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4 Oct 2026

Elections Will Happen. Now We Have to Use Them.

I keep seeing people say some version of the same thing: “There won’t be elections.” “Our votes won’t matter.” “It’s already over.” And I need people to…

3 Oct 2026

Federal Court News for Week Ending October 3, 2026

DOJ Requests Supreme Court Block on Transgender Care for Inmates Trump administration Solicitor General John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to effectively erase transgender individuals from the law, with the…

SEATTLE · 30 Sep 2026

Report: Downtown Seattle lost 13,000 jobs in a year, while Bellevue’s tech hub boomed

SEATTLE — A new analysis is putting a massive number on downtown Seattle’s employment struggles: an estimated 13,000 jobs disappeared from the city’s downtown core between 2024 and…

30 Sep 2026

The Government Is Building Its Own Media Machine. We Need to Talk About What Comes Next.

Taxpayer-funded advertisements praising the president. News organizations fighting for access to the White House. Government officials deciding who gets inside the room.

ICE · 29 Sep 2026

🚨Federal prosecutors charge Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas with assaulting an officer

Wild news today folks, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was charged with one count of assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer, according to a criminal complaint. Garces Perez, whose…

US Politics · 27 Sep 2026

House Democrats are preparing to investigate Trump. Here’s what they’re looking at.

If Democrats win the House in November, they could use subpoena power to investigate the administration, its contractors and the Trump family’s business ties. The election has to come first.

Morning Cup · 27 Sep 2026

Morning Cup: The Clock Is Running Out

Good morning friends, We are officially at the point in this election cycle where “the midterms are coming” doesn’t really cut it anymore. They’re here. Early voting is…

US Politics · 26 Sep 2026

Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress

The White House is using a rarely invoked “pocket rescission” to cancel congressionally approved funding, escalating a fight over who controls federal spending.

26 Sep 2026

Legal Updates for Week Ending September 26, 2026

Press Credentials Dispute The lawsuit filed by CNN, MS NOW and Politico against President Trump over him banning them from the White House Press Pool had its first victory. On…

26 Sep 2026

Supreme Court Order Restores Expanded Voter Citizenship Verification Program

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume its expanded voter citizenship verification program in implementing an emergency stay order, which allows states to use Social Security records to…

25 Sep 2026

Trump Spent Years Warning America About China. Then He Rolled Out the Red Carpet.

Republicans have made China and “communism” political boogeymen. This week, Trump gave China’s communist leader one of the most elaborate welcomes the White House can offer.

24 Sep 2026

JD Vance Planted an Anonymous Story. Then He Backed Trump's Media Ban.

The White House attacked anonymous national security reporting while one of the stories at the center of the controversy came directly from the vice president under anonymity rules imposed by the administration itself.