3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (670+ words) Will the Federal Communications Commission ever actually punish Disney or CBS for FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s belief that those networks are in violation of the agency’s “equal time” rule? We may never know the answer to that question, and that…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (771+ words) Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! Despite the fact that the U.S. has entered the “quiet period” — the 90 day window before an election during which state election officials are federally barred from “systematically” removing people from voter rolls — the Trump…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (338+ words) The Supreme Court stayed a Missouri federal court order Thursday, blocking a maximal Republican gerrymander for the 2026 midterms — at least for now. Chaos ensued. People Not Politicians, the group fighting the gerrymander, quickly appealed the federal district court ruling up…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1506+ words) This story was originally reported by Amanda Becker of The 19th. Meet Amanda and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. How many women does your employer have in management positions compared to industry peers? Are a retail…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (757+ words) A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. News that the Trump DOJ is escalating its attack on state election officials first emerged, I believe, in Salt Lake City yesterday, where Utah’s…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (215+ words) Readers of The Brief are likely aware of what’s going on with Missouri’s election maps, and of a character at the center of that drama, secretary of state Denny Hoskins. But as the chaos around a gambit he pulled off…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (938+ words) State officials and elected leaders who once championed tax exemption deals with the executives of companies like Amazon, Google and Meta for the development of data centers in their states are now having second thoughts — and some states are taking…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (342+ words) The president framed this extraordinary offer as a result of unprecedented “tremendous economic success.” “In history we’ve never had anything like what’s happening,” Trump said. In keeping with the effort to paint his policies as actually good for the economy,…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (265+ words) It also narrows the list of immigrants the Census Bureau would classify as U.S. residents, as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to wield the decennial population count to benefit Republican states. The administration is using the rule to remake how the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1007+ words) A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. President Trump’s concerted assault on free and fair elections is happening on so many fronts that it’s hard for a casual observer to keep…...