The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift a federal block on the Postal Service's implementation of Trump's mail-voting executive order, pushing to get it in place before the midterms.
U.S. Wealth Inequality & the OBBBA
- New, contested (2 outlets): DOJ urged the Supreme Court to allow USPS to implement Trump's executive order targeting mail voting in time for the midterms, after a federal judge blocked the Postal Service's final implementation steps.
- New, contested (2 outlets): A federal judge in Boston has a temporary restraining order blocking key parts of the USPS ballot-mail plan.
- New, contested (2 outlets): The Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico is rated a toss-up.
- Newly disputed: The claim that the U.S. conflict with Iran is now in its fifth month is now contested — the timeline is in dispute.
- New, contested (1 outlet): CNN reported the U.S. military escorted 40 commercial vessels carrying 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday; other estimates put routine daily flow at 8–9 million barrels per day. The figures conflict and neither is settled.
USS Abraham Lincoln Crisis & U.S. Military Readiness
- Corroboration gain: The USS Abraham Lincoln strike group's first full port stop — after 286 days at sea since a November deployment — now reported by 3 outlets, up from 1.
- New, uncontested (3 outlets): Pete Hegseth is facing growing criticism from some Republicans.