturned a lower co

Trump Tries To Cut Congress Out of U.S. Attorney Appointments

President Donald Trump and allies have pressed a push to install trusted loyalists as U.S. attorneys without the Senate’s mandatory advice and consent, a move that raises serious questions under the Appointments Clause and tests the balance between the executive and legislative branches. At the cent

Colombian president warns against attacking sovereignty

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has strongly rejected threats to the country’s sovereignty after former U.S. President Donald Trump said that any country trafficking drugs into the United States could be attacked. In a response that echoed his broader defense of national sovereignty, Petro invite