President Trump's views on Jimmy Carter have shifted from criticism to reflection as he faces similar challenges in Iran and with inflation, prompting a reevaluation of his legacy.
President Trump marked America's 250th Independence Day with a speech on the National Mall, praising history, his actions in Iran, and warning against communism, while also vowing to restrict mail-in ballots. The event proceeded after a severe thunderstorm, followed by a large fireworks display.
The US Supreme Court issued several key rulings concerning Donald Trump, including expanding presidential firing power over regulators, preserving the Federal Reserve's independence, upholding mail-in voting rules, and allowing a sexual abuse judgment against him to stand.
The US Supreme Court ruled that the president can fire leaders of independent agencies, overturning 90 years of precedent. Donald Trump celebrated the decision, while labor and consumer advocacy groups, along with legal experts, criticized it as a threat to democracy and government functioning.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted up to five days later. The 5-4 decision, a loss for the Republican Party, impacts 18 states and territories with similar grace periods and protects the votes of military and rural Americans.
President Trump criticized the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding Mississippi's law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted, falsely claiming it enables illegal voting and urging Congress to pass his voting restrictions bill.
