Why Mark Cuban backs TrumpRx, GOP lawmakers want to denaturalize terrorists and criminals, White House rolls out “pro-farmer” agenda, and more

The United States Postal Service has spent roughly $1.5 billion building a government software system that replicates technology the private sector already provides.

The platform, known as USPS Ship, was intended to replace the long-standing PC Postage ecosystem, a network of private software companies that has powered ecommerce shipping through the Postal Service for decades. The model dates back to the Postal Service’s Information-Based Indicia Program launched in 1999, which authorized private developers to sell digital postage and integrate USPS shipping directly into business software.

Companies such as Stamps.com, Pitney Bowes, and Endicia built platforms that allow merchants to buy postage, print labels, manage shipments, and integrate USPS services directly into ecommerce storefronts and logistics software. These companies operate under USPS certification rules outlined in the Information-Based Indicia Program and the Postal Service’s PostalPro shipping technology framework.

President Donald Trump plans to commemorate National Agriculture Day with a flurry of moves designed to cement his status as the “most pro-farmer president in history,” The White House’s Anna Kelly told the Washington Reporter.

The core of Trump’s pro-farmer agenda, Kelly told the Reporter, is his work “to lower input costs, open new trade markets, bolster the farm safety net, double the death tax exemption, end taxes on rural property loan interest, [and] create rural opportunity zones.”

Trump, Kelly said, represents a breath of fresh air for farmers after four years of President Joe Biden. “Unlike Joe Biden, who enabled sky-high inflation and allowed foreign nations to rip off our country, President Trump has farmers’ backs — and the best is yet to come.”

Rep. Pat Harrigan (R., N.C.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) want the government to be able to deport individuals who “become U.S. citizens and then turn against this country by committing or supporting terrorism.”

The duo introduced legislation, obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter, in the wake of Islamic terrorist attacks in Texas, New York, Virginia, and Michigan, “each tied to individuals who had gained access to this country through our immigration system,” Harrigan’s office noted.

“Current law makes it nearly impossible to strip citizenship from individuals who turn around and support or commit terrorism,” Harrigan told the Reporter. “That is unacceptable.”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) wants to denaturalize criminals convicted of felonies and terrorists with new legislation that would add any felony conviction as grounds for revocation of naturalization. 

The Naturalization Accountability Act was obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter and is Cotton’s latest tough-on-crime provision. For years, Cotton has been one of the Republican Party’s strongest voices on public safety issues.

“American citizenship is sacred and should not be given to criminals and terrorists under false pretenses,” Cotton said. “My bill will keep Arkansans safer by subjecting felons and terrorists to denaturalization proceedings when appropriate.”

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a resolution, obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter, that would designate March 24, 2026 as National Agriculture Day.

The resolution, which was introduced by Reps. Mark Alford (R., Mo.), Jim Costa (D., Calif.), and Adrian Smith (R., Neb.), also recognizes the importance of agriculture as one of America’s most important industries.

“Our farmers and ranchers around the clock all year to feed, clothe, and fuel the world,” Alford explained. “This industry has been recognized on National Agriculture Day for decades, and we’re proud to play our part to ensure our agriculture community continues to receive this honor. Agriculture is the cornerstone of communities across Missouri and all of America. I’m pleased to partner with Congressmen Costa and Smith to get our farmers and ranchers the recognition they deserve.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R., La.), the chair of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, wants answers from a California school following a high-profile series of vandalisms that both glorified Islamic terrorism and directly threatened the safety of Jews on and off campus. 

Graffiti reading “SJSU, Sorry, But for Allah 3/11 Will Be 9/11,” “Kill All Jews,” “Goal 5 Jews Min,” and “Make Osama Proud” recently went up across the campus of San Jose State University (SJSU) in California, and Cassidy — one of the Senate’s leading experts on combatting anti-Semitism wrote directly to the school’s leadership, in a letter obtained exclusively by the Washington Reporter.

“Anti-Semitic threats are vile and have absolutely no place in our educational institutions or on college campuses,” Cassidy explained. “San Jose State University officials’ response to growing antisemitism on the campus premises is inadequate and demands accountability.”  

House Republicans on the Republican Study Committee (RSC) want Congress to pass legislation, spotlighted by President Donald Trump, that would revoke trucking licenses that are currently issued to illegal immigrants, limit trucking licenses to primarily American citizens, and offer commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills tests exclusively in English.

