A Vast Grab for Power

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June 3. 2026

US Supreme Court allows Alabama to use a 2023 map that had been
ruled as unconstitutional because it violates the Fourteenth
Amendment and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, As Trump
deteriorates mentallly and physically Republican lawmakers and
the administration try to grab as much power as possible,
Promises of an end to the war on Iran fizzle and the economy is
slowing as oil prices increase and credit card delinquencies
reach new highs, Russell Vought proposes that OMB should have
control over research grants, Trump signs order stripping civil
service workers of protected status, And Trump nominates William
Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, one of the
most important positions in the government, Pulte has no
experience in intelligence and his nomination threatens the
renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),
Democrats and some Republicans are pushing back on Pulte's
nomination, There has been pushback in the House where a
resolution passed telling Trump to stop its strikes on Iran or
get congressional approval and a measure that would aid Ukraine
advanced, Trump did not react well.

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