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The Supreme Court won't lift injunctions stopping mail-in-voting restrictions, a House Subcommittee blames Obamacare for healthcare costs and new polls show Americans tie government corruption to higher prices.

The White House is toughening its immigration rhetoric – which could motivate the base. Mail-in ballots are going out and disability rights advocates encourage voters and highlight access.

Trump promises money as the GOP is at risk of electoral disaster, TPS for Salvadorans gets an automatic extension – although the migrants remain uncertain, and George W Bush shares his memories of 9/11.

Democrats challenge the messaging at the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas, Missouri's redistricting returns to the Supreme Court and energy costs look likely to stay high.

The GOP kicks off first-ever midterm convention. A record number of women run for office and pro-data center labor unions give big to the Kentucky governor's Super PAC.

NH Democratic Senate Candidate Pappas defends voting for the Laken Riley Act. DHS Secretary Mullin refuses to reverse their ankle-monitor policy for Haitian immigrants and new polls show union popularity continues to grow.

Investors profit from detention of migrant women and children, working class voters up for grabs in the midterms and Starbucks baristas call a nationwide boycott amid stalled living wage negotiations.

Vance touts the GOP as a common-sense party — despite the common view, the Energy Secretary downplays doubts of the Venezuela oil deal, and FL bars undocumented immigrants from attending public universities.

The U.S. strikes Iranian targets and Tehran retaliates, a Republican senator calls for the defense secretary to be fired and a GOP bill to lock the Supreme Court at nine justices fails in the House.

A whistleblower says the USPS is restricting mail-in voting despite a court order, Muslim Americans still face threats 25 years after 9-11 and ICE steps up raids at  Connecticut schools.

Vance defends his wife at a campaign stop, cancer rates and water quality define the Iowa agriculture secretary race and the top military officer says troops won't be at the polls.

Martin Luther King III commemorates the March on Washington, close polls are helping heat up New Hampshire's Senate race and U.S. colleges brace for the loss of international students.

President Trump renames Lake Ontario to Lake America. Election experts call for voter education, after a big SCOTUS mail-in ballot ruling and FL Gov. DeSantis calls for regulations on automated license plate readers.

A surge in ICE arrests sets a Trump-era record, states are again challenging an attempt to restrict mail-in voting and Navarro fires back at Canada over tariff criticism.

Canada retaliates in the trade war, data center opposition becomes a unifying issue nationally and a prosecutor declines to go after Musk on an election bribery case.

The White House calls on all countries to cut Iranian economic ties, the SCOTUS gives a partial green light to mail-in ballot limits and Texas data center opposition goes mainstream.

The U.S. and Canada enact steep tariffs on each other. Chemical industry lobbyists are now overseeing environmental and safety agencies and the Postal Service moves to restrict mail-in ballots.

The U.S. deficit hits $40 trillion. Oil prices jump after President Trump threatens Iran with 'economic D-Day' and lawmakers air competing calls for congressional and Supreme Court term limits.

Darline Graham stumbles in South Carolina Senate debate, Rep. Peltola and Sen. Sullivan among top four advancing in Alaska's Senate race, Fake election polls fuel misinformation concerns.

Speaker Johnson praises Trump for helping USS Lincoln sailors. Environmentalists decry an administration plan to end national forest protections. And, a new survey shows what people want from their government.

The Gulf ignores Trump's comment that the Strait of Hormuz will soon be U.S territory. A high number of incumbents face scandals in their primaries and new ICE gloves capable of delivering shocks draw bipartisan criticism.

Democrats set the 2028 primary calendar, with racially diverse states early. AG Blanche won't affirm independence from Trump and Alaska prepares for an unpredictable election.

Vance warns the GOP about young peoples' socialist sympathies. Texas abortion bans cause headaches for physicians and a judge tosses a government suit against Harvard.

Wisconsin Democrats nominate moderate David Crowley for governor, Trump ally Mike Lindell refuses to concede in Minnesota and inflation cools as Fed weighs its September rate decision.

Darline Graham holds a slim lead in a crowded South Carolina primary. Data centers are playing a growing role in politics at all levels and a new poll finds Americans are concerned about democracy and election security.