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SCOTUS Blocks Trump USPS Mail-Ballot Security Rule for Midterms, Citing Timing

September 15, 2026 10:15 amSeptember 15, 2026 10:18 am

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night refused to lift a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s U.S. Postal Service rule on federal mail-in ballots, leaving California’s universal vote-by-mail system, and Nevada’s, untouched less than seven weeks before the November...

Trump EPA To Repeal Carbon Rules for US Coal and Gas Power Plants

September 14, 2026 1:31 pmSeptember 14, 2026 1:31 pm

The Trump EPA is finalizing the repeal of 2024 Biden-era carbon rules for greenhouse-gas standards for coal-and natural-gas-fired power plants. The move is expected to be announced today at a G20 energy ministers meeting in Houston, Texas. The EPA just...

Arizona’s Colorado River Cuts Echo the Parker Dam War

September 14, 2026 9:35 amSeptember 14, 2026 9:35 am

Arizona is preparing to shoulder the largest share of another round of Colorado River reductions. Nearly a century ago, its governor answered a dispute over the same river by sending troops to a dam site. The Interior Department’s August 21...

US DOJ Criminal Investigation Into Gov Newsom’s International Travel and Personal Spending

September 14, 2026 7:53 amSeptember 14, 2026 6:04 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating California Governor Gavin Newsom’s international travel and personal spending. The U.S. Attorney’s office issued subpoenas this month requesting testimony and communications with Newsom and others, according to reporting by the San Francisco Standard....

Why Gas Prices Are So High in California

September 12, 2026 10:29 amSeptember 14, 2026 7:55 am

While national crude prices set the floor, California’s taxes, climate rules, unique fuel special blend, and diminished refining system raise the price per gallon. California gas is expensive for two overlapping reasons: it is structurally more costly than in most...

Trump DOJ Takes Chattah Appointment Fight to the Supreme Court

September 11, 2026 12:12 pmSeptember 11, 2026 12:14 pm

The Trump administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling that Nevada’s top federal prosecutor, Sigal Chattah, was unlawfully kept in office after Senate Democrats vowed to block her confirmation, the same vacancies maneuver...

Trump-Backed AZ Congressional Nominee Jay Feely Targets Democrat Amish Shah As ‘Socialist’ At GOP Convention

September 11, 2026 9:52 amSeptember 11, 2026 9:52 am

Arizona Republican congressional nominee Jay Feely used his appearance at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention Wednesday to praise President Donald Trump and portray Democratic opponent Amish Shah as part of his party’s socialist wing. Feely, a former Arizona Cardinals...