Analysis
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Appeals Panel Rules Law Firm Cannot Force Visa Lottery Open
A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel blocked an order that would have forced the State Department to open the 2027 Diversity Visa lottery, finding the…
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Idaho Abortion Order Pause Rests on One Constitutional Question
A federal appeals court on Oct. 30 put on hold a judge’s ruling that Idaho’s near-total abortion ban needs health-risk exceptions. The order turns…
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What It Means: Alaska’s Two-Dan Race and Washington’s Three Bobs
A second Dan Sullivan on Alaska’s Senate ballot has drawn in the president, the governor and federal prosecutors. Washington’s 2024 ‘Three Bob’ fight shows…
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Trump Faces Iran Choice as War Pressures Prices and Midterms
President Donald Trump said on Oct. 25 that he must choose between finishing the war with Iran and making a deal, with the war…
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Trump’s $1 Million Fraud Tip Offer Leaves Key Questions Open
President Donald Trump said on Oct. 26, 2026, that tipsters will be paid $1 million for voter fraud reports that end in arrest and…
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Washington Court Race Leaves Voters Little to Go On
Washington voters can elect a majority of their state Supreme Court this year in what the Spokesman-Review called the most expensive judicial election in…
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Analysis: Fifth Circuit Detention Ruling Could Shape Supreme Court Case
The full Fifth Circuit ruled on Oct. 23 that detained immigrants who were never formally admitted have no constitutional right to a bond hearing…
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What It Means: Trump Rules Out Pool, Not a Press Move
President Donald Trump said on Oct. 24 the old White House swimming pool will never return, but he may move the press corps to…
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Charges Against Ex-FBI Officials Raise Accountability and Timing Questions
Two former FBI officials surrendered on Oct. 23 on charges of lying to Congress about the bureau’s Hunter Biden investigations. If the evidence holds,…
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Alaska Senate suit tests federal reach over state elections
The Justice Department’s suit asks a federal court to bar Alaska from certifying a Senate result if confusion over two candidates named Dan Sullivan…
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DOJ’s Alaska Suit Targets a Result That Doesn’t Yet Exist
President Donald Trump said on Oct. 23 that he personally ordered a Justice Department suit that could block certification of Alaska’s Senate result if…
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What It Means: New Hampshire’s Student ID Ban Stands for Midterms
The Supreme Court on Oct. 22 allowed New Hampshire to block student ID cards from use in the coming midterm elections, with Justice Ketanji…
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