Trump Calls Mail-In Ballot Ruling A 'Tremendous Loss' As He Pushes For His SAVE America ActPresident Donald Trump used the Supreme Court's Watson v. Republican National Committee opinion to push for the passing of the SAVE America Act, which would require people to provide proof of citizenship before voting. Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social: "In light of the tremendous loss in the Supreme Court today concerning Voter’s Rights, and the fact that 'people’s' votes are allowed to be counted LONG AFTER an Election is over, it is more important than ever to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, which is, 1. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PHOTO I.D. (IDENTIFICATION!). 2. ALL VOTERS MUST SHOW PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP. 3. NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS (EXCEPT FOR ILLNESS, DISABILITY, MILITARY DEPLOYMENT, OR TRAVEL!). There is no excuse for a politician, or otherwise, to be against the above three requirements. There is only one reason to oppose — CHEATING! The House of Representatives has approved this vital Act, THREE TIMES. The United States Senate seems unable to do so. In a time when there is a powerful Communist Movement taking place in our Country, one more dangerous than World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or September 11th, all Dumocrats, and our five Republican Senate Hold Outs, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis, Bill Cassidy, and Mitch McConnell must vote to SAVE OUR COUNTRY. There can be no more excuses! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"The Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots may be counted late as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.Latest Live UpdatesFired FTC Commissioner Says SCOTUS Ruling Rewards Trump’s Friends, Punishes His EnemiesRebecca Slaughter, the former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner whose name was on the Supreme Court case fighting her firing last year without cause, told MS Now that the justices’ ruling against her on Monday hands President Donald Trump the power “to reward his friends and punish his enemies and do so with impunity.”“I am very sad for America, honestly, first and foremost. I'm very worried about a future where presidents, like President Trump, can wield this enormous grant of executive power,” she said.The ruling backed Trump’s firing of Slaughter, who was a Democratic appointee, and overturns a precedent that recognized Congress as the authority to protect leaders of certain regulatory agencies from presidential removal at will.Slaughter argued that just because Trump “won an election” he’s not entitled to do whatever he wants.“He has to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. And the laws are those laws passed by Congress that include both the powers of an agency and the structure of an agency,” she said.Sotomayor Skewers Fellow Justices For Giving Trump 'Far Greater Power Than Ever Before'Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted her right-wing colleagues on Monday for making the “grievously wrong” decision in handing President Donald Trump more power over the executive branch “than ever before.” In a 49-page dissent read in part from the bench, Sotomayor expressed extreme concern about the majority’s decision to allow the president to fire any member of a regulatory agency under the executive branch for any reason, overturning 90 years of judicial precedent and “upend[ing] … the separation of powers.” She was joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.Read more here: Trump Reacts To Lisa Cook Ruling By Continuing To Claim She 'Committed Wrongdoing'President Donald Trump pushed back on the Supreme Court's ruling in the Cook case, saying he "will take appropriate action immediately.""The Cook Lawsuit, having to do with her suitability in sitting on the Board of the Federal Reserve, was sent back by the Supreme Court on a strictly procedural basis, we will take appropriate action immediately to make sure that someone who has committed wrongdoing will not be making vital decisions concerning the Welfare of the United States of America," Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social. "Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"The Supreme Court ruled Monday that for now, Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from the bank. Trump had claimed Cook committed mortgage fraud, which she denied. SCOTUS Won't Revive Alan Dershowitz's $300M Suit Against CNNWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court refused Monday to revive a $300 million defamation lawsuit filed against CNN over its coverage of a prominent attorney’s remarks made while defending President Donald Trump during his 2020 impeachment.The majority declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas dissented, calling on the court to reconsider the legal standards for public figures who claim defamation.Read more here:Trump Reacts To SCOTUS Verdict In His Appeal In The E. Jean Carroll CasePresident Donald Trump doubled down on his claim that he has never met E. Jean Carroll