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Axios

June 2026

House GOP agenda stuck over SAVE Act, again

Scalise, the majority leader, voted against the rule to allow GOP leadership to more easily bring it back up at a later date

Supreme Court takes up local bans on AR-15 rifles for next term

The Supreme Court in its next term will hear challenges to local bans on the AR-15 rifle, one of the most popular firearms in the country

AR–15s are semi-automatic, but so too are most handguns.... Law-abiding citizens use both AR–15s and handguns for a variety of lawful purposes, including self-defense in the home,

SCOTUS punts Fed independence question to future courts

On the surface, Monday's Supreme Court ruling that keeps Lisa Cook in place as a Federal Reserve governor for now was a win for believers that the central bank works best when insulated from the day-to-day control of the president

SCOTUS rejects Trump's birthright citizenship policy

John Robertschief Justice
Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights— to freely participate in our political community,

Trump's "Swiss Army" tools on Iran: Vance and Rubio

As he tries to hammer out a peace deal with Iran, President Trump has a dovish adviser in Vice President Vance perched on one figurative shoulder — and a hawkish Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the other

Think of Marco and JD as aspects of the president's personality and policy,

"I would be worried if I were her": Democrats fear another loss to the left in Colorado

If enough of us share that commitment to Medicare for All, to ending corporate capture, to an arms embargo [on Israel], we should absolutely say: here are our conditions,

Supreme Court says Trump can't fire Fed governor Lisa Cook

John Robertschief Justice
We see no reason to leave the public in limbo, or to sow doubt as to the status of one of our Nation’s (and the world’s) most important financial institutions. Although we appreciate that others may see matters differently, we would not so quickly unsettle this ‘special arrangement’ sanctioned by history,