Senate Kills 20-Year Mining Ban Near Boundary Waters
A 50-49 vote approves a Congressional Review Act resolution nullifying the federal land withdrawal that shielded the Rainy River watershed from copper-nickel mining.
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Senate Confirms Markwayne Mullin to Run Homeland Security
The 54-45 vote hands the senator from Oklahoma the largest reorganization and enforcement portfolio in the cabinet mid-shutdown.
Supreme Court Rules IEEPA Does Not Authorize Tariffs
A 6-3 decision in Learning Resources v. Trump strips the emergency-powers basis for the administration's global tariffs and forces a rewrite of trade policy.
Supreme Court Blocks Texas Guard Deployment to Illinois
The Court's 6-3 order in Trump v. Illinois leaves troops barred from the Chicago area and hands federalism limits real teeth.
Trump's AI Order Puts State Laws in the Crosshairs
Executive Order 14365 sets the White House on a collision course with the states over who writes the rules for artificial intelligence.