after the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the 2023 $5 million verdict against him for sexual abuse and defamation."Surprisingly, the Supreme Court declined to 'review' a Fake Case brought against me by a woman I never met (Decades old celebrity photo line, standing with her husband, does not count!)," Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social. "I will continue the fight against this Weaponization and Lawfare Case against me, including the ridiculous claim of Defamation, with all of my power and strength. This Case is really against the United States of America, and all it stands for, and should never be allowed to happen to another President, or Candidate to be! New York State created a Law, for an instant speck of time, going back many decades, in order to wrongfully 'nab' me. It was tailormade, and this Injustice cannot be allowed to stand! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"In 2019 and 2022, Carroll sued Trump for defamation and sexual abuse, and he was found liable for both. Trump appealed both verdicts, but on Monday, SCOTUS upheld them.Lisa Cook Says Trump Failed In Trying To Make Her ‘Bow To Political Pressure’Lisa Cook said in a statement that President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove her as Federal Reserve governor was based “on a manufactured pretext because I refused to bow to political pressure and continued to set interest rates based only on what would best serve the American people.”“That is the most fundamental obligation of a Federal Reserve governor,” she said, according to a statement obtained by The New York Times. “Today’s ruling affirms a principle that has underpinned sound economic stewardship for generations: that the Federal Reserve must make all its policy decisions guided by evidence and independent judgment, free from political interference. This bedrock principle has guided the Federal Reserve since its founding.”Trump Honored To Win The Slaughter Case, Allowing Him To Fire Leaders Of AgenciesPresident Donald Trump celebrated the Supreme Court ruling in the Slaughter case, which now allows the president to fire leaders of independent agencies."BIG WIN just moments ago at the Supreme Court, in the Slaughter Case, confirming Presidential Power in our Country to remove Executive Branch Officers and Agency Appointees, or Representatives, under Article II," Trump wrote Monday morning on Truth Social. "This Decision was long sought by United States Presidents, dating all the way back to the 1930s. It is such an Honor to be the sitting President who won this Historic and Unprecedented Ruling, one of the most important ever given with respect to Presidential Powers. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"Sen. Elizabeth Warren Vows To ‘Keep Fighting’ Central Bank Takeover Attempts After SCOTUS RulingSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) celebrated the Supreme Court blocking President Donald Trump’s firing of Federal Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook on Monday by vowing to “keep fighting back” against attempts to control the central banking system.“Even a Supreme Court stacked by Donald Trump agrees that his attempt to fire Lisa Cook was illegal,” she said in a statement. “Donald Trump and his lackey Bill Pulte have now failed to fire former Chair Jerome Powell and Governor Cook. This case is a reminder that Pulte cannot be trusted and should be removed immediately as acting Director of National Intelligence and Director of FHFA. Trump’s effort to take over America’s central bank is far from over, and we will keep fighting back.”Lebanese Official Says Peace Pact With Israel ‘Won’t Be Implemented’: ReportThe speaker of Lebanon’s Parliament, Nabih Berri, who’s an ally of Hezbollah, said Monday that a framework agreement for peace reached on Friday between Lebanon and Israel “will not be adopted,” Israeli news outlet i24 News reported.Berri said the agreement, which was brokered with the help of the U.S. following several days of talks in Washington, does not protect his country’s interests, Reuters reported, citing the Beirut news outlet al-Akhbar.The U.S. State Department had said the agreed-upon framework would dismantle Hezbollah and that Lebanon would regain territory taken by Israeli forces.Breaking UpdateSupreme Court Says Trump Can’t Fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa CookThe Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to seize control of the Federal Reserve on Monday in a 5-4 ruling in Trump v. Cook, finding that he could not fire Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook based solely on made-up charges of mortgage fraud.The decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson denies the Trump administration’s request to stay a lower court order that prevented Trump from removing Cook.That is where the decision ends. But Roberts also argued that Trump’s further arguments — that the president’s power to fire Federal Reserve board governors for cause is not reviewable by courts and that there is a low bar to prove cause for such firings — are not likely to succeed.Read more here:See All Updates