June 25, 2026
Trump Flips GOP Iran Holdouts + USPS Mail-In Ballot Bombshell
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White House requests $88 billion in emergency funding from Congress for Iran war and other critical needs.
Trump DOJ charged 455 people in connection with $6.5 billion in healthcare fraud, the largest federal healthcare fraud crackdown in U.S. history.
Democratic socialists won multiple NYC primary races, with Trump congratulating Mayor Mamdani for securing victories for what Trump called '3 solid communists.'
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Sens. Bill Cassidy and Rand Paul reversed course on voting with Democrats after a fiery closed-door meeting with Trump over Iran war powers.
Caitlin Clark was tackled, punched in the neck, and kneed to the groin during a WNBA game Wednesday night, leaving with a back injury.
Postmaster General David Steiner told Congress USPS will refuse to deliver mail-in ballots in any state that defies Trump's election integrity executive order.
DSA members at a Brooklyn victory party chanted 'You're Next' at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries when his face appeared on TV after socialist wins in NYC.
Senate Republicans flipped to reject Democrats' Iran war powers resolution, handing Trump a key diplomatic victory as U.S.-Iran peace deal talks continue.
Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill, saying he will only sign it after the SAVE America Act passes in the Senate.
Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy traded harsh words at a Senate GOP luncheon over Iran war powers before Cassidy ultimately changed his vote.
A Louisiana pastor physically confronted a man who had threatened to rape and kill his wife, with video of the incident going viral.
Minor league baseball team the York Revolution forfeited their Pride Night game after too few players were willing to wear rainbow jerseys.
A federal judge permanently blocked Trump's executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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The dominant story out of Washington today is President Trump's stunning reversal of GOP Senate holdouts on Iran. After a fiery closed-door luncheon in which Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) reportedly traded harsh words, both Cassidy and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) changed their positions and voted against the Democrats' Iran war powers resolution — handing Trump a critical win as U.S.-Iran negotiations continue. The White House has separately requested $88 billion in emergency funding from Congress tied to the Iran situation, signaling the administration is moving aggressively on multiple fronts. Trump also stated that U.S. inspectors will join IAEA visits to Iran's nuclear sites, a claim that directly contradicts Iran's position that no such inspections were scheduled.
On the domestic election integrity front, the news is equally significant. Postmaster General David Steiner testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that USPS will flatly refuse to deliver mail-in and absentee ballots in any state that fails to comply with Trump's March 31 executive order, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections." The order requires states to submit detailed voter manifests — including names, addresses, and unique barcode identifiers — at least 60 days before federal elections. Separately, Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill, conditioning it entirely on Senate passage of the SAVE America Act. And a federal judge struck a blow in the other direction, permanently blocking Trump's proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirement.
The through-line connecting today's biggest stories is Trump using every lever of executive and political pressure simultaneously — strong-arming Republican senators, leveraging the postal service, and tying unrelated legislation together — to advance his agenda on Iran and election integrity at the same time. Meanwhile, the Democratic coalition is fracturing in real time: DSA members chanted "You're Next" at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries after socialist victories in New York City primaries, a sign of a deepening rift on the left.
Tomorrow, watch for: whether additional GOP senators realign on Iran war powers votes following today's shifts; any state attorneys general responses to the USPS mail-in ballot ultimatum; and further fallout from the NYC socialist primary wins and the growing DSA-vs.-establishment Democrat divide that has Jeffries squarely in the crosshairs.