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Trump Rally Interrupted in San Antonio

When President Donald Trump took the stage at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio on Oct. 7, 2026, he was there to rally support for Republican Texas Senate nominee Ken Paxton ahead of November's midterm elections. The night was repeatedly interrupted, and Trump folded the disruptions into his message....

The Shrek Text Case and the First Amendment Line

Every generation rediscovers the same uncomfortable truth about the First Amendment: it protects a lot of speech we wish people would keep to themselves. This time, the flashpoint is Ohio, where a progressive political blogger, D.J. Byrnes, spent 23 hours in jail after sending a state senator crude...

The Susie Wiles FBI Records, Explained

You can learn a lot about American power by watching what happens when a name shows up in a federal file. The viral controversy around newly surfaced FBI records tied to Susie Wiles and members of the Trump family is not really about gossip, or even about one adviser’s phone. It is about the...

Trump, Tom Cotton, and the Daylight Saving Time Doxxing Fight

Daylight saving time is one of those issues that feels too mundane to light up a national political firestorm. Most Americans encounter it twice a year as a sleepy inconvenience. But this week, a timekeeping bill turned into something else entirely: a test of party discipline, a demonstration of...

Protesting Outside a Judge’s Home: What the Law Allows

Jonathan Turley argues that organized protests outside the private homes of Supreme Court justices are meant to influence judicial decisions and to fuel a broader political effort to demonize judges and “gut the court.” Americans can debate and protest Supreme Court rulings, he writes, but...

Denaturalization and the Supreme Court’s Materiality Rule

Citizenship feels permanent because we talk about it like a destination. You naturalize, you take the oath, you become an American, full stop. But in a small corner of federal law, citizenship can be taken back. Not casually and not by paperwork whim. Still, it can be taken back. The Department of...

DOJ Targets 40 Naturalized Citizens for Denaturalization

What does it mean to become an American citizen by choice, and then have the government try to take that citizenship away? The Justice Department is moving to revoke the U.S. citizenship of 40 foreign-born Americans who allegedly lied or withheld key facts about their criminal histories when they...

The Supreme Court Case Forcing DHS to Choose: Deport or Release?

When most people think about deportation, they picture a straightforward sequence: the government issues a removal order, and the person is sent back to their home country. The Supreme Court is now considering a case that highlights what happens when that final step is not available. The Department...

Robert De Niro’s Trump Attack Lands Again

Robert De Niro has never flirted with subtlety about Donald Trump. That is part of the point. And in a fresh round of comments, De Niro reached for language that is blunt, personal, and morally categorical. De Niro called Trump a “coward” and a “piece of s‑‑‑.” Those are not policy arguments. They...

Karoline Leavitt Joins Fox News as a Contributor

Washington has a revolving door, and the hinges are greased with airtime. Karoline Leavitt, the 29-year-old former White House press secretary , has landed her next high-profile perch: she is joining Fox News as an on-air contributor. The network said Monday that her start date is November 1 , a...

Can Zoning Block a Prayer Grotto?

Most of the time, zoning fights are intensely local. A setback line here, a conditional-use permit there, and neighbors arguing about traffic or noise. But every so often, a small land-use dispute turns into a Supreme Court test of how federal law protects religious practice on real property. That...

DOJ Won’t Appeal the Suppressor Registration Ruling

The Department of Justice has now put it in writing to Congress: it is not appealing the decision in Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF . That single choice, not a new statute and not a Supreme Court opinion, is what gives this moment its political punch. A ruling that was headed toward the usual...

Trump’s Ohio Rally and the New Loyalty Test for Republicans

Campaign rallies are supposed to be about persuasion. Bring the base, broaden the coalition, remind voters what you stand for, and leave the local candidate with a few usable clips. Donald Trump’s stop in Ohio, as he rallied for Republicans, also carried a sharper edge: a warning about what could...

TSA Pulls Chairs From ID-Check Posts Under Trump Fitness Push

Airport security has a thousand little rituals we barely notice until one changes. Shoes off. Liquids out. Laptop in its own bin. And now, at many checkpoint entrances, the TSA officer who checks your ID will be standing, because the chair is gone. The Transportation Security Administration has...

Reflecting Pool Case Dismissed: What “With Prejudice” Means

A D.C. judge has permanently dismissed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandalism case against former Olympian David Hearn, ending a monthslong legal fight that drew in the Justice Department, the White House, and President Donald Trump. D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman dismissed the case...

Can the IRS Require Citizenship Status on Tax Returns?

When most Americans picture the IRS, they picture math. Forms. W-2s. A government agency that asks about income, not identity. That is why a new proposal from the Trump administration lands as more than routine paperwork. The IRS has posted a draft 1040 form for 2026 that would ask filers to...

Did IRS Cuts Reduce Audit Revenue? What the Numbers Mean

When people hear “IRS cuts,” they usually picture fewer audits and a looser enforcement posture. The newer question is more pointed: did workforce reductions actually cost the government money? Here is one striking data point. Revenue collected from IRS examinations fell 35% , from about $10...

What Lawmakers Want in a Planned Parenthood Funding Review

In Washington, the phrase “taxpayer funding” has a way of turning a policy dispute into a fight about rules, compliance, and oversight. Who gets federal money. What strings come with it. And what happens when lawmakers believe those standards are not being met. That question is now at the center of...

Ghost Students and Federal Aid Fraud

You do not have to be a hacker to steal from a federal program. Sometimes you just have to become a student on paper. That is the logic behind the "ghost student" scam, a scheme that exploits how federal student aid is awarded. On its face, it looks like ordinary enrollment. Names appear in class...

Trump Administration Sends $500 ObamaCare Refund Checks to Nearly 1 Million People

The Trump administration says it is sending one-time $500 refund checks to people who bought health insurance through the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace and were overcharged through costs tied to operating HealthCare.gov . The checks are being issued by the U.S. Treasury to more than...