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United States Congress elections, 2026
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Congress_elections,_2026
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about 16 hours ago
NEW: President Trump has asserted executive privilege as he attempts to thwart a long-running lawsuit against him for his role in stoking the violence on Jan. 6. w/
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Trump asserts executive privilege to thwart Jan. 6 lawsuit
The White House said records sought in Capitol riot litigation are âclearly constitutionally protected.â
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/03/trump-executive-privilege-jan-6-lawsuit-00676383
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Illinois officials warn rental car companies that it is illegal for immigration agents to swap license plates
The secretary of state sent a cease and desist letter to ICE head Todd Lyons, citing âmultiple reports of federal ICE agents illegally swapping out the license plates displayed on vehicles.â
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/illinois-rental-car-license-plates-immigration-agents-illegal-rcna246115
about 18 hours ago
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Rep. Jason Crow
about 18 hours ago
Pete Hegseth risked our servicemembersâ lives by sharing classified information on unsecured systems. He needs to resign or be fired.
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Lee West
about 20 hours ago
Pentagonâs Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations. | NBC News
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Pentagonâs Signalgate review finds Pete Hegseth violated military regulations
The Defense Department inspector general concluded in a report filed yesterday that the information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared on a group Signal
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-tennessee-congress-immigration-nato-hegseth-live-updates-rcna246589/rcrd93818?canonicalCard=true
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Nevada Current
about 19 hours ago
Restaurants, construction and landscaping businesses have lost a combined 315,000 immigrant workers through August this year, more than any other industries.
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More industries want Trumpâs help hiring immigrant labor after farms get a break ⢠Nevada Current
As food prices remain high, the Trump administration has made it easier for farmers to hire foreign guest workers and to pay them less. Now, other industries with large immigrant workforces also are a...
https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/03/repub/more-industries-want-trumps-help-hiring-immigrant-labor-after-farms-get-a-break/
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46K views ¡ 1K reactions | Apropos of nothing, hereâs Pete Hegseth in 2016 saying there should be consequences for people who commit war crimesâthat members of the military shouldnât follow illegal or...
Apropos of nothing, hereâs Pete Hegseth in 2016 saying there should be consequences for people who commit war crimesâthat members of the military shouldnât follow illegal orders from the President:...
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Trump Accounts Won't Replace Social Security or Help Americans Build Significant Wealth
New âTrump Accountsâ promise to build wealth but offer little tax benefit and add more complexity to an already fractured savings system.
https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-accounts-wont-replace-social-security-or-help-americans-build-significant-wealth
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Joyce White Vance
3 days ago
Also, a lesson to every DOJ lawyer & law enforcement official. A lesson to everyone.
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Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
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Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/costco-sues-trump-tariff-refunds-rcna246860
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Stars and Stripes
7 days ago
The 29-year-old suspect entered the U.S. in 2021 through a program that resettled thousands of Afghans after the U.S. withdrew from the country. Before that, he worked with the CIA. The guard members shot have been identified as Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24.
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Afghan national charged in Guard ambush shooting drove across US to carry out attack, officials say
President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that both Guardsmen are critically wounded and are in separate hospitals. Trump said the shooter is also severely wounded and âwill pay a very steep price.â
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-11-26/national-guard-soldiers-shot-washington-dc-19896648.html
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Brandon Friedman
7 days ago
The guy's race and nationality are less relevant than the fact a CIA contractor shot two National Guard soldiers
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Brandon Friedman
8 days ago
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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What to know about the suspected gunman in the National Guardsmen shooting
Two National Guardsmen were shot on Wednesday in downtown Washington, D.C., near the White House. Here's what we know about the suspected gunman.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/national-guardsmen-shooting-dc-suspect/story?id=127912861
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Kat Abughazaleh
11 days ago
Impeachment isnât an option, itâs a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent. Impeach, convict, remove. And if our current leaders wonât do it, they need to step aside for people who will:
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Trump Wrongly Indicted Me, Iâll Rightly Impeach Him | Kat Abughazaleh Speaks at Lincoln Memorial
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
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Elon Musk's X rolls out feature that shows users' country of origin â then suddenly removes it
Will the feature that reveals where exactly a user is posting from make a return?
https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-rolls-out-country-of-origin-profiles-then-removes-it
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Senator Elissa Slotkin
15 days ago
Itâs crazy when young officers up and down the chain are seeking legal cover so they donât get sued one day for what could be illegal strikes.
