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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders directing a government-wide push to build a powerful quantum computer for scientific research with a target of 2028, while setting goals to protect federal systems from quantum-enabled cyber threats by migrating to post-quantum cryptography by 2030 or 2031. The measures also call for international …
A federal court has restrained the Department of Homeland Security from permitting state and local officials to use a reworked immigration database, SAVE, to cross-check voter rolls. The decision follows a legal challenge by voting rights and privacy groups and comes as control of Congress is at stake in the November midterm elections.
A federal court has enjoined the Trump administration from employing a revised immigration-status database to validate state voter lists. The decision, issued in a 75-page opinion, sided with advocates who argued the system overhaul undermined accuracy and risked disenfranchising eligible voters, halting a planned expansion of federal involvement i…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has barred the Trump administration from employing a revised immigration verification system to screen state voter registries, agreeing with advocates that the overhaul of the SAVE database decreased its reliability and posed a risk of removing eligible voters from rolls. The ruling arrives as Republicans contest…
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee said Monday that Republican Chairman Brett Guthrie and the committee’s top Democrat Frank Pallone have reached a bipartisan agreement targeting social media use by young people. Lawmakers said they worked for months to find common ground but did not release specifics of the measures. Committee leaders sa…
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has completed an assessment that identifies notable security weaknesses in U.S. voting machines, but the White House has withheld the report in the run-up to the November midterms. The document, which draws on both open-source and classified intelligence, recommends measures such as software updat…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer 'will resign,' criticizing his handling of immigration and energy policy. The comment arrives amid growing turmoil in London after a decisive by-election victory for Andy Burnham and reports that Starmer's allies expect him to announce a departure timetable.
On June 19, Maine Democrats selected state auditor Matthew Dunlap as their nominee for the state's 2nd Congressional District. The largely rural seat, which tilts Republican at the presidential level, is open after centrist Democrat Jared Golden chose not to run again. Dunlap, running as a progressive, emerged from a primary field that included sta…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has been elevated to lead the Trump administration’s negotiations to pause hostilities with Iran. A provisional agreement suspended fighting while deferring key issues to 60 days of talks. The assignment places Vance at the center of a sensitive diplomatic effort that could influence his future ambitions, expose him to …
A government intelligence report identifying notable vulnerabilities in U.S. voting machines has been held back by the White House despite months of internal briefings. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) concluded that some machines run outdated software and can connect to networks, and recommended remediation steps such as …
A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court’s injunction that had stopped the Trump administration’s National Park Service from removing a slavery exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. The 3rd U.S. Circuit found the removal did not qualify as a reviewable agency action under the Administrative Procedure Act, even …
President Donald Trump on Thursday urged that Utah should be prevented from moving to an all-mail voting format ahead of the state’s primaries next week, posting on Truth Social that "We should stop Utah from doing this." He repeated longstanding concerns about mail-in ballots enabling misconduct, despite providing no evidence. Utah and Colorado ar…
Copies of the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding circulated on Capitol Hill after the White House dispatched the signed interim agreement, provoking fierce criticism from several Republican senators and prominent conservative commentators who say the deal grants Iran substantial benefits - including potential asset releases and a large private f…
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court decision dismissing an illegal firearms possession charge against Ali Hemani, who acknowledged regular marijuana use. The ruling leaves intact questions about how the Gun Control Act’s prohibition on firearm possession by "unlawful users" of controlled substances applies to marijuana and signa…
President Trump's intervention to protect a controversial acting intelligence chief and to press for his voter ID package has disrupted Republican plans to advance a high-priority national security bill, widening rifts with Senate Republicans who are increasingly willing to resist his directives as the November midterms approach.
A court-ordered inventory filed by the U.S. government shows at least 51 exhibits were removed from 37 National Park Service sites under President Trump’s directive to eliminate displays that 'inappropriately disparage Americans past or living.' The list, produced after a federal judge rebuked the administration’s actions, highlights removals rangi…
Georgia Republican voters rejected the candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump in the state’s governor primary runoff, choosing businessman Rick Jackson over Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones. The result is one of several notable outcomes from a busy primary night that saw a Trump favorite win a competitive U.S. Senate primary in Georgia, …
Republicans are urging an expedited Senate confirmation of Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence after President Trump nominated him less than a week earlier. Democrats say they will withhold judgment until Clayton appears at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, citing the recent controversy over interim director Bill Pulte and conce…
The Trump administration has announced plans to challenge Evanston, Illinois' reparations program for Black residents, arguing the plan is racially discriminatory. The city, whose program was approved in 2019 and offers housing grants up to $25,000 to eligible Black residents and their descendants, says it will defend the measure in court and maint…
The U.S. Justice Department has said it will step into a lawsuit challenging Evanston, Illinois' reparations program that provides housing grants exclusively to Black residents and their descendants. City officials, including Mayor Daniel Biss, reiterated the program's legality and pledged to defend it in court. The move comes amid broader federal …
WASHINGTON, June 16 - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday fell short of advancing a Democratic-led resolution that would have required congressional authorization before continuing the conflict with Iran, rejecting the measure in a 48-47 procedural vote. The move represents the ninth such effort by Senate Democrats since air attacks by Israel and the United…
The administration announced a transfer of several oversight responsibilities from the U.S. Education Department to other federal agencies, assigning civil rights and student privacy enforcement to the Justice Department and placing special education initiatives for students with disabilities under Health and Human Services. The move continues a br…
The Department of Justice has filed to intervene in a Mississippi lawsuit brought by the NAACP against Elon Musk's AI firm xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech, seeking dismissal of a Clean Air Act case that challenges emissions and permitting tied to gas-powered turbines used to run xAI data centers. The filing, submitted under the direction of Justice…
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted over four days through Monday finds that roughly two in five Americans doubt the United States will continue as a single country for another 250 years. The survey highlights deep partisan splits on the health of American democracy, differing views of national exceptionalism and disagreement about whether this y…
Georgia Republicans will hold a runoff to determine their nominee to challenge Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff. Representative Mike Collins, who led the May 19 primary and has President Trump’s recent endorsement, faces former college football coach Derek Dooley in a head-to-head matchup. Ossoff, who has raised substantially more than his opponents, …
