Supreme Court upholds Mississippi’s post-Election Day mail-in ballot law, drawing national attention to age discrimination in South Carolina voting

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold Mississippi’s law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted for five days afterward, even as a federal appeals court found South Carolina’s absentee voting rules illegally discriminated based on age. The Supreme Court’s decision preserved Mississippi’s practice of counting late-arriving mail-in ballots, so long […]

Barron Trump limits public profile amid threats and violence targeting his family

Barron Trump has pulled back from public life after a string of violent threats and attacks on his father and friends, as his family cites security fears and pleads for privacy. The only son of former President Donald Trump has spent much of the summer away from the spotlight, opting for the relative safety of […]

Trump turns to Treasury Secretary Bessent as Hegseth’s influence wanes in Iran briefings

President Donald Trump has shifted his attention away from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during high-level Iran conflict briefings, giving more weight to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s economic strategy, a move officials say reflects growing doubts about military pressure and mounting supply issues. President Trump, who launched military action against Iran in February, is now in […]

Milo Yiannopoulos removed from U.S. by ICE after arrest at New Orleans airport

The Department of Homeland Security says Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested and deported former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos after he overstayed his visa and failed to appear for an immigration hearing, fueling debate over the Biden-to-Trump policy shift on illegal immigration enforcement. Federal agents arrested Milo Yiannopoulos at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and […]

Federal judge reverses course overnight, blocks USPS mail-in ballot rules again before 2026 midterms

An Obama-appointed federal judge blocked the Postal Service from enforcing President Trump's mail-in ballot executive order for the second time in weeks, just one day after lifting her own injunction. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a new ruling Thursday reimposing a block on USPS implementation of the ballot-handling rules Trump established by executive order […]

Trump phones ISS astronauts from Houston, honors Artemis II crew, and signs Space Force Academy order

President Trump traveled to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Friday to call American astronauts aboard the International Space Station, award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, and sign an executive order creating a U.S. Space Force Academy. Trump spoke with the ISS crew from Mission Control shortly after […]

Minneapolis police raid home of Ilhan Omar's son, seize guns and ammunition

Minneapolis police executed a search warrant at the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar's son Adnan Hirsi, confiscating guns and ammunition and arresting his roommate, a sequence that drew sharp reactions online given Omar's record as a vocal gun-control advocate. Officers arrested Abdulrahman Abdi, Hirsi's roommate, earlier on Tuesday before executing the search warrant at the […]

Federal grand jury charges 81 alleged members of Puerto Rico drug ring after massive law enforcement sweep

A federal indictment has charged 81 alleged members of a violent drug trafficking organization in western Puerto Rico, a sweep that authorities say dismantled a ring responsible for flooding public housing with fentanyl and cocaine for five years. Attorney General Todd Blanche traveled to San Juan to announce the charges on August 27, 2026, one […]

Federal judge blocks Ohio's proof-of-citizenship law for voter registration at BMV offices

A Clinton-appointed federal judge has temporarily struck down Ohio's requirement that residents show documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote at motor vehicle offices, weeks before the state's registration deadline and over the objections of Ohio's top election official. U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday blocking Ohio from […]

Trump renames Lake Ontario 'Lake America' by executive order amid escalating trade war with Canada

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America", the latest salvo in a deepening trade conflict with Ottawa that has already derailed bilateral negotiations. Trump announced the name change from the Oval Office, flanked by placards of the Great Lakes, telling reporters the order took effect immediately. He said the […]