The House passed the farm bill 224-200 with the Save Our Bacon Act inside. The provision would override California’s Proposition 12, which the Supreme Court upheld in 2023. The Senate Agriculture Committee’s version, approved Sept. 16, left it out.

If federal agents can search the home of an elected official the president dislikes, no home in America is safe, and no speech is safe either. The Constitution guards against this, but courts can only do so much once it happens.

Trump overruled Pete Hegseth on Oct. 15 and cancelled his announced livestream of Nidal Hasan’s Dec. 3 firing-squad execution, after backlash that included Republicans like Sen. Thom Tillis. The Pentagon says they are aligned.

On July 20 the Justice Department said it will stop relying on the longstanding guidance it used to enforce Olmstead, the 1999 ruling that keeps disabled people out of institutions they never needed.