The Justice Department’s top election enforcement official has sent a pointed warning to all 50 states that election administrators can be criminally prosecuted if they knowingly allow noncitizens to vote in the upcoming 2026 election.
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New documents released by Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, show that employees at the Department of Justice, including those working for then-special counsel Jack Smith, may have mishandled classified information while probing Donald Trump for allegedly doing the same.
“Messages involving personnel in Jack Smith’s Special Counsel Office (SCO) raise serious concerns about the Biden administration’s failure to properly secure classified materials,” Grassley wrote in a short letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday.
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Maryland lawmakers are set to meet in August for a special session to mull redistricting, they announced on Wednesday.
The proposed ballot initiative, if approved, would set up a November election on the matter and would not affect the 2026 midterms, according to The Hill.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he planned to attack Iran on Wednesday evening, after he declared the ceasefire to be over and renewed attacks on the country earlier this week.
“I’ll give them a little warning: we’re going to hit them hard tonight,” he said, during a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
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The Department of Justice is warning that state election leaders in Oregon could face criminal prosecution if they knowingly allow noncitizens to vote in elections.
The warning came in a letter sent to Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read on Tuesday from Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, the Oregonian reported.
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The Supreme Court last week struck down President Trump’s 2025 executive order that attempted to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. However, the man who authored the first draft said Tuesday he doubts the fight is over for the president and his supporters.
The author, Theo Wold, a former assistant attorney general and White House deputy assistant for Domestic Policy under Trump who wrote the original draft, said on the John Solomon Reports podcast that neither Trump nor “other folks who have used enormous brain power on these issues will either.”
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The United States Central Command said Tuesday it has launched new airstrikes on Iran after it targeted three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the day.
The U.S. said the strikes were on commercial vessels that were transiting the strait, which were “crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway.”
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“Trump Accounts” officially launched on Monday following a July 4 opening, drawing positive feedback from economists who project the program will provide significant financial benefits for American children nationwide.
The accounts come as part of Trump’s new tax law, the One Big Beautiful Bill, and are essentially tax-deferred investments for newborn American citizens born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028. As of today, more than six million people have signed up for the accounts.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, on Tuesday confirmed that he had spoken to Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner and asked him to step aside as the party nominee in the wake of a sexual assault allegation.
“I have spoken with Graham Platner about the best path forward for Maine. In light of these very serious allegations, I have recommended that he step aside,” Sanders said.
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While President Donald Trump marked the 250th anniversary of American independence with great fanfare in the nation’s capital city, his White House quietly released a report from the Domestic Policy Council detailing the “ideological capture” and “activism” infecting the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
The museum was first approved by Congress in 1955 to tell the national story of the United States, to “place before” visitors “a stimulating permanent exposition that commemorates our heritage of freedom and highlights the basic elements of our way of life.”
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A new Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas working paper estimates the record surge in illegal immigration during the Biden administration boosted employment while causing 30% of home price increases and 20% of rent increases.
The paper combined immigration court records with government administrative data to create the first ever calculation of how a wave of 7 million illegal immigrants from 2021 through 2024 affected local labor and housing markets.
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Proponents of renewable energy often claim that wind and solar are the cheapest forms of energy and will drive down electricity rates. However, electricity costs continue to rise faster than inflation, with no sign the trend is reversing, even as the amount of wind and solar grows in the grid.
Last December, the Always On Energy Research and the Institute for Energy Research completed an analysis of electricity rates and found that residents of blue states see higher electricity bills than those of red states.
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President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated the launch of Trump accounts, saying that more than 6 million Americans had signed up for the project.
Earlier in the day, he formally rang the bell to open the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ from the White House as part of a ceremony marking the launch.
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Mark Twain once turned the premature report of his death in the 1890s into one of history’s greatest quips, but at the Social Security Administration the mistaken reporting of American’s deaths is no laughing matter.
The agency’s internal watchdog sharply rebuked SSA workers for mistakenly reporting that 12,054 Americans had died in 2025 who actually didn’t, then failing to follow the proper procedures in repairing the damage far too often.
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Philadelphia canceled its Friday’s Fourth of July parade over concerns about high temperatures, and other holiday events in other communities are being canceled or rescheduled.
Temperatures reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Philadelphia on Friday, and the organizers of the city’s Salute to Semiquincentennial Parade said that their responsibility toward the safety of expected crowds comes first, CBS News reported.
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Nearly two-thirds of Gen Z and nearly half of all Americans don’t know that America 250 is a celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a national survey by the Cato Institute found.
The question posed to the survey respondents was, “To the best of your knowledge, which of the following best describes what America’s 250th anniversary commemorates?”
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Conservative pundits, online commentators, and some lawmakers have cast blame on Justice Amy Coney Barrett over two high-profile cases important to the Trump administration’s political goals, including birthright citizenship and mail-in-voting.
In one of those cases, Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s liberal Justices on Monday to uphold a law that allowed Mississippi to count mailed ballots after Election Day as long as they were postmarked by that date and received within five days—a blow to Republican efforts to restrict mail-in-voting ahead of the midterm elections.
