Everywhere I go in Wisconsin people tell me how homeownership feels like an unattainable dream. Now, we finally passed a bill to put this dream within reach for working Americans—and the President is refusing to sign it.

If Kansas Republicans try this, they will get sued and lose. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A federal judge rejected the Justice Department's attempt to end a lawsuit challenging Trump's slush fund — saying she didn't trust assertions by administration officials that the fund would not move forward.

It’s been 4 years since our Bipartisan Safer Communities Act became law. This was a huge step forward in our fight against gun violence by expanding background checks and boosting mental health resources. We have more work to do to save lives.

BREAKING: Judge doesn’t trust Blanche’s word that the Jan 6 slush fund is dead. She’s right. His continued interest in paying “weaponization” victims, his refusal to rescind the fund in writing or swear that it’s dead are all strong signs that the fund is alive.

🚨 BREAKING: Judge Sullivan just GRANTED Katie Phang's motion for a preliminary injunction, ordering the Trump admin to move forward on key transparency measures in the Epstein files case—including defending redactions, producing additional records, and publishing the disclosure log required by law.

Judge Brinkema ordered the Trump admin to explain itself on the $1.8B slush fund—after DOJ wouldn't even confirm in writing it was inactive We @democracydefendersaction.org filed a bipartisan amicus brief w/ Sens. Booker & Cassidy You can't spend $1.8B w/o Congress approving & the courts agree -TN

Over the past week, prominent far-right figures and influential election deniers have escalated their rhetoric about what will happen if Democrats emerge victorious in this fall’s midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Today’s Litigation Tracker updates: -SCOTUS allows termination of Haiti and Syria TPS designations in 6-3 decision while litigation continues -Judge permanently blocks EO requiring voter lists and restricting mail ballots and more: 👇

This was a members-only piece Democracy Docket decided to share with all of its readers. Notes like this from me go out almost daily to members — join now so you don’t miss the next one. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

BREAKING: Judge Sullivan just granted my Motion for Preliminary Injunction, ordering Todd Blanche to produce TO THE PUBLIC, on or before July 2nd, specific UNREDACTED Epstein Files documents or show cause as to why they should not be produced. Details to come! www.courtlistener.com/docket/73246...

"Katie Phang ... brings this action against Todd Blanche ... claiming that he has improperly withheld information and failed to comply with other requirements in violation of the Epstein Act." "[T]he Court GRANTS Ms. Phang’s motion." 1/🧵

For the first episode of my new podcast, Is This Really Legal?, I sat down with former Acting AG Peter Keisler for a tour of the Department of Justice. Please watch, share and subscribe! www.isthisreallylegal.org/p/the-ins-an...

MS NOW Exclusive: Sen. Maggie Hassan wants RFK Jr. to reveal who got special access to that new weight loss drug not yet available to the public — with the help of the Trump admin — and why the 79-year old got this preferential treatment.

Re-upping this, as it sure is timely, with his confirmation hearing upcoming. Blanche's confirmation would mean: 1. a green light to his continuing all the actions that the courts have found to be vindictive and illegal. 2. And the Senate's abdicating all responsible oversight.

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents confronted a poll worker at a voting site in Syracuse, New York, as she was helping carry out the state’s recent primary elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Guess who else didn’t assimilate well? (They actually did try to go back where they came from, but Germany wouldn’t take them) www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

The government justified the AI data center because they used it at the start of the Iran War, around the same time that the Iranian girl's school was bombed. @weissmann.substack.com spoke with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social about how the government is attempting to nip the NAACP case in the bud.

DOJ appears to have missed its filing deadline in @katiephang.bsky.social’s lawsuit against Todd Blanche.

06/25/26 AM You can put me on mute & block me. I don't care. I'll not stop! There're NO Civil Rights in Trump & Kimberly Richey’s Deranged America! I'll repeat this Every Day until Reality Sinks In. No children's rights, women's rights, disability rights, minority rights! 150 yrs gone! Get Louder!

Exactly!

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts Thursday blocked federal agencies from implementing President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order attacking mail voting before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DEFENSE OF GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY TO CURB ASYLUM CLAIM PROCESSING AT U.S.-MEXICO BORDER PORTS OF ENTRY

By a 6-3 margin, SCOTUS rules in Trump's favor in Al Otro Lado. Sotomayor: "[T]he Court today blesses the Executive Branch’s decision to slam the door shut on all who are fleeing persecution, despite the detailed inspection and asylum system that Congress enacted and commands." buff.ly/kpHurSA

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BAYER'S BID TO LIMIT LAWSUITS IN STATE COURT CLAIMING ITS ROUNDUP WEEDKILLER CAUSES CANCER

JUST IN AT #SCOTUS: 2 box day. Likely 3-4 opinions. Seems certain to have at least 2 more opinion days after today.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Fed's preferred inflation gauge jumps to 3-year high in latest sign of affordability challenge.

