Robert Weissman analyzes the Supreme Court’s ruling on Trump’s White House ballroom, while John Nichols surveys the battle for control of Congress in the midterms.
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media near the ballroom construction site at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2026.(Samuel Corum / Sipa / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Trump could proceed with construction of his ballroom—they explicitly did not rule on the merits of the case, but on the issue of standing for the plaintiff. Robert Weismann has our analysis – he’s co-president of Public Citizen.
Also: The Democrats are now favored to win not only the House but also the Senate in November – they need to flip four seats, and their candidates are ahead in five. John Nichols explains.
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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Trump could proceed with construction of his ballroom—the court explicitly did not rule on the merits of the case, but on the issue of standing for the plaintiff. Robert Weisman, co-president of Public Citizen, has our analysis.
Also: The Democrats are now favored to win not only the House but also the Senate in November—they need to flip four seats, and their candidates are ahead in five. John Nichols explains.
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Is the resistance to data centers a new kind of mass politics? David Wallace-Wells explains why the answer is “yes.” He’s a writer for The New York Times Opinion pages and author of the unforgettable book “The Uninhabitable Earth.”
Also: How to be a dissident in an age of fear – Ami Fields-Meyer has thought a lot about that. For starters: don’t start from scratch; don’t try to do it alone. Ami is co-author of the new book “On Courage.”
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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.