A Cole County judge ruled that submitting signatures for a referendum does not automatically suspend Missouri's gerrymandered congressional map, allowing it to remain in effect during verification. This decision undermines a century of precedent and dangerously prioritizes politicians' power over citizens' constitutional right to direct democracy.
The U.S. Treasury Department plans to put President Donald Trump's signature on all new paper currency, breaking from tradition where only Treasury officials' signatures appear. This brazen politicization of our national symbols represents a dangerous erosion of institutional norms that should alarm every American who values democratic traditions.
The White House has launched a smartphone app promoting President Trump's accomplishments and featuring a direct tip line to ICE, while selectively presenting economic data that excludes rising costs of essential goods. This unprecedented government app dangerously blends political propaganda with immigration enforcement capabilities, creating a chilling tool that could undermine institutional independence and civil liberties.
The Trump administration eased restrictions on Belarus-linked companies as ties improved with autocratic leader Alexander Lukashenko, who released political prisoners in exchange. This dangerous normalization of an authoritarian regime fundamentally betrays American democratic values and sets a chilling precedent for human rights globally.
Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a blistering letter to Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh, accusing him of being a rubber stamp for Trump's Wall Street agenda and failing to learn from his past regulatory failures during the financial crisis. It is deeply alarming that someone with such a catastrophic track record of prioritizing Wall Street over American families could be nominated to lead our nation's central bank.
G7 diplomats, while showing divisions with the U.S. over the Iran war, agreed to call for an immediate halt to attacks on civilians and urged the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting a critical and dangerous rift in the Western alliance that threatens global stability and the rule-based international order we hold dear.
