2026Talks

President Trump gives Iran a timeline on diplomacy amid stalled nuclear talks. Americans feel the pinch of higher prices, despite Trump's assertion that tariffs are working as expected and a former DHS official says enforcement is off the rails.

A new study examines Colorado's past racism, amid federal efforts to deemphasize its role in American history. Tribal advocates worry about the SAVE Act's impact on Native Americans and the Trump Administration finally turns over funding for the Gateway Tunnel project.

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies. The Utah GOP gathers signatures for a ballot measure to repeal a ban on gerrymandering and North Carolina political parties reach a truce over voter registration.

Congress doesn't have a clear path forward to end the DHS funding fight. Hospitalized ICE detainees aren't being allowed to privately speak with family and attorneys and KY colleges worry about potential immigration enforcement.

Court challenges start over EPA's move to roll back the climate endangerment finding, Congress advances a proof-of-citizenship voting bill, New Mexico moves to blunt immigration enforcement and a Texas man sues a California doctor over abortion medicine.

The EPA rescinds its long-standing authority to regulate greenhouse gases, Congress barrels toward a DHS shutdown and lawmakers clash with the DOJ over tracking of Epstein file searches. States consider ballot initiatives, license plate readers and youth violence.

Evidence in the ICE shooting of a Chicago woman is made public. Immigration officials double down on support for agents and several names will be un-redacted from the Epstein files.

Immigration officials and their allies defend ICE actions in Minnesota, as other states cement rights of immigrants and citizens and Dems argue that new GOP-backed led voting restrictions are meant to tilt the next election.

The basis of the warrant for a Georgia election center raid will be unsealed. President Trump sues the IRS for $10 billion and a former acting DHS secretary says he is against some proposed Democratic ICE reforms.

Book bans surge across the country as librarians push back, VA elections signal a potential wave of new women lawmakers and Michigan abortion providers warn of bill in Congress restricting protests at entrances to clinics.