Prices continue to rise despite Trump’s promises to end inflation
Gas prices jumped 38% since Trump took office and 95% of Americans say they face an affordability crisis, a recent poll found.
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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Kavanaugh's concurrence says the rule may be legal but too rushed for the midterms, while dissenters Thomas and Alito say it should stand for now.
Trump EPA to strip greenhouse gas limits for power plants, a key Biden climate policy
Sen. Whitehouse warns the rollback could push more states to impose their own emissions limits, while Evergreen Action disputes EPA's no-climate-impact claim.
U.S. Senate Dems disclose Trump administration operation dug through state voter rolls
A whistleblower says DHS agents impersonated voters and faced quotas of five checks per hour, sometimes flagging U.S. citizens due to faulty data.
Divorce becomes next battleground as states debate family values
Domestic violence advocates warn that GOP-backed limits on no-fault divorce could trap abuse survivors, months after a Virginia murder-suicide spotlighted delays.
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Vance blasts Dem ‘crazies’ in convention speech seen as possible 2028 audition
The DNC's Kendall Witmer called Vance Trump's most loyal puppet, as the Ohioan wove tributes to Charlie Kirk and his newborn son into the Dallas speech.
As gap between CEO and worker pay yawns, employers do little to defend the most vulnerable
Institute for Policy Studies finds Low Wage 100 CEOs earn 614 times worker pay while their lobby groups stayed silent on Medicaid, SNAP and ICE crackdowns.
Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court
A whistleblower says the rushed verification portal has bugs that could reject valid ballots, with midterms weeks away and a ruling pending.
Trump’s trade war with Canada escalates as new tariffs launch
Canada's tariffs hit 629 U.S. product categories, including key industries in midterm battleground states like Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Labor unions are growing, but where depends on state politics
Collective bargaining states added three times as many union members as right-to-work states, with pay averaging $3 more per hour after cost-of-living adjustments.
Report: Trump policies are raising costs of kids’ school meals
Groundwork Collaborative found that packing school lunches will cost families $400 more this school year than last.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow Postal Service vote-by-mail rule
A federal judge called the rule unconstitutional days before ballots began mailing, setting up an emergency Supreme Court fight over Congress and states election powers.
Judge criticizes Trump pressure on prosecutors on reflecting pool vandalism charges
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro dropped charges against Olympian David Hearn, but the dismissal without prejudice leaves the door open for Trump to push a refiling.
Developers eye Native nations, tribal communities for new data center projects
The Cherokee, Seminole and Kickapoo nations have banned data centers on tribal land, saying developers target sovereign nations to skirt state and local rules.
Trump’s tariff moves threaten America’s struggling beef industry, rancher says
John Boyd Jr., a fourth-generation cattleman, says imported beef is a threat to ranchers and consumers.
Republican cuts will decimate caregiving in America, report says
Caregivers who tend to the elderly, the very young and the disabled in many cases are severely underpaid.
Trump’s newest order on birthright citizenship blocked in federal court
Judge Deborah Boardman ruled Trump's revised order is almost certainly unconstitutional, citing a Supreme Court decision that already settled the citizenship question this summer.
States are left to fill the gap without federal paid leave law
Only 14 states have laws mandating paid family leave programs.
Immigration activity is taking a toll on children’s health, doctors say
A Minneapolis study found missed pediatric appointments jumped over 50% among Latino children during a 2025 ICE operation, doctors say.
Where have the workers gone? 2 million foreign-born men have left the country, analysis says.
Analyst Eric Pachman says native-born men are not filling the vacated jobs, undermining Trump's claim that immigrants displace American workers.
