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Election Year Politics Cloud Texas Voucher Rollout
Texas’ long-awaited school choice expansion is moving forward but its first year is already colliding with legal uncertainty and election-year politics that could sharply limit how much real “choice” families actually have.
Ballot Blog Staff Writer
15 hours ago
After 58 Years and $500 Million Annually, Congressional GOP Finally Pulls the Plug on Public Broadcasting
After nearly six decades and more than half a billion dollars a year in taxpayer support, the federal government has formally exited the public broadcasting business.
W.R Mason (Editor-In-Chief)
1 day ago
UK: Why One Labour Seat Resignation Could Hand Nigel Farage’s Reform Party a Shock By Election Win
Labour governs the United Kingdom with one of the largest parliamentary majorities in modern history. Yet the threatened resignation of a single Labour MP has exposed a vulnerability that could hand Reform UK a dramatic by-election victory and reshape Britain’s political landscape far sooner than expected.
Ballot Blog Staff Writer
3 days ago
Trump Wasn’t Crazy About Greenland, America Has Been There for 70 Years
The United States has been deeply involved in Greenland for decades.Not hypothetically. Not rhetorically. Operationally.
Ballot Blog Staff Writer
5 days ago
Political Insights
Election Year Politics Cloud Texas Voucher Rollout
Texas’ long-awaited school choice expansion is moving forward but its first year is already colliding with legal uncertainty and election-year politics that could sharply limit how much real “choice” families actually have.
After 58 Years and $500 Million Annually, Congressional GOP Finally Pulls the Plug on Public Broadcasting
After nearly six decades and more than half a billion dollars a year in taxpayer support, the federal government has formally exited the public broadcasting business.
Trump Wasn’t Crazy About Greenland, America Has Been There for 70 Years
The United States has been deeply involved in Greenland for decades.Not hypothetically. Not rhetorically. Operationally.
Political Figures
Days Before Inauguration, Adams Locks In Rent Board Control Ahead of Mamdani Swearing-In
New York City | Housing Policy | Mayor Transition With just days remaining before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is sworn in at midnight on New Year’s Day , outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams is making a final, highly consequential move that could shape housing policy well into the next administration. In the closing stretch of his term, Adams has moved to fill two vacancies on the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) — a quiet but powerful action that may limit Mamda
The Three-State Red Wall: What Erika Kirk’s Turning Point Speech Signals for the GOP’s Future
The Red Wall Kirk outlined is not a collection of safe states. It is a defensive and offensive firewall — states that must be held, re-earned, and constantly worked every cycle.
Darrell Issa Chooses California: Veteran Republican Will Run for Re-Election in Tougher Post–Prop 50 District
Rep. Darrell Issa has ended the speculation: he’s not going anywhere. Despite a newly drawn district that’s shifted more Democratic under California’s Prop 50 map, Issa confirmed he will run for re-election in the state’s 48th Congressional District in 2026. For several days, political circles buzzed with talk that Issa was considering a move to Texas to run for a Texas U.S. House seat —a possibility fueled by ongoing redistricting efforts in Texas and tighter numbers at ho
Policy Debates
Trump’s Tariffs Didn’t Break the Economy, Wall Street and the Media Got It Wrong
The experts predicted economic chaos. The data now shows Trump’s tariff strategy wasn’t the disaster Americans were promised. For years, Wall Street economists and much of the national media warned that tariffs imposed during the Trump administration would cripple the U.S. economy and permanently drive inflation higher. Those claims became a central talking point in debates over trade, monetary policy, and interest rates. The latest inflation data tells a different story. New
Trump’s Redistricting Plan Fails in Indiana, Setting the Stage for GOP Political Payback
The Indiana State Senate has rejected a proposed mid-decade congressional redistricting plan, delivering a significant setback to President Donald Trump’s national effort to reshape U.S. House maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — and setting off a political reckoning within the Indiana Republican Party. Despite holding a commanding supermajority in the chamber, Senate Republicans fractured over the proposal, exposing deep internal divisions over strategy, timing, and po
The Trump Newborn Accounts: A New Chapter in American Family Investment
When Congress passed President Donald Trump’s landmark economic package last year, one of its most forward-looking provisions was the creation of the “Trump Newborn Accounts.” Overshadowed by larger tax and regulatory reforms, this quiet but powerful idea may ultimately be one of the bill’s most enduring legacies. A Brief History of the Policy Idea For decades, leaders in both parties have floated the idea that every American child should begin life with a small financial fo
Federal Power & Constitutional Law
HHS Freezes Minnesota Child Care Funds, Launches Nationwide Anti-Fraud Controls
On December 30, 2025, Jim O’Neill, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced that all federal child care payments to Minnesota are being frozen amid allegations of long-running fraud within the state’s child care assistance programs.
Trump Commits $8 Billion to “Smart Wall” as Border Construction Accelerates
President Donald Trump has committed more than $8 billion to a major new phase of southern border construction, advancing what U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials describe as a “Smart Wall” —an integrated border security system combining physical barriers with advanced surveillance technology. In the latest round of awards, the Trump administration approved five new construction contracts totaling $3.3 billion , funding 97 miles of primary border barrier , 19
A Line in the Sand: Judge Breyer’s National Guard Ruling Reins in Federal Power
In a sweeping rebuke to federal authority, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer ordered the Trump administration to end its federalization and deployment of the California National Guard in Los Angeles. The decision returns California’s Guard to the control of Governor Gavin Newsom and reaffirms the constitutional guardrails that have guided the nation through some of its hardest moments. Breyer—appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997 —has built a reputation over nearl
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