The RSC members renewed the case for Dalilah’s Law, a piece of legislation named after Dalilah Coleman, at a roundtable featuring Dalilah and her parents. When Coleman was 5-years-old, an illegal immigrant driving an 18-wheeler caused a multi-car wreck that left Coleman with permanent, life-altering injuries.

Coleman was a featured guest during Trump’s latest State of the Union, and lawmakers like Rep. Vince Fong (R., Calif.) laid out the “sense of urgency” they want in getting the legislation to Trump’s desk.

The road to high housing costs is paved with red tape. Overregulation stifles new housing supply and makes it more expensive to obtain a mortgage. Too many American families pay the price for this.

That is why President Donald Trump signed two executive orders — one to make single-family housing construction more affordable and another to improve the accessibility and affordability of mortgages. These actions build on his order earlier this year to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. This administration is taking an aggressive approach to bring down the cost of housing and restore the American Dream of Homeownership.

Burdensome regulations are the source of much of the strain on housing markets. Government rules account for nearly 40 percent of the cost for multifamily homes and up to 25 percent of the cost for single-family homes. That is why one of my first actions as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was to rescind the Obama-Biden era “War on the Suburbs,” or the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. This federal regulation, and others like it, rob communities of decision-making power, layer piles of paperwork on local officials, and increase home prices. And they accomplish all these things without building a single home.

When I was growing up, artificial intelligence was something that only existed in Sci-Fi movies. But, by the time my two boys are out of school, the emerging technology will shape nearly every aspect of their lives — the job market they navigate, the infrastructure they use, and whether the country they inherit is still the most powerful and innovative on earth. 

As a mom, I think about that a lot. As a member of Congress, I am on a mission to keep America in a position of strength. 

Because make no mistake about it: the decisions Washington makes on AI over the next few years will shape the world my boys, and your kids, will live in and raise families of their own.  

Agriculture is the cornerstone of Wisconsin and the backbone of our nation. Our farmers don’t just feed our state, they keep America running. When agriculture succeeds in Wisconsin, families across our country benefit. We are the Dairy State, and here, agriculture isn’t just an industry — it’s a way of life.

For generations, Wisconsin farmers have built more than businesses — they’ve built legacies. Family farms are defined by a commitment to passing something better on to the next generation. But for years, the death tax has put that legacy at risk.

The value of family farms is tied up in land, equipment, and livestock. When a large tax bill comes due, families shouldn’t be forced to sell off acres, take on massive debt, or dismantle their operation just to keep up with Washington.

So far, the headlines in 2026 have been dominated by U.S. foreign policy. The strikes by the United States and Israel against the evil Iranian regime this last weekend have understandably been a major focus of national news coverage and attention. Rightly so. This bold strike has the potential to protect America’s national interest by eliminating Iran’s nuclear capacity and taking out an Iranian regime hostile to global peace and security.

Camp Buehring, an U.S. Army installation where I was spent time my deployment by the Defense Intelligence Agency, is one of the American bases in the Middle East hit by a retaliatory strike by the Iranians. I, like many Americans, am praying for our brave service men and women who put their lives on the line to protect our country and our freedoms. At the same time, there is a different, recent development in a foreign country that also deserves attention — the Mexican government’s killing of notorious drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as “El Mencho.”

The elimination of a major kingpin of the global drug trade is another hallmark success of the Trump administration’s “Don-roe Doctrine” and an example of how the administration’s decisive commitment to a strong U.S. presence in the Western Hemisphere is making Americans safer at home.

Chokepoints and Power: Hormuz, Panama, and American Leverage Over China
At the end of last year, China had a dominant hand in both Panama and Hormuz. Within
the first quarter of this year, that advantage has evaporated.
Following the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz due to the recent
conflict in Iran (and London insurance markets’ much-covered cancellation of war risk
insurance), the United States has moved decisively to secure the Strait. But few have
acknowledged the consequential timing of the Iranian conflict in the context of an even
more famous chokepoint: the Panama Canal.
Earlier this year, the Panamanian government nationalized the ports on either end of
the Canal, which were previously run by Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison (with
obvious and significant connections to the Chinese Communist Party).

The global economy still runs on geography.

Oil tankers squeeze through narrow straits. Container ships funnel through man-made
canals. A handful of chokepoints determine whether the world’s energy and trade keep
moving.
Recent events represent a strategic shift with important consequences for the balance
of power between Washington and Beijing.