- Vadum on Times Now talking Modi’s visit to Italy
I was on Times Now in India on May 19, 2026 (May 20 in India) talking about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The anchor was Pratibha Chandran. At one point, the sound from the audio feed was inexplicably low, so I couldn’t hear one of the questions well and I winged it. Here are the links to the videos on [...]
- Ninth Circuit hears DOJ appeal over Oregon, California refusal to hand over voter records
A panel of federal appeals court judges on May 19 grappled with the Trump administration’s efforts to procure unredacted voter registration records from California and Oregon. The hearing came as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been reaching out to states by seeking voter rolls with complete personal information, mainly driver’s license numbers or the last four [...]
- IRS to drop tax claims against Trump as part of settlement
The acting head of the U.S. Department of Justice said on May 19 that the agency added new terms favorable to President Donald Trump to the settlement of the president’s lawsuit over alleged IRS leaking of his tax returns. In a one-page addendum to the settlement, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said on May 19 that the IRS would no longer pursue claims against [...]
- Supreme Court directs lower courts to reexamine decisions in Voting Rights Act cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18 ordered lower courts to reconsider rulings in two redistricting cases that concern whether private individuals may sue to enforce a federal law that bans discriminatory voting practices. The court directed the lower courts to take another look at the cases from Mississippi and North Dakota in light of its recent landmark ruling limiting [...]
