Bipartisan affordable housing bill heads to Trump’s desk
The 358-32 House vote sends the bill to Trump, who has signaled support, despite last-minute conservative objections over election security measures.
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An Ohio company won a no-bid contract to keep the Reflecting Pool clear. It turned green instead.
The Ohio firm's owner is a twice-convicted felon and Trump donor who gave $350,000 to his campaigns and lives near Mar-a-Lago.
Trump ‘trampled’ voter privacy by feeding info into Homeland Security system, judge says
Judge Sooknanan's 75-page ruling vacates DHS directives and could block a planned expansion that would tie homeland security grants to state voter-roll compliance.
Ohio will lose 51,000 jobs, $5.3 billion due to Trump cuts by 2029, new analysis finds
The Commonwealth Fund projects Ohio loses $368 million in state and local tax revenue, while the $200 million rural health fund Republicans added fails to offset ACA subsidy losses.
Trump changes pregnancy-prevention program to promote childbearing
Health researchers say the Title X overhaul will disproportionately harm low-income and minority women while failing to raise the birth rate, as clinics face a Jan. 2027 reapplication deadline.
Lawmakers demand info on Trump use of national park fees to pay for D.C. repairs
The $90 million diversion leaves parks like Carlsbad Caverns with tens of millions in unmet repairs, and a newly renovated $14 million reflecting pool is already growing algae.
Haitians in Ohio with temporary protected status prepare for upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision
TPS attorneys filed a Supreme Court motion to dismiss this week citing newly discovered evidence, as Springfield braces for potential ICE raids and a $400 million economic loss.
Special ed, civil rights to be shifted out of Trump’s shrinking Department of Education
OSERS moves to HHS and OCR to DOJ, marking the 12th interagency transfer as unions and Senate Democrats warn students with disabilities will lose services.
As men fought in cages at the White House, women urged Americans to take a ‘deep breath’
About 70 people gathered at a Springfield watch party as Jane Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment drew more than 1 million viewers nationwide.
Facing historic unpopularity, weaponization of government for election chaos has started in Ohio
The FBI raided Cleveland's Ohio Organizing Collaborative, DOJ backed voter suppression, and GOP rushed a voter ID amendment to the ballot in under a month.
Surging stock market, Trump policies boost wealth for top 1%
The richest 1% now hold 31.9% of U.S. wealth, the highest share the Fed has recorded since 1989, as a CBPP analysis finds Trump's tax law will hurt 70% of households by 2034.
Local election officials reel over ‘logistical nightmare’ of Trump’s vote-by-mail order
Officials from 26 jurisdictions warn the order forces sweeping changes before November, with no federal funding provided and small rural offices least equipped to comply.
With Iran peace agreement to be signed Friday, Trump says ships moving in Strait of Hormuz
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir publicly rejected the deal, while key nuclear removal details remain unresolved ahead of Friday's Switzerland signing.
Trump crypto founders bankrolled Ramaswamy as he pushes to invest Ohio public funds in Bitcoin
The $116,000 cluster arrived on primary day from founders of a venture under Senate scrutiny, while Ramaswamy holds Bitcoin and backs a bill to invest state pension funds in crypto.
Judge blocks Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund until government agrees it’s been dissolved
Judge Brinkema gave the government one week to get Todd Blanche and Scott Bessent to sign off on the $1.776 billion fund's dissolution or face continued injunction.
Tariff refunds for small businesses past due, US Senate Dems tell Trump administration
Sens. Wyden and Markey say only $20.6B of $166B in court-ordered refunds has been paid, with $60B not even in process, and demand answers by June 24.
Corporate logos abound on White House grounds in prep for fights by Trump-allied UFC
A federal judge will rule on written briefs after the Public Integrity Project sued over the $60 million event, calling it a scheme to enrich Trump and allies.
Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters
A Mullin memo filed Monday night reversed a Friday position, but experts say DOJ is stalling to keep courts from blocking the order before November midterms.
Republicans in Congress clear final hurdle for $70B boost in immigration enforcement
Democrats opposed the bill as a blank check to ICE without oversight, citing two citizen killings by immigration agents in January.
Trump launches new strikes on Iran after US Army helicopter downed
Despite claiming the war is over, the U.S. maintains a blockade that has disabled seven Iranian vessels and injured 411 American service members since February.
