https://www.leftscoop.news Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:59:06+0000 en-us hourly 1 https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trumps-fawning-spectacle-for-xi-leaves-u-s-interests-behind/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63509 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 LSN Staff Trump showered Xi Jinping with ceremony while offering little visible diplomatic progress, fueling concerns that the administration is rewarding adversaries, slighting allies and replacing the difficult work of advancing American interests with empty political theater. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/jamie-raskin-blasts-supreme-court-for-bowing-to-trump-in-voter-database-ruling/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63545 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 LSN Staff Jamie Raskin condemned the Supreme Court’s approval of Trump administration changes to a federal voter database, urged Americans to vote early, and argued that overwhelming Democratic turnout is the answer to what he called an effort to derail the election. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trumps-super-pac-spending-exposes-a-shrinking-gop-senate-map/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63539 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Elena Brooks Trump’s political operation is pouring millions into Texas while pulling back in North Carolina and Georgia, revealing a tightening Republican Senate map despite the party’s massive cash advantage and an enormous war chest still available. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/supreme-court-citizenship-database-ruling-points-to-a-major-voting-rights-clash/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63540 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Elena Brooks The Supreme Court’s citizenship database ruling has limited immediate reach, but a December appeal could determine whether states may cancel registrations and require citizenship proof shortly before federal elections. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/collins-camp-waves-off-explosive-new-corruption-allegations-as-more-of-the-same/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63536 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Elena Brooks With Collins leading Troy Jackson 49% to 46% in a tossup Senate race, Maine Democrats are pushing new ProPublica allegations while Collins’s camp dismisses the scrutiny as another tiresome attempt to discredit her. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trump-keeps-picking-court-fights-with-the-media-and-keeps-losing/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63531 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Claire Sullivan Judges delivered fresh setbacks to Trump’s campaign against independent media, restoring White House access for three outlets and dismissing his Iowa newspaper lawsuit as his long record of courtroom defeats continued. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/peter-thiel-hauls-his-creepy-antichrist-roadshow-into-the-bible-belt/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63530 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Claire Sullivan Peter Thiel’s secretive Antichrist lecture series is heading to Tennessee as political battles intensify over AI regulation, cryptocurrency, surveillance technology and the growing influence of powerful tech figures on government. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/rfk-jr-buried-under-yet-another-brutal-avalanche-of-ethics-questions/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63527 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Julian Hayes Kennedy’s latest disclosure shows millions in book advances and more than $270,000 in gifts, bringing fresh scrutiny as controversies emerging over the past month or so keep piling up around the health secretary. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/california-high-court-rules-maga-sheriffs-650000-ballot-seizure-unlawful/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63522 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Maya Bennett California’s Supreme Court unanimously ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco to return 650,000 ballots, ruling that his investigation of debunked voter fraud allegations violated state law and improperly compromised the integrity of voted ballots. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trumps-dictator-envy-fuels-his-brazen-war-on-the-free-press/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63518 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Maya Bennett After a judge restored passes for MS NOW, CNN and Politico, Trump’s White House again blocked two networks while welcoming Xi Jinping, exposing the president’s admiration for tightly controlled media and the limits of his own Trump TV experiment. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/justice-jackson-remains-deeply-skeptical-of-deferring-to-the-trump-administration/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63512 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 LSN Staff Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson declined to grant the Trump administration immediate relief in a deportation dispute, reinforcing public warnings that the Supreme Court majority’s handling of emergency applications risks damaging the broader court system. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trump-wields-contested-power-to-snatch-nearly-1-billion-approved-by-congress/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63503 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 LSN Staff Trump announced nearly $1 billion in rescissions with five days left in the fiscal year, targeting immigrant services, diversity initiatives, research grants, and other domestic programs while lawmakers challenge the maneuver’s legality. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/james-comeys-86-47-seashell-arraignment-delayed-yet-again/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63504 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 LSN Staff James Comey’s arraignment has been postponed for a second time as his lawyers seek dismissal of felony charges alleging that his “86 47” seashell photograph threatened Donald Trump. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/broadview-six-prosecutor-torches-u-s-attorney-in-scathing-resignation-letter/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63500 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Daniel Mercer Sheri Mecklenburg says Andrew Boutros directed a failed felony prosecution against six protesters, ignored her preference for misdemeanor charges, and then blamed her as scrutiny mounted over prosecutorial errors and alleged misconduct. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/scott-bessents-bond-market-bluster-is-crashing-into-reality/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63497 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Daniel Mercer Treasury yields keep climbing despite billions in government bond purchases, leaving Scott Bessent’s boasts of market control looking increasingly hollow as Americans, corporations, and the federal government confront higher borrowing costs. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trump-intensifies-ugly-press-standoff-with-fresh-attacks-on-ms-now-and-cnn/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63494 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Elena Brooks Trump renewed attacks on MS NOW and CNN after blocking CNN from Air Force One, even as a federal judge ordered White House access restored and critics from both parties condemned the ban. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trump-sold-himself-as-a-real-estate-genius-his-housing-policies-are-a-wreck/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63491 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Daniel Mercer Trump marketed himself as a real estate authority, but his tariffs, immigration crackdown, war policies and housing cuts have increased construction costs, strained affordability and discouraged developers from building more homes. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/inside-stanfords-secret-world-of-power-and-money/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63488 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Elena Brooks Theo Baker’s investigation toppled Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne while exposing an exclusive campus culture where venture capitalists, wealthy insiders, and university power brokers cultivate selected students and chase the next lucrative startup. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/the-ai-bubble-is-barreling-toward-a-historic-meltdown/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63485 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 LSN Staff A Brookings report warns that the $10.3 trillion AI buildout relies heavily on debt, while Oracle’s payment trouble at a New Mexico data center offers a stark glimpse of how the speculative frenzy could begin unraveling. https://www.leftscoop.news/2026/09/trumps-big-deal-on-greenland-delivers-the-same-old-nothing/ https://www.leftscoop.news/?p=63479 2026-09-27T1:00:57+00:00 Maya Bennett Trump demanded ownership of Greenland but emerged with a document permitting two additional military installations and reinforcing NATO’s role, largely returning the security relationship to where it stood before his threats against Denmark.