Wisconsin Commission Finds Musk Likely Broke Law in Handing Out Checks to Voters
Musk gave three voters million-dollar checks, encouraging them to vote in the 2025 state Supreme Court election.
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Senators Block Pentagon Bill Over Iran War and US-Israeli Military Integration
The Trump administration’s broader proposal requests nearly $1.5 trillion in total military-related spending for 2027.
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Day After Threat to Put Fees on Strait of Hormuz, Trump Says He Denounces Idea
The president said that, actually, “I don’t think anybody should be able to charge a fee for the strait.”
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New Lawsuit Challenges “Public-Private Conspiracy” Against Palestine Solidarity
Mahmoud Khalil says the suit against US officials and pro-Israel groups is “about far more than what was done to” him.
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ICE Temporarily Pauses Traffic Stops After Fatal Shootings in Texas, Maine
ICE policy already restricts traffic stops, requiring that agents only use them when there is “reasonable suspicion.”
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ICE Keeps Killing Immigrants in Cars It Claims Were “Weaponized” Against Agents
Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a father of a young daughter in Biddeford, Maine, is the second man ICE has killed in six days.
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Maine Sen. Susan Collins Under Fire for Being the Deciding Vote on ICE Funding
“Voters all across Maine … think [ICE] needs to be abolished,” says Drop Site News correspondent Nathan Bernard.
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Bar Association May Soon Upend Diversity Standards for Accredited Law Schools
Organizers are fighting another possible surrender to racism in higher education.
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Jeffries Says He’s Voting Against Measure to Cut Aid to Israel by $3.3 Billion
The Democratic leader claimed there are “more decisive ways” to achieve change with regard to Netanyahu.
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Trump Will Address Supposed Election Interference Claims in Primetime Speech
The president has maintained for years that his 2020 election loss was due to fraud, without any demonstrable proof.
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DHS Says ICE Killed Man in Maine While He Was Trying to Flee
The victim was identified by Sen. Angus King’s office