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Stars and Stripes
16 days ago
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday ruled out allowing U.S. strikes against cartels on Mexican soil, a day after Donald Trump said he was willing to do whatever it takes to stop drugs entering the U.S.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejects Trumpâs offer of military intervention against cartels
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/americas/2025-11-18/mexico-rejects-us-military-intervention-19811008.html
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Mark Zaid, Esq
19 days ago
"This case addresses a much broader issue than just one plaintiff but challenges unconstitutional efforts by the Trump Administration to censor individualsâ private views, which represents an ongoing threat to everything we value sacred in our country," Zaid told NBC.
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Former federal employee sues government after allegedly being fired for Facebook comments about Kirk's assassination
The U.S. Coast Guard contractor alleges he was fired "in retaliation for his private speech on a matter of significant national interest and attention," violating his First Amendment rights, according...
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NPR
19 days ago
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
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Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
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Peter Morley âżď¸
27 days ago
đ¨BREAKING: Donald Trump & USDA going to Supreme Court to try and STOP SNAP Benefits from being distributed. This is truly the MOST evil thing I have ever witnessed by a sitting Administration. Absolutely DESPICABLE!
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Trump admin goes to SCOTUS to try and stop order that it pay full SNAP benefits this month
DOJ asks the justices for an order by 9:30 p.m. Friday â as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments, under a court order to finish Friday.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admin-goes-to-scotus-to-try
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Chris Murphy
30 days ago
Populist Dems won. Moderate Dems won. We won in blue states. We won in purple states. Maybe the take is that (a) people think Trump is out of control; and (b) people like Dems when we're taking a stand and fighting for what we believe in - as we have been for the last month.
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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield
about 1 month ago
The president does not have authority to set tariffs by abusing an emergency power. 200+ members of Congress filed an amicus brief in our tariffs lawsuit, agreeing. Weâll be at the Supreme Court next week making the case for why the court needs to hold the president accountable.
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Stars and Stripes
about 1 month ago
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall, according to a memo released this week
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Hegseth orders military to detail dozens of attorneys to Justice Department
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-10-30/hegseth-military-dozens-attorneys-justice-department%C2%A0-19602505.html
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Axios
about 1 month ago
đ¨BREAKING: Trump says U.S. will start testing nuclear bombs after three-decade hiatus
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U.S. will start testing nuclear bombs after three-decade hiatus, Trump says
The U.S. last tested a nuke in 1992.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/30/nuclear-bomb-testing-trump-china-russia
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2.1M views ¡ 37K reactions | Fast | ZDF heute-show
Fast
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about 1 month ago
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The Lincoln Project
about 1 month ago
The Epstein files stay hidden, but the Epstein Ballroom will be a prominent display.
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Federal Judge Orders Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino to Wear Camera, Report to Her Every Day
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/10/28/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-who-fired-tear-gas-little-village-crowd-set-face-federal
about 1 month ago
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Whistleblower Aid
about 1 month ago
JUST IN: Our Chief Legal Counsel, Andrew Bakaj, weighs in on "white nationalist" Paul Ingrassia's withdrawal from his nomination to the Office of Special Counsel. "Ingrassia did one thing right in this process - he withdrew."
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ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was charged Tuesday night with assault on a federal officer after the immigration operation in L.A. in which the suspect and a U.S. marshal were injured.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-21/immigration-enforcement-hurt-operation-southla
about 1 month ago
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Kyle Cheney
about 1 month ago
JUST IN: Comey moves to dismiss the indictment against him for vindictive/selective prosecution, arguing that the prosecution stems directly form Trump's overt personal animus toward him and calls to put him in prison.
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Zeb
about 1 month ago
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Rep. Mark Takano
about 1 month ago
Americans go without paychecks, Trumpâs turning the White House into his pet construction project.
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Senator Patty Murray
about 1 month ago
So it's too expensive to extend health care tax credits that millions of families rely on but not too expensive to spend $200 million on private jets for Kristi Noem? These corrupt grifters are robbing taxpayers blind.
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Noem Approves Spending $200 Million to Buy Jets During Shutdown
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem authorized the Coast Guard to spend $200 million as soon as Friday on luxury jets as the government shutdown edges into its fourth week.
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/noem-approves-spending-200-million-to-buy-jets-during-shutdown?taid=68f2c3b303c5b90001764ea5&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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House Democrats
about 1 month ago
Trump and Republicans want to spend $40 billion on Argentina but they refuse to lower Americansâ costs or save Americansâ health care. So much for âAmerica First.â
apnews.com/article/trum...
