Across the country, families continue to face rising costs that touch nearly every aspect of daily life. The increases are showing up at gas stations, in grocery stores, on utility bills, and in household budgets already stretched by years of inflation and economic uncertainty.

A federal judge’s order forcing the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has become more than a dispute over signage. It has evolved into a fight over presidential power, congressional authority, and the legacy of one of America’s most recognizable cultural institutions.

“What I hate about situations like this is people will tell Black folks, 'Don't overreact.' "That's not what he meant,” Charlamagne said. “But how come the mistakes always got to do with something that removes our rights?” He added, “Nobody ever accidentally says, you know what? I hope everybody gets free health care. I hope everybody gets free reparations.”

The fear among critics is not simply that Republicans may win more seats in 2026. It is that the machinery now being built at the state level could eventually produce enough institutional power to permanently alter how American democracy functions.

Republican lawmakers across the South are moving rapidly to redraw congressional maps, dismantle Black voting districts, and reshape political power before the 2026 midterm elections, triggering a sweeping legal and civil rights battle that advocates say threatens some of the most important gains secured since passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

The Labor Department reported that the Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in April and 3.8% over the previous 12 months, marking one of the strongest inflation readings in more than a year.

Donald Trump’s second presidency is littered with the firing of Black leaders, the dismantling of civil rights protections, the gutting of federal jobs that helped build the Black middle class, attacks on Black history and diversity programs, and even the public circulation of racist imagery depicting America’s first Black president and first lady as apes.

A country that once made it illegal to teach enslaved Black people to read is now arguing over whether Black history itself belongs in classrooms.

Sounding the alarm in 1998, Camille Cosby warned that the Voting Rights Act, which President Lyndon B. Johnson signed in 1965, was set to expire in 2007. Now, the high court has completed gutted the law.

In a 6–3 decision, the Court struck down Louisiana’s revised map, which had added a second majority-Black district after a federal court found the state’s earlier lines likely violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The facts surrounding the event remain unchanged. The shooting took place at a privately organized dinner held at a hotel. The White House does not run the event, does not control the venue, and does not determine where it is held.

Following its endorsement of Booker, March On PAC said it is prioritizing candidates who are prepared to confront powerful interests, defend democratic freedoms, and deliver real economic relief for people who are struggling to get ahead, particularly in states where long-term investment is critical to expanding Democratic power.

March On PAC, a women-led organization working to defend democracy, protect reproductive freedom and voting rights, and elect bold Democratic leaders, is moving aggressively into the 2026 election cycle, combining a growing list of endorsements across multiple states with pointed criticism of President Donald Trump’s policies on climate, voting access, and federal spending.

The shocking murder-suicide committed by former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax

A women-led political action committee points to a string of recent endorsements and victories as evidence of its growing influence in Democratic politics after spending the last several election cycles targeting key races across the country.

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is warning that the White House’s national AI framework moves aggressively to boost industry growth but leaves unanswered who will benefit from the wealth and opportunity the technology is expected to generate.

The report, based on responses from more than 20,000 adults surveyed in 2025, shows that just 25% of Americans believe the public’s role in the democratic process is working well, while 37% say it is working poorly.

Harrington, a law student at Wayne State University School of Law, has built his campaign around public service and policy experience gained through internships across multiple levels of government, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and municipal government in Hampton, Virginia.

In letters submitted during the official comment period, the senators urged OPM to abandon plans that would move appeals involving employee suitability and workforce reductions out of the Merit Systems Protection Board and into OPM itself, arguing the change would erode due process and open the door to political interference.