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ICE Awards $16.7 Million No-Bid Contract for 6,000 Electric-Shock Gloves
ICE is about to put electrical weapons directly onto agents’ hands. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million no-bid contract for 6,000 pairs…
BREAKING: Recall Effort Against Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Withdrawn
The petitioners behind the effort asked a King County judge to dismiss their case Thursday, abruptly ending the current attempt to remove Seattle’s newly elected mayor from office.
🚨BREAKING: USPS Says New Mail-In Voting Restrictions Are Now in Effect Ahead of Midterms
The fight over mail-in voting just entered a much more serious phase. The U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that its new requirements governing mail ballots are now in…
ICE Officer Charged in Minneapolis Shooting Released From Texas Jail
An ICE officer facing criminal charges in Minnesota after allegedly shooting a man and lying about what happened has been released from jail in Texas. Christian Castro walked out of…
The Morning Cup: The CIA Warned Russia Not to Attack NATO
Thursday, August 27, 2026
🚨Federal Agents Secretly Infiltrated Churches, Schools and Private Chats to Surveil Anti-ICE Organizers
Newly disclosed court records reveal the extraordinary scope of a Department of Homeland Security surveillance operation in Minnesota, including undercover agents, secret recordings, license-plate tracking and monitoring of people…
Brandi Kruse Says She Takes “Not a Dime.” The Money Trail Is More Complicated.
A Cup of Culture investigation into Brandi Kruse, Future 42, Project 42, Brian Heywood and the campaign-finance investigation surrounding Let’s Go Washington.
An Anti-ICE Protester Is Serving 50 Years. Now She Says the Government Is Making an Example of Her.
AUGUST 25, 2026 | CUP OF CULTURE
We Have 10 Weeks Until the Midterms. Here’s What We Do Now.
Friends, we are officially in the final stretch. The 2026 midterm elections are November 3. And between now and then, there are basically two options: spend the next 10 weeks…
Canada Hits Back at Trump With Tariffs on Hundreds of U.S. Products
Canada is escalating its response to Donald Trump’s trade war, preparing retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of American products after negotiations between the two countries collapsed. The trade fight between…
BREAKING: Supreme Court Lifts Block on Trump Mail-In Ballot Restrictions Across 23 States and D.C.
The Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration a significant victory in its effort to impose new restrictions on mail-in voting, lifting a lower-court order that had blocked…
The Morning Cup: Democrats Have Momentum. So Why Are We Meeting With Jared Kushner?
Monday, August 24, 2026