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The Justice Department and 17 U.S. states’ Attorneys General are suing several food companies for illegally coordinating the manipulation of egg prices.
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President Donald Trump has made fighting illegal immigration the centerpiece of his second administration, but for too many families across the country, finding justice has been elusive.
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Former CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, demanding that it preserve records he needs to mount a claim of vindictive prosecution in the event of an eventual indictment.
“[T]he evidence of vindictiveness in this matter is overwhelming. President Trump has been condemning and calling for Director Brennan’s prosecution for years,” the lawsuit reads. “Administration officials from the Acting Attorney General to the FBI Director and the Counselor overseeing the Brennan investigations have been publicly declaring Director Brennan a criminal, not only before securing a conviction in court but even before a full investigation and an indictment.”
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The Education Department has approved a plan to cut federal loans to college programs that result in low-earning jobs – a move the Trump administration sees as an opportunity to rein in runaway borrowing, while critics argue it is a blow to students seeking degrees in such fields as music, public service and religious studies.
The department announced the so-called “rule” Monday for its new Student Tuition and Transparency System and Earnings Accountability initiative – after saying in April, when the rule-drafting process started, that the federal student loan portfolio was approaching $1.7 trillion as “more students are left financially worse off than if they had never attended college.”
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The Department of Justice on Wednesday sued the Commonwealth of Virginia over its recently approved assault weapons ban, asserting that the Second Amendment barred such restrictions.
Virginia is one of a handful of states that have enacted such restrictions on the commonly owned semiautomatic rifles.
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, appears to have taken the lead in the Maine Senate contest against Democratic candidate Graham Platner, a recent survey has shown.
The incumbent Collins took 50% support among registered voters in the latest Fox News survey. Platner trailed with 47%. The three-point margin of error means the race is still a statistical tie.
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the Republican Party will host the first ever Midterm convention this year in Dallas, Texas.
The convention will take place later this year and run from Sept. 9-10.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to bans on AR-15s and similar semi-automatic rifles that could impact states that have implemented strict gun control measures.
The justices granted a writ of certiori and consolidated two cases addressing bans on commonly owned firearms, including AR-15s. The petitioners specifically challenge restrictions in Illinois and Connecticut, two states with some of the strictest gun regulations in the nation.
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The Department of Justice on Tuesday warned that it would aggressively prosecute persons suspected of engaging in birth tourism schemes to secure citizenship for their children after the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship.
“Birth tourism schemes exploit our immigration laws and often violate our criminal laws,” the DOJ posted. “The Department of Justice will prioritize the prosecutions of birth tourism schemes across the country. Actors seeking to exploit loopholes to obtain automatic citizenship for their children pose a national security threat and will be brought to justice.”
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold bans on biological men competing in women’s sports in Idaho and West Virginia.
“BIG WIN: The United States Supreme Court just RULED AGAINST MEN PLAYING IN WOMEN’S SPORTS. Wow! That takes that ridiculous situation off the table!!!” he posted on Truth Social.
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Nestle plans to remove artificial food colorings from its products by the end of 2026.
The company has been facing mounting pressure from those who believe the colorings are unhealthy, Reuters reported. Investors were becoming increasingly concerned that packaged food companies could lose customers as they shift toward what they believe are healthier foods.
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As the final opinion issued in the 2026 term, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, striking down President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order that sought to restrict automatic birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment for children of parents who are unlawfully present or on temporary visas.
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A federal judge on Monday delayed the start of the criminal case against Cole Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last in April.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden approved a joint request from prosecutors and defense attorneys to pause the trial for 45 days because of the large volume of evidence in the case. Federal prosecutors said discovery will include “thousands of pages and gigabytes of data” spanning Allen’s alleged activities from California to Washington, D.C.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is confident the United States will weather the Iran conflict and a temporary spike in gas prices and finish 2026 with economic growth above 3% while hitting the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target.
Bessent told Just the News that the recent revision upwards of the Gross Domestic Product is one of many signs the economy is still strong.
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday blocked three ballot initiatives to redraw the state’s congressional maps, finding that they violated a clause in the state constitution limiting such initiatives to a single issue.
Colorado currently maintains an independent redistricting commission, but proponents of the initiatives have sought to create a temporary slate of maps to balance out redistricting in Republican-leaning states. A similar effort in Virginia did not survive legal scrutiny.
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John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Friday to unauthorized possession of a document related to national defense.
The count was one of 18 charges in the indictment. The count usually carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, but both sides have agreed to a maximum of five years, Fox News reported.
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The United States Central Command said Friday that it has struck Iranian drone and missile storage locations in response to Iran’s attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz Thursday evening.
Iran’s strike Thursday came just hours after the Iranian military warned that ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz require their authorization. Those that don’t comply, it said, “will be dealt with.”
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When an intelligence agent purchased illegal firearm components from China, an Intelligence Community contractor searched through employee security files and another such contractor profited off of government service, the IC watchdog raised the alarm. But federal agencies within the community failed to act for months, according to bombshell testimony delivered to Congress this week.
The Intelligence Community Inspector General Christopher Fox testified that his watchdog office lacks the proper authority to carry out investigations into alleged wrongdoing inside the Intelligence Community and instead is often hampered by “tribalism” among the agencies.
