The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday blocked the Democrats' effort to redraw its congressional map. The post Colorado Supreme Court Blocks Democrat Redistricting Effort appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Texas Democrats tore into Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton after a video emerged showing him flying with his alleged mistress to Iceland ahead of Independence Day. The 2026 Texas Senate race between Paxton and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico has emerged as one of the most personally contentious of the midterm elections. Democrats were given […]
The Supreme Court just swung a massive wrecking ball at the federal government on President Donald Trump's behalf, according to a new analysis. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. Slaughter that the president has the power to fire members of formerly independent agencies like the Federal Trade Commission. Trump celebrated the ruling as a necessary expansion of presidential power, while some court watchers cautioned that it could lead to a full-scale overhaul of the federal government at the behest of one man. Alexis Romero, who writes about the Supreme Court for Slate, argued in a new article that the Slaughter ruling represents a "wrecking ball" that has been swung at the federal government. "This ruling undermines hundreds of statutes that created agencies that were once insulated from presidential control with political party requirements and removal restrictions," Romero wrote. "Nearly all federal agencies that everyday Americans rely on are now fully under President Donald Trump’s thumb. Worse, there are hidden dangers beyond the president firing high-ranking commissioners that the court failed to even acknowledge, ones that voters will need to prompt Congress to step in and correct before the presidency becomes too powerful to tame."Romero also warned that few government agencies seem to have been spared by the Supreme Court's ruling. For instance, agencies like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission could also be impacted. "The Supreme Court’s reckless logic leaves no room for carve-outs outside of Wall Street: 'Subordinates who exercise the President’s power are subject to removal by him.' Full stop," Romero wrote. "Until there’s a new president, or a Congress with some spine, Americans will be left to suffer from the untold amounts of fraud and dysfunction that Trump is about to inflict on the executive branch and the country."
CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel didn't sugarcoat President Donald Trump's Supreme Court setback, tracing it straight back to his refusal to accept the 2020 election.The court ruled 5-4 Monday in Watson v. Republican National Committee that states may count mail ballots postmarked by Election Day even if they arrive afterward, rejecting an RNC challenge Trump's Justice Department had backed. Trump called it a "tremendous loss."Gangel agreed it was a loss, but said Trump brought it on himself."So, is this a loss for President Trump? Yes," she said. "But big picture, he's obsessed with this. It is sort of a loss of his own making, because the underlying problem here is he doesn't want to admit he lost in 2020, so he's looking for fraud and corruption where there isn't."She noted the practice isn't partisan — Trump himself has voted by mail — and said it's "not about corruption or fraud."Gangel said his fixation is holding up a major bipartisan housing bill aimed at reining in costs, which she said had reached his desk, but that he won't sign it because he's so focused on curbing mail voting and passing his stalled election overhaul, the SAVE Act.In the Oval Office moments earlier, Trump said the housing bill "hasn't been sent to me yet" but was "coming." Next to his voting bill, he said, "just about everything is a big yawn."The decision set off fury among MAGA allies and came as the justices also turned away his E. Jean Carroll appeal.Former Trump aide Hogan Gidley pushed back, calling the housing measure "a political win" the president would "take a victory lap" on.
Today, Bloomberg's Mike McKee and June Grasso break down the Supreme Court's decision to allow Fed governor Lisa Cook to stay in her role while she fights President Trump's efforts to oust her. Then, former Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb discusses RAISE US, a joint effort with former Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo that aims to develop a strategy around AI's impact on the labor market. Plus, Kikoff CEO Cynthia Chen, breaks down how her app helps consumers build credit and improve low credit scores. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s attempt to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook for now while expanding his power to fire other officials. What this means for the Fed and others, on the Big Take podcast.
On Monday, the Supreme Court banished any doubt that it has claimed absolute authority to reshape the federal government as it sees fit.
The Democratic National Committee omitted Graham Platner of Maine from its photo of the top five Democratic nominees in their respective Senate races. A poll tracker account on X noted Platner’s absence from the image that featured former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Texas state Rep. James Talarico, former Ohio Sen. […]
Tensions between today's two major presidential removal power decisions.