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Trump Made the Post Office a Gatekeeper for Who Can Vote by Mail. USPS Is Losing $2 Billion a Quarter.
The March 31 executive order gives USPS the power to flag or reject mail ballots tied to people not on DHS-curated voter rolls. Courts are watching. So is USPS's board, which needs Trump's help to stay solvent.
Trump's AI Team Is Rebuilding Everything It Burned Down
After dismantling Biden's AI safety framework, the White House is now building a near-identical system with a different label and a political score to settle.
SCOTUS Will Strike Down Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order. The Real Question Is What It Lets Happen First.
Polymarket gives 87% odds the Court kills the executive order. But SCOTUS already ruled states can enforce it partially. A ruling that arrives in June matters less than what happens between now and June.
The White House That Killed AI Regulation Is Now Considering It
Trump reversed Biden's AI executive order to free companies from oversight. Now, after Anthropic's Mythos model scared enough officials, the White House is weighing mandatory pre-release vetting. Polymarket puts it at 28% by month-end.
Birthright Citizenship: SCOTUS Will Almost Certainly Rule Against Trump, But the Ruling Will Do More Than That
64% of Americans oppose ending birthright citizenship and the Court signaled strong skepticism in April oral argument. But a ruling that voids Trump's executive order will also settle what powers lower courts have to issue nationwide injunctions. That second question reshapes everything else Trump is trying to do.
Trump Signed a Mail Voting Order. 23 States Sued Within Hours. The Midterms Are in 6 Months.
An executive order requiring USPS to verify voter citizenship before delivering ballots is legally dubious, operationally impossible, and may energize the very voters it aims to suppress.
Trump Signed an Order Telling the Post Office How to Handle Ballots. The Post Office Answers to a Board That Answers to Nobody.
The March 31 executive order requires the postmaster general to regulate mail voting. Federal law explicitly prohibits presidential control of the mail. Both things are true at once.
SCOTUS vs. the 14th Amendment
Oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara revealed a court unlikely to rewrite a 128-year-old precedent, but the hearing exposed what the administration is actually asking for.
The President Can't Run the Post Office. He's Trying Anyway.
Trump's March 31 executive order instructs the Postmaster General to control how states send ballots. It violates a 55-year-old law, and a coalition of AGs is now defending it.
The Supreme Court Is About to Rule That the 14th Amendment Means What It Says
Oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara exposed the government's 'domicile' theory as untenable. Multiple conservative justices are already signaling they will not accept it. A decision is expected in late June.
Trump Is About to Make Banks the Immigration Police.
An executive order requiring banks to collect citizenship data from all customers would turn the financial system into a deportation tool. Bessent says it's reasonable. Immigrant advocates say it creates an underclass with no safe place to keep money.
SCOTUS Is About to Strike Down the Birthright Citizenship Order. That Is Not the Hard Part.
The justices are almost certain to rule against Trump. The question they are really debating is how far the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause reaches, and the answer will outlast this case.