GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls

• Republicans are moving quickly to pass a massive voter suppression bill requiring voters to present a passport or original birth certificate both to register and also to vote at the polls. Experts warn it could keep millions of already-registered Americans from casting ballots in the 2026 midterms.
  
  
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade

• A federal judge out of Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the DOJ’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls. The opinion concluded the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
  
  
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Supreme Court greenlights California’s voter-approved map

• In a major win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed California to use its voter-approved congressional map in the 2026 elections, rejecting GOP attempts to block it.
  
  
• The decision clears the way for Democrats to potentially gain five seats — directly countering the five-seat advantage Republicans sought through President Donald Trump’s gerrymander in Texas. Unlike Texas, where maps were redrawn by partisan lawmakers, California’s plan was approved by voters in a statewide referendum.

Federal court rejects GOP bid to manipulate the Census

• A federal court in Florida dismissed a Republican-backed lawsuit seeking to overturn how the U.S. Census Bureau counts the population — dealing a setback to a broader GOP effort to tilt congressional and Electoral College power in favor of Republican-led states.
  
  
• The suit tried to force the bureau to abandon long-standing statistical methods used in the 2020 Census. The court rejected the case on procedural grounds, ruling that the four-year statute of limitations to challenge the 2020 census had long expired.

Court again blocks Trump DHS from shutting out Congress from ICE facilities

• A federal judge once again blocked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from restricting congressional oversight of immigration detention facilities, marking the second time in two months her policy has been halted.
  
  
• Federal law expressly bars DHS from denying lawmakers access to detention facilities for oversight. The ruling restores Congress’s ability to conduct real-time oversight amid growing scrutiny of detention conditions and the Trump administration’s aggressive approach to immigration enforcement. 

Appeals court dismisses Trump DOJ’s retaliatory complaint against judge

• A federal appeals court tossed the Trump DOJ’s extraordinary misconduct complaint against Judge James Boasberg, dealing a sharp rebuke to the administration’s escalating attacks on the judiciary. In a seven-page ruling, Judge Jeffrey Sutton found that the DOJ — led by Attorney General Pam Bondi — failed to substantiate its claim that Boasberg violated judicial ethics.
  
  
• The dismissal undercuts a rare and aggressive effort by Trump’s DOJ to intimidate a judge who ruled against the administration’s mass deportation scheme — and reinforces that the courts, not the White House, set the bounds of lawful judicial conduct.