Today, the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and its Commissioners in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in response to Trump’s executive order falsely claiming the White House has total power to dictate legal positions taken by the FEC and other independent agencies. Americans deserve free and fair elections, and Trump and Republicans shouldn’t get to dictate the rules. 

• Nationwide: New York Times: Democratic National Committee Files Lawsuit Against Trump
• Nationwide: Politico: National Dems sue over Trump executive order they say could weaponize FEC
• Nationwide: NBC News: Democratic Party files first lawsuit against second Trump admin
• Nationwide: The Hill: National Democrats sue over Trump order to expand White House control of independent agencies
• Nationwide: Newsweek: Democratic Party Sues Donald Trump Over His Executive Power Claims
• Nationwide: Reuters: Trump sued by Democrats for seeking control over election commission

Earlier this week, House Republicans passed Trump’s disastrous budget bill that puts life-saving funding for health care, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and nursing homes on the chopping block in order to give tax breaks to billionaires.

• In Georgia: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: From food stamps to tax cuts: How the federal budget bill could affect Georgians
• In Kansas: Kansas Reflector: Kansas advocates condemn U.S. House budget tied to Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts
• In Maine: News Center Maine: Maine families fear impact of potential MaineCare and Medicaid budget cuts
• In Minnesota: Minnesota Reformer: Health care advocates say House GOP’s Medicaid cuts would harm children, people with disabilities
• In Texas: El Paso Times: How the House budget would impact El Paso: Local services face cuts amid GOP plan
• Nationwide: Center for American Progress: The Republican House Budget Resolution’s Potential $880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts by Congressional District

As Republicans in Congress side with Trump over their own constituents, residents of Republican-held districts across the country are furious and making it clear that Republicans will pay at the ballot box for bowing down to Trump and Musk and taking reckless votes like the budget bill. As a result, some Republicans are canceling town halls altogether. 

• In California: Fresno Bee: Rep. Tom McClintock fails to defend congressional power
• In Colorado: Colorado Newsline: Colorado Democrats urge Rep. Evans to oppose budget plan threatening Medicaid benefits
• In Georgia: CNN: Angry voters confront GOP representative over Trump’s push to expand his power
• In Iowa: Des Moines Register: Democrats protest potential Medicaid cuts outside Zach Nunn’s office as GOP weighs budget
• In Utah: Deseret News: Utah Rep. Blake Moore the latest GOP lawmaker to have town hall flooded with DOGE, federal layoff questions
• In Wisconsin: Wisconsin Public Radio: US Rep. Glenn Grothman faces hostile crowd at Oshkosh town hall meeting
• Nationwide: New York Times: Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash

Meanwhile, working families across the country are feeling the devastating effects of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s federal funding freezes and attacks on critical programs and agencies.

• In Kansas: KCUR: Funding freeze leaves Kansas farmers unpaid for work they already completed
• In Michigan: Washington Post: She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this
• In Wisconsin: Wisconsin Public Radio: These workers helped Wisconsin farmers navigate changing weather. DOGE fired them.
• In Wisconsin: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: DOGE cuts 800 at NOAA, impacting weather forecasts, Great Lakes
• In Oregon: KATU: Federal layoffs in Oregon likely to impact rural counties the most, state economist says
• In Georgia: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: USAID cancels large contracts of Georgia peanut butter supplier
• Nationwide: Axios: The states that could feel DOGE cuts the most
• Nationwide: Associated Press: Where are federal jobs affected by DOGE cuts? A look at congressional districts across the US

Democrats are fighting back against Donald Trump and extreme Republicans’ attacks on health care and federal programs that Americans rely on.

• In Ohio: Ohio Capital Journal: Ohio Democrats seek to codify reproductive care, align state law with constitutional amendment
• In Florida: Florida Phoenix: Democrats file bill to repeal six-week abortion ban, want more data transparency
• Nationwide: Maryland Matters: Federal judge extends order blocking ‘devastating’ cap on NIH research payments
• Nationwide: Associated Press: Democratic governors pitch state jobs to federal workers cut by Trump
• Nationwide: Associated Press: House Democrat introduces bill to reinstate veterans fired from the federal government under Trump