Democracy Reporter, States Newsroom.
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New Louisiana laws will establish stricter voter identification protocols and require election officials send every voter’s personal information to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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U.S. consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in May and were up 4.2 percent from a year earlier. "Core" prices, excluding food and energy, were up 0.2 percent month-over-month and 2.9 percent year-over-year.
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In a pair court filings in less than a week, the Trump administrations has waffled on what, exactly, Homeland Security wants to do to obtain data on millions of American who vote by mail
My story from Tuesday evening for @statesnewsroom.com
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Graham Platner claimed victory Tuesday in the Democratic primary election to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins after the Bangor Daily News and Decision Desk HQ called the race with 11% of votes counted.
AP has not called the race yet. mainemorningstar.com/2026/06/09/g...
Some experts say the Trump administration is effectively trying to buy time in court and stall a ruling that would halt implementation of the executive order
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Republicans in Congress clear final hurdle for $70B boost in immigration enforcement
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The word "vouch" was literally used.
NEW - Homeland Security is retreating, for now, from a plan to obtain voter data from the Postal Service as part of Trump's executive order on mail ballots — after revealing the plan in a court filing less than a week ago
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House votes 213-211 to approve the rule that sets up debate and a final passage vote later today on Republicans' nearly $70 billion funding package for ICE, Border Patrol and the DHS Secretary.
New Louisiana laws will establish stricter voter identification protocols and require election officials send every voter’s personal information to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail bal...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail bal...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail bal...
This is a breaking story and will be updated. Graham Platner claimed victory Tuesday in the Democratic primary election to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins after the Bangor Daily News and…
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday approved three years of funding for immigration enforcement without any new guardrails on how federal agents operate. The 214-212 vote sent the nearly $7...
The first grand jury proceeding in the Broadview Six case began with a *textbook example* of forbidden prosecutorial vouching. Misconduct from the start. Just incredible stuff.
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#BREAKING Transcripts from grand jury proceedings that led to the "Broadview Six" indictment have been made public.
Here is the first, from Oct. 9: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
