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By Benjamin Yount | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s governor says he is trying to give the state’s election clerks the freedom and ability to do their jobs, but not everyone is buying it. A federal judge dismissed the Trump Administration’s lawsuit that sought to get Wisconsin’s unredacted voter...
By Tommy Flynn
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Federal and state judges in Florida and Tennessee have rejected Democratic and voting-rights groups’ attempts to block newly drawn Republican congressional maps, clearing the way for their use in the 2026 midterm elections. In Florida, U.S. District Judge...
By Tommy Flynn
AUSTIN, Texas — Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday’s Texas Republican Senate primary runoff, delivering another major victory for President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate and reinforcing Trump’s unchallenged leadership of the...
By Tommy Flynn
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican-drawn congressional redistricting map, halting efforts to redraw the state’s seven congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The proposed map, which had passed the House, aimed to...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has filed motions to dismiss seditious conspiracy charges against eight defendants involved in the January 6, 2021, Capitol events, signaling a major shift in how the Trump administration is handling remaining high-profile cases from that...
By Tommy Flynn
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A three-judge federal panel has blocked Alabama from using its 2023 Republican-drawn congressional map for the 2026 midterm elections, ruling that the map was drawn with the intent to discriminate against Black voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act. The...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A federal lawsuit was filed in February 2026 seeking to block the U.S. Army’s plan to construct a large Triumphal Arch at Arlington National Cemetery, a high-profile project supported by the Trump administration as a grand ceremonial entrance and lasting tribute to...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — A senior official in the Biden-era Department of Justice raised significant internal concerns about the legality and justification of the FBI’s 2022 raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, according to newly uncovered records. The official...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans are well-positioned to grow their majority in the House during the 2026 midterm elections, citing favorable redistricting outcomes and strong voter support for President Trump’s agenda. In an interview with , Johnson...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — The United States carried out targeted self-defense strikes on Iranian military assets along the southern Gulf coast on May 25, hitting missile launch sites and small boats attempting to lay mines near the Strait of Hormuz, even as indirect negotiations for a...
By Orphe Divounguy | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) – Read this week's Fed minutes carefully and you'll hear 1970s. The Fed has stopped debating when to cut. Now it's debating whether to hold higher for longer — or hike again. A majority of officials said firming could become appropriate if inflation keeps...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON — Oil prices dropped sharply this week, hitting their lowest levels in more than three weeks as optimism grows over a potential U.S.-Iran agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease supply concerns. As of Monday, Brent crude was trading near $98.40 per...