Category: Politics & Governments

The Supreme Court’s ruling in *Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton* weakens First Amendment protections by allowing age verification laws for adult content, ignoring precedent that favored less restrictive alternatives like parental filters. The decision reflects the Court’s lost faith in internet self-regulation and shifts responsibility from parents to the state.

Conservative lawmakers and activists have demanded for months that the president and Congress legally cancel billions in federal spending the administration has already withheld—a sum Democrats peg at over $400 billion.

Trump’s new “gold standard” executive order claims to improve scientific transparency but actually politicizes federal science, enabling political appointees to dismiss studies that contradict their agenda—mirroring tactics used by tobacco and fossil fuel industries.

Trump’s 2017 Opportunity Zones program diverted $89B to already-growing areas instead of truly distressed communities; Congress now has chance to refocus incentives on persistent poverty areas.

The U.S. faces a 3.9M-home shortage, worsened by proposed HUD subsidy cuts; federal-local partnerships are crucial for affordable housing development as local budgets allocate just 1.8% to housing.

Elon Musk’s brief tenure as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) resulted in massive federal workforce cuts, weakened public institutions, and inflated claims of saving leaving agencies crippled and benefiting only wealthy elites.