Politics & Elections

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A black wooden gavel rests on its block atop a judge’s bench in an empty courtroom.
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 27, 2026

Maryland Judge Stops Democrats From Erasing the Last Republican House District

By Tommy Flynn

Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Thompson on Wednesday blocked a Democratic-backed constitutional amendment from the November ballot that would have cleared the way for Maryland lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map and target the only Republican...

Golf-Course Suspect Had Melania’s Schedule and Secret Service Notes, Court Told
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 27, 2026

Golf-Course Suspect Had Melania’s Schedule and Secret Service Notes, Court Told

By Tommy Flynn

Prosecutors told a Los Angeles County judge Wednesday that Jeanine John Taele, the armed man arrested at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles days before President Trump’s visit, possessed first lady Melania Trump’s schedule and detailed notes on Secret Service personnel. The...

Court: Shoving ICE Agents Is Not ‘Legislative Activity’ — McIver Case Proceeds (Video)
Politics & ElectionsCrime & CourtsAugust 27, 2026

Court: Shoving ICE Agents Is Not ‘Legislative Activity’ — McIver Case Proceeds (Video)

By Tommy Flynn

A divided Third Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that Rep. LaMonica McIver is not immune from federal prosecution for alleged physical contact with ICE officers during a May 2025 melee outside Newark’s Delaney Hall detention facility. The 2–1 decision held that the charged conduct...

Last Court Block on Trump Mail-Ballot Order Falls — Democrats Immediately Sue Again
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 27, 2026

Last Court Block on Trump Mail-Ballot Order Falls — Democrats Immediately Sue Again

By Tommy Flynn

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston on Wednesday vacated her remaining nationwide injunction against the Postal Service rule implementing President Trump’s mail-voting executive order, two days after the Supreme Court lifted a separate stay in a related case. The same...

Trump and Vance to Headline First Midterm GOP Convention in Dallas
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 26, 2026

Trump and Vance to Headline First Midterm GOP Convention in Dallas

By Tommy Flynn

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance will headline the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention Sept. 9–10 in Dallas, a two-night production the RNC is billing as a primetime showcase of the administration’s record and a turnout machine for November. Vance...

White House Sends Saudi Nuclear Deal to the Hill — Uranium Enrichment Fight Begins
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 26, 2026

White House Sends Saudi Nuclear Deal to the Hill — Uranium Enrichment Fight Begins

By Tommy Flynn

The Trump administration has transmitted a 30-year civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia to Congress, starting a 90-day review that will decide whether U.S. firms can build reactors in the kingdom and whether Riyadh gets a path to enrich uranium on its own soil....

Barron Trump and family attending President Trump's State of the Union address, Tuesday, February 24, 2026
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 26, 2026

IRGC-Linked Video Puts $10 Million Bounty Talk on Barron Trump; Secret Service Investigating

By Tommy Flynn

The U.S. Secret Service confirmed Tuesday it is aware of an Iranian state-media video that frames Barron Trump as a target and claims a $10 million bounty, and said it investigates any perceived threat to its protectees. “The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and...

Trump’s All-In Play Pays Off: Darline Graham Holds Lindsey Graham’s Seat
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 26, 2026

Trump’s All-In Play Pays Off: Darline Graham Holds Lindsey Graham’s Seat

By Tommy Flynn

Sen. Darline Graham defeated five-term Rep. Ralph Norman in Tuesday’s Republican Senate runoff in South Carolina, securing the nomination to succeed her late brother Lindsey Graham after President Trump put more political and financial capital behind her than any other Senate...

The Supreme Court building in Washington D.C.
Crime & CourtsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 24, 2026

Supreme Court Clears Path for Trump Mail-Ballot Restrictions Ahead of Midterms

By Tommy Flynn

The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a key lower-court injunction that had blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in ballots in 23 states and the District of Columbia, allowing the administration to proceed with implementation while the underlying legal...

Scott Jennings speaking in the spin room following the CNN Republican Presidential Debate at the Olmsted Center at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 24, 2026

Scott Jennings Downplays Speculation He Is Contender for White House Press Secretary

By Tommy Flynn

CNN political commentator and longtime Republican strategist Scott Jennings on Sunday shrugged off reports naming him a leading contender to succeed outgoing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, declining to engage the speculation while lavishing praise on her...

USPS Finalizes Rule Requiring States to Hand Over Mail-In Voter Lists—or Risk Ballots Going Undelivered
US NewsPolitics & ElectionsAugust 23, 2026

USPS Finalizes Rule Requiring States to Hand Over Mail-In Voter Lists—or Risk Ballots Going Undelivered

By Tommy Flynn

The U.S. Postal Service published its final rule Friday requiring states that use the agency to transmit mail-in or absentee ballots in federal elections to submit lists of those voters or face non-delivery of the ballots. The rule implements President Donald Trump’s March 31...

The Mid-Term Circus is on, Welcome to OZ
Opinion
Politics & ElectionsAug 21, 2026

The Mid-Term Circus is on, Welcome to OZ

By Rick Hallman

The Wisconsin Illusion, bad polls, profoundly stupid media conclusions, mentally unstable voters and the effect it could have on our Republic.