Trade Court Orders Tariff Refunds, and the Swamp Smells Money
United States – March 5, 2026 – A federal trade judge ordered the process to begin for refunding struck-down Trump emergency-power tariffs, and the lobbyists are already lining up.
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Jobless Claims Are Calm. That Does Not Mean America Is Fine.
United States – March 5, 2026 – Claims look calm at 213,000, but the quiet hides a longer, pricier wait for the next job, and the Fed should read it carefully.
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47-53 and the Pocket Constitution Gets Singed: The Senate Tries to Tap the Brakes
United States – March 5, 2026 – The Senate voted 47-53 to block a procedural move on an Iran war-powers resolution, and Washington once again picked process over plain talk.
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The Supreme Court Just Put Its Thumb on New York’s Scale, and It Knows Exactly What It’s Doing
United States – March 5, 2026 – SCOTUS froze a New York district map fight, and the winners are the GOP, the donors, and the fine art of minority vote dilution.
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ICE Is Shopping for Location Data Again, and We Are the Merchandise
United States – March 4, 2026 – ICE is back in the data-broker aisle again, and Americans pay in privacy while the warrant requirement gets treated like optional paperwork.
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Moon Base, Same Old Fog: Congress Tries to Write NASA’s Future
United States – March 4, 2026 – The Senate Commerce Committee advanced NASA’s moon-base authorization bill unanimously, but the real mission is funding ambition without turning …
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Congress Runs on an Honor System. Then Acts Shocked When Trust Collapses.
United States – March 4, 2026 – Congress wants our trust while it reimburses itself on the honor system, and Rep. Mace is the latest test of the guardrails.
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The Supreme Court’s emergency docket is becoming a policy vending machine
United States – March 4, 2026 – The Court just now used the emergency docket to pick a winner early, and every student and parent pays the tab.
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The Senate’s Big Housing Push Has a Strange Passenger: Power
United States – March 4, 2026 – A Senate housing package is moving fast, but its supply agenda rides alongside new market levers and a CBDC hitchhiker that deserve daylight.
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DHS Wants Your Data Without a Judge, and Big Tech Still Says ‘Yes Sir’
United States – March 4, 2026 – Lawmakers are pressing Big Tech and telecoms on how they respond when DHS seeks user data through administrative subpoenas without a judge, and w…
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