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US is working on doubling aid to Argentina to $40 billion by tapping private funding sources
The Trump administration is looking to provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-argentina-financing-economy-milei-billion-peso-fd38553ae03f4c33ce1288999469f7fb
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CNN
about 2 months ago
A woman was killed and 13 others injured when a car drove into a birthday party tent filled with children Saturday in Bladensburg, Maryland.
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Driver plows into childâs birthday party in Maryland, killing 1 and injuring 13, turns himself in | CNN
A woman was killed and 13 others injured when a car drove into a birthday party tent filled with children Saturday in Bladensburg, Maryland.
https://cnn.it/42Lus7s
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Ted Lieu
about 2 months ago
THERE IS LITERALLY NO REASON TO FIRE LIVE ARTILLERY SHELLS OVER AN AMERICAN HIGHWAY. TOTALLY STUPID, RECKLESS, AND BIZARRE ACTIONS JUST TO MAKE JD VANCE FEEL IMPORTANT.
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Stars and Stripes
about 2 months ago
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says a showcase put on by Marines at Camp Pendleton and attended by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is potentially dangerous, forcing him to close part of the interstate highway.
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Plan to fire artillery over a highway during JD Vance visit to Marine base irks California governor
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-10-18/california-highway-fire-marines-pendleton-vance-19467722.html
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The Japan Times
about 2 months ago
What makes J-horror tick? For the Silent Hill video game series, it's always been about psychological torment over jump scares, and for the first time, the franchise's brand of terror has a game set on its own shores. đ
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The Nevada Independent
about 2 months ago
A Carson City judge ruled on Friday that forgery charges against Nevadaâs six Republican âfake electorsâ can proceed to the district court â a win for state prosecutors who had sought conviction for nearly two years.
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Judge rules forgery charges against Nevada âfake electorsâ can proceed in Carson City - The Nevada Independent
The decision from Justice of the Peace Derek Dreiling means the six defendants will be arraigned in district court, which is set for Oct. 27.
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/judge-rules-forgery-charges-against-nevada-fake-electors-can-proceed-in-carson-city
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Prince Andrew gives up his title as Duke of York
The prince said he had made the decision because "continued accusations about me distract from the work" of the Royal Family.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgqlyw9g7weo
about 2 months ago
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BNY, Bank of America Sued Over Jeffrey Epsteinâs Banking Activity
Two new lawsuits accuse the banks of ignoring their anti-money-laundering and reporting obligations and enabling alleged sex trafficking by the late financier.
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about 2 months ago
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Faine Greenwood
about 2 months ago
Hereâs a block list:
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Faine Greenwood
about 2 months ago
I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings. These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate. Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.
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AG Rob Bonta
about 2 months ago
Weâre leading 19 AGs in opposing a new attempt to impose a documentary proof of citizenship requirement on the Federal Mail-In Voter Registration Form.
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Attorney General Bonta Leads Multistate Coalition in Opposing Citizenship Documentation Requirement for Federal Voter Registration Form
Group co-founded by Stephen Miller advancing previously rejected evidence and arguments Citizenship documentation requirement would be unlawful, create substantial and costly burdens on state and loca...
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-leads-multistate-coalition-opposing-citizenship
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about 2 months ago
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87K views ¡ 886 reactions | Donald Trump is planning a giant 'Arc de Trump' at the entrance of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, just across from the Lincoln Memorial. When a reporter asked the president...
Donald Trump is planning a giant 'Arc de Trump' at the entrance of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, just across from the Lincoln Memorial. When a reporter asked the president who the proposed arch...
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about 2 months ago
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4.3K views ¡ 5.8K reactions | Evanston will not allow federal agents to use city-owned property for immigration enforcement. We will not hesitate to protect our neighbors. | Daniel Biss
Evanston will not allow federal agents to use city-owned property for immigration enforcement. We will not hesitate to protect our neighbors.
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about 2 months ago
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Elizabeth Warren
about 2 months ago
More and more Americans are literally being forced to use GoFundMe to survive. So what are Donald Trump and the Republicans doing to help? Ripping away families' health care and jacking up insurance premiums to pay for giant tax handouts for their billionaire buddies.
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Reuters
about 2 months ago
Trump says he will unveil list on Friday of 'Democrat programs' to be shut
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Trump says he will unveil list on Friday of 'Democrat programs' to be shut
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday at the White House that his administration planned to produce a list on Friday of "Democrat programs" that will be closed as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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