Washington's Department of Energy and the Environment is investigating the deaths of three ducks found near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as a wildlife rehab group plans daily checks on the birds dwelling in the algae-bloom-filled water.

The Iran war wasn't the result of a U.S. intelligence failure, writes Brian O'Neill. "The failure point, at each stage, was not the analysis. It was the president’s decision-making," he writes.

The problem for Trump is that his Department of Justice keeps losing cases that it needs to access this critical data. This humiliating string of defeats threatens to derail Trump’s signature plan to subvert the 2026 midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...

Today's news roundup: - Venezuela quake toll rises amid rescue efforts - Senate blocks Iran war powers measure - Israel, Lebanon dispute southern Lebanon withdrawal - Anthropic accuses Alibaba of Claude distillation 👇

Gratifying to see @cnn.com rely on @justsecurity.org's Litigation Tracker for their large study on federal judges' expressed views on Trump administration policies. www.cnn.com/interactive/... via @amyokruk.bsky.social, Isa Mudannayake, Dejania Oliver and Byron Manley

“The winners of New York's primary elections exposed a reality for America's two most powerful Democrats: They are no longer the dominant force in their own hometown,” Russell Berman argues. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

A terrific conversation with Sarah about Iran, AI, and the reflecting pool as metaphor open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

“Bill Pulte has spent his first days as the acting director of national intelligence firing senior personnel. But according to the law, he’s not even eligible for the job he occupies,” Shane Harris and Vivian Salama report. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

🚨BREAKING: In a MAJOR VICTORY, the 6th Circuit REJECTS Department of Justice lawsuit to access Michigan's voter file. The first appeals court to rule on an appeal in DOJ's 9 defeats. I am proud of the Elias Law Group team for this critical win! www.democracydocket.com/cases/michig...

This project has been a huge waste of taxpayer money and an even bigger waste of the President’s time. He needs to get a grip and focus on what Americans actually care about.

The most important democracy story of the day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

(1/2) Today’s Litigation Tracker updates: -Judge permanently blocks Trump’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration rule & his ban on counting late-arriving mail ballots after Election Day -Judge temporarily blocks DOJ from using subpoenas to obtain transgender patients’ health records from NYU

FLAG: The Postmaster General confirmed at a Senate hearing that under a new proposed rule, the Postal Service would not deliver mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy confronted Trump over the Iran Memorandum of Understanding — "yelling" at him during the Senate GOP luncheon. Trump told Cassidy to sit down. Cassidy refused. He raised his voice even higher. Trump called Cassidy a "lunatic." www.ms.now/news/inside-...

The Trump DOJ has no right to seize Michigan's voter data, the Circuit's majority rules, in alignment with every district court to have considered the question.

As the Roberts Court is likely about to overturn a landmark century-old precedent — Humphrey's Executor — in favor of a unitary executive theory that the President can fire members of independent agencies at will ... This recent historical piece by the Michael Dreeben is excellent context.

Please read and call. Flood the zone.

Reposting as Russ Vought has now sent the formal request for a supplemental Iran appropriation to Congress. The power of the purse is the ultimate war power. Congress should include a funding prohibition on further hostilities if it moves a supplemental. www.justsecurity.org/133361/iran-...

Can a president ignore a federal judge? That's the question the full D.C. Circuit will consider when it takes up whether Judge Boasberg can investigate possible contempt after the administration refused to comply with his order. The analysis is free to read. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...

Four years ago, Wisconsin's healthcare reversed back to 1849. When the Dobb’s decision dropped, we were forced under a draconian abortion ban that disregarded all modern medicine and put lives at risk. And Wisconsin Republicans voted to keep it that way. Republicans do not care about you.

Today is the first day of oral arguments for Rep. McIver, who faces 17 years in prison for conducting cong. oversight of ICE Her case will decide whether lawmakers can do their jobs, or be targeted for doing them We @democracydefendersfund.org stand by Rep. McIver www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/n...

NEW: Federal judge Christopher Cooper orders Team Trump and Kennedy Center to file report in next month that “shall also indicate the purpose for and status of the tarp and scaffolding that Defendants have erected on the front portico of the Center”