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Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to kill a resolution requiring public disclosure of sexual harassment investigations and taxpayer-funded settlements, while Senate Democrats blocked DHS funding for a third time over immigration enforcement reforms following fatal agent shootings in Minneapolis.
Attorney General Letitia James and 23 states sued Trump Thursday to block his new 10% global tariff, calling it an illegal workaround after the Supreme Court struck down his previous duties. The lawsuit comes one day after a federal judge ordered the administration to begin paying over $130 billion in refunds to more than 2,000 companies.
Senate Republicans voted down a resolution requiring Trump to seek congressional approval for the Iran war, as the Pentagon claims it's 'investigating' a strike on a girls' elementary school that killed 175 people. Neither Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth nor Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt would confirm or deny US involvement in the deadly bombing.
The Senate rejected a measure to limit US military action in Iran as Trump rates his war operation a '15 out of 10' — even as polling shows the conflict is fraying his political coalition and Spain threatens to cut all trade with Washington over the strikes.
State Rep. James Talarico defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett in Texas' Democratic Senate primary by 7 points, setting up a November showdown while Republicans burn through $200 million in a brutal runoff between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton that won't end until May.
State Rep. James Talarico defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett by 7 points in Texas' Democratic Senate primary while GOP incumbent John Cornyn failed to avoid a runoff with Attorney General Ken Paxton — setting up a May showdown that's already cost nearly $200 million.
The president outlined four goals for the military campaign but offered no clear exit strategy, even as the conflict expanded across nine countries and US forces suffered their first casualties from allied fire. His justification contradicted his own secretary of state's explanation to Congress.
In back-to-back decisions, the Supreme Court's conservative majority sided with parents challenging California's policies on transgender students and Republicans fighting to preserve New York's 11th congressional district. Both rulings split 6-3 along ideological lines, with Justice Kagan accusing the court of 'whiplash' on parental rights.
In a striking display of judicial muscle, the Supreme Court's conservative majority issued back-to-back rulings blocking California's transgender notification policy and freezing New York's congressional redistricting—both over furious liberal dissents warning of federal overreach into state matters.
The Supreme Court's sharp rebuke of Tamil Nadu's free electricity promise exposes a deeper crisis in Indian democracy—where competitive populism has replaced fiscal responsibility, and taxpayers foot the bill for unsustainable electoral bribes masquerading as welfare.