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Trump Signs Order to Crack Down on Mail-in Voting
Trump Signs Order
on Mail-in Voting
Mar 31, 2026 6:32 PM CDT

Trump Signs Order on Mail-in Voting

Analysts say attempt to take control of voting is unlikely to survive court challenges

(Newser) - President Trump is trying to put a tighter federal grip on how Americans vote by mail—and the fight is likely headed straight to court. On Tuesday, he signed an executive order aimed at limiting who can receive mail-in ballots, arguing it will curb what he called "legendary" cheating...

Judge: White House Ballroom Construction 'Has to Stop'

He says $400M privately funded project needs congressional approval

(Newser) - A federal judge just hit pause on President Trump's ambitious White House ballroom project. US District Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday ordered a halt to construction of the estimated $400 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom, ruling that Trump hasn't shown any legal authority to bankroll such a sweeping alteration...

Trump on Cuba Oil Delivery: 'It's Not Going to Matter'

White House says Russian shipment is for humanitarian needs

(Newser) - A long-awaited ship just broke Cuba's months-long oil drought. A Russian-owned tanker has docked at Matanzas, the country's main oil terminal, carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of crude Havana hopes will ease the severe fuel squeeze that has triggered a national crisis, per the BBC . Aiming to force political change...

Trump's Planned Library to Dominate Miami Skyline

Design rendering for presidential skyscraper along waterfront has just been released

(Newser) - Donald Trump is picturing his presidential library less as a building and more as a skyline takeover. On Monday, he shared a video on Truth Social depicting a soaring glass tower in downtown Miami, topped with a needlelike spire and emblazoned with "TRUMP" at the top, per NBC News...

Newsom Orders Tougher AI Rules, Defying Trump

Order tightens state AI contracts, boosts safeguards for privacy and rights

(Newser) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom is redrawing the rules for how the state does business with artificial intelligence firms—and using the moment to take a swipe at President Trump. Newsom on Monday signed a first-of-its-kind executive order tightening state oversight of AI vendors, saying California will demand tougher safeguards from...

Trump Blasts Allies: 'USA Won't Be There to Help Anymore'

US president slams UK, France, NATO over their wariness at joining US-Israel blitz against Iran

(Newser) - President Trump is signaling a colder era for some of America's closest partners. In a series of Truth Social posts, the president lashed out at the UK, France, and NATO over their reluctance to join US and Israeli military action against Iran and efforts to reopen the Strait of...

Gas Prices Top $4 as Iran War Disrupts Global Oil Supply
Gas Prices Just
Crossed a Threshold
Mar 31, 2026 5:50 AM CDT

Gas Prices Just Crossed a Threshold

Tuesday's average hovered at just over $4 a gallon in the US

(Newser) - American drivers are once again seeing a number they don't like at the pump: a $4 national average for regular gas. AAA put Tuesday's average at just over $4.01 a gallon, the first time prices have crossed that line since the inflation surge of 2022, when gas...

Sources: Trump Weighs Ending Iran War Without Hormuz Open

Decision could prolong Iran's control of key global oil chokepoint, sources say

(Newser) - President Trump is signaling to aides he's ready to declare victory over Iran without fully reopening one of the world's most critical oil routes, according to sources who spoke to the Wall Street Journal . Administration officials tell reporters Trump has privately said he's prepared to wind down...

Florida on Board to Rename Palm Beach Airport for Trump

DeSantis signs bill, but FAA must still sign off

(Newser) - A Florida airport is on track for a high-profile name swap, USA Today reports. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill to rechristen Palm Beach International Airport in honor of President Trump, who lives at his nearby Mar-a-Lago resort. The longtime New Yorker, who previously lived in the Trump...

Trump Lashes Out at 'Stupid' Courts Ahead of Birthright Case

'Dumb Judges and Justices will not a great Country make'

(Newser) - President Trump is again taking aim at the courts—this time as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh one of his most controversial executive orders. In a Monday Truth Social post, the president blasted what he called a "stupid" judicial system and "dumb judges and justices" as the...

SCOTUS Could Overturn 128 Years of Precedent

Birthright citizenship fight revives 1898 case of Wong Kim Ark

(Newser) - More than a century ago, the US Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark was a US citizen. That 1898 case, in which the government tried to block Wong from returning to his country of birth after a visit to China, recognized that the 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to anyone...

Report: Trump Wants to Go After Iran's Uranium

Plan to seize a half-ton of enriched uranium seen as high-risk escalation, reports WSJ

(Newser) - President Trump is actively considering a ground operation inside Iran to haul out nearly half a ton of enriched uranium, US officials say—a mission military experts describe as exposed and highly risky. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the plan under discussion would send American forces into at least...

Cory Booker: Democrats Have 'Failed'

Senator calls for new leadership focused on repairing divisions

(Newser) - Sen. Cory Booker thinks his own party is coming up short. In an interview on NBC 's Meet the Press tied to his new book, the New Jersey Democrat said the party has "failed this moment," arguing that internal "purity tests" have shrunk its coalition to one "too small to...

Trump's New Comments on War Lift Wall Street

President cites progress in talks, but also adds a threat of heavier bombardment

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday suggested that peace talks were making progress, but he also threatened to expand bombardment of Iran should those talks collapse. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the US was negotiating with a "new, and more reasonable, regime," but he warned that a deal...

US Troop Buildup in Middle East Tops 50K

Surge comes amid talk of possible special operation ground raids

(Newser) - The US troop presence in the Middle East has quietly swelled to a level not seen in decades, now hovering above 50,000. The latest additions: 2,500 Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and 2,500 sailors, plus about 2,000 paratroopers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division,...

Trump Has 'No Problem' With Russian Tanker Bringing Oil to Cuba

President says 'somebody' should get oil to Cuba

(Newser) - President Trump on Sunday night said he has "no problem" with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a US oil blockade, the AP reports. "We have a tanker out there. We don'...

Trump-Modi Call on Iran War Includes Musk

Leaders report discussing Strait of Hormuz

(Newser) - Elon Musk joined a phone call this week between President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the war with Iran, according to two US officials, an uncommon role for a private citizen on a sensitive wartime discussion. The officials said it was not clear why Musk was included...

Tiger Woods Out on Bail, With Words From Trump

'I feel so badly. He's got some difficulty,' president says of golfer after latest car accident

(Newser) - Tiger Woods was released on bail late Friday, hours after his Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled onto its side, leading to his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said. Woods had been traveling at "high speeds" on a residential road and after the crash...

Minnesota Is at Center of Saturday's 'No Kings' Protest

Organizers predict 9M-plus at rallies across the nation demonstrating against Trump administration

(Newser) - Organizers of Saturday's "No Kings" rallies across the US predict that the protests against the Trump administration could result in one of the largest demonstrations in US history, with Minnesota at center stage. Organizers say more than 3,100 events are registered in all 50 states, with 9...

Report: ICE Chief Has Been Hospitalized Twice for Stress

Officials say Todd Lyons once became so agitated that a bodyguard fetched a defibrillator to be safe

(Newser) - The man charged with executing President Trump's hard-line immigration crackdown has, by multiple accounts, been buckling under the strain. Acting ICE chief Todd Lyons has been hospitalized at least twice over the past seven months for stress-related problems, current and former administration officials tell Politico , once growing so distressed...

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