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President Donald Trump on Friday warned European nations that they would face a 100% tariff on their goods if they imposed a digital services tax on American companies.
“Numerous European Countries have been discussing the imminent implementation of a Digital Services Tax on American Companies,” he posted on Truth Social. “Some of these Countries are close to actually doing this. Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America.”
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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi on Friday warned that ships seeking passage through the Strait of Hormuz must coordinate with Tehran, in accordance with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) it signed with the U.S.
“Safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, with ambiguous arrangements, parallel routes, or decision-making outside of Iran’s considerations as the coastal state, cannot be guaranteed,” he posted on X. “Any credible framework must be based on coordination with Iran and the provisions of paragraph five of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. Otherwise, the outcome will be the suspension of the designated parallel route.”
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In the fourth and final decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mullin v. Doe, a case concerning whether the Administration may terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations.
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Postmaster General David Steiner told senators during a hearing Wednesday that he plans to abide by the Trump administration’s rule regarding not delivering mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government.
The proposed rule faces court challenges and Steiner said he would follow any court ruling on the matter, but will follow the rule until an order blocks it. The proposed rule seeks to create lists of citizens in each state to help determine who is eligible to vote and calls on the Postal Service not to distribute mail ballots to those not on state lists.
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The Trump administration will soon request $80 billion funding for the Iran war, Politico reported, citing “five people familiar with the matter.”
Administration officials reportedly told Republicans on Capitol Hill that the request would come this week. The news comes as Trump increasingly pressures the Senate to change its rules to pass key legislation.
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday canceled the signing of the bipartisan housing bill, saying he won’t sign the measure until the Senate passes the election integrity and voter security bill known as the SAVE Act.
“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby canceled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency,” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
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An Ohio-based lawn company, ScottsMiracle-Gro, is donating $1 million to fix the White House South Lawn after the UFC Freedom 250 event this past weekend.
Longtime Trump supporter James Hagedorn runs the private lawn company that is committed to restoring the lawn, on which a temporary, 4,300-seat arena was built, according to the Washington Post.
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President Donald Trump’s last minute double endorsement of both candidates in the South Carolina Republican runoff helped him to avoid what would have been a crushing defeat on Tuesday evening.
At the same time, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s preferred candidates managed to dominate their Democratic primaries and even oust prominent members of the conference. Mamdani’s wins seem to have established him as an increasingly potent force in shaping the direction of the Democratic Party moving forward while Trump’s merely reasserted his kingmaker status within the GOP.
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Eight protesters whom the Justice Department accuses of having ties to Antifa were sentenced Tuesday to decades in federal prison in connection to a shooting last year outside a federal immigration detention center in Texas.
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, who was one of two judges overseeing the trial, said the demonstration wasn’t a protest but “an assault on democracy.” He said the need to deter the type of behavior seen at the protest is high.
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A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent has evidence that his agency and federal prosecutors let more than 1 million fentanyl pills flow onto the streets of New Mexico during the Biden era and then tried to silence him from testifying after he blew the whistle, the agent’s lawyer tells Just the News.
“DEA has a campaign that says one pill can kill, and so the DEA allowing this to happen was really significant. It was driven also by the US Attorney’s Office in New Mexico,” Attorney Tristan Leavitt, president of the Empower Oversight, whistleblower center, said in an interview Monday night.
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The Justice Department has concluded that the Department of Agriculture’s preferences for “socially disadvantaged” farmers violate the Constitution’s promise of equal protection.
“Racial discrimination is illegal,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Monday in making the announcement, “and the government cannot show preference to certain groups when awarding special benefits without a compelling reason to justify the classification.”
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Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul issued a subpoena Monday to force former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci to testify in front of his panel after the Biden administration official declined to do so voluntarily.
The senator claimed Fauci previously agreed to testify in front of the panel, but former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on her last day in office last week declassified a several-hundred-page agency report on Fauci related to when he was NIAID director, the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing, unresolved issue of the origin of the deadly virus.
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FBI Director Kash Patel announced Monday the capture of a man in Turkey who allegedly helped orchestrate a $3.7 billion Medicare fraud scheme and said the man has been brought back to the United States to face charges.
The bureau said Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi, who fled the U.S. in May 2025, was recently detained by Turkish authorities and the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group flew to the country and transported Hilmi to the U.S. last week through a foreign transfer of custody operation, according to Fox News.
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Only a small percentage of U.S. voters who oppose data centers live near one, a new poll by a consulting firm that counsels leading AI labs and tech startups found.
The poll, conducted by Milltown Partners, which surveyed more than 6,500 registered U.S. voters nationwide, suggested that Americans are not opposed to data center building projects as much as to what they represent. As first reported by Axios, the backlash comes from a broader anxiety about an AI future that many Americans do not want but will have to pay for.
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The FBI on Monday identified the sixth suspect in an alleged terror plot on the Ultimate Fighting Championship 250 event at the White House earlier this month.
At least five people were initially arrested in the plot, but agents are working to identify as many as 19 others who appear to be involved in the planning on encrypted chats communicating with the alleged plotters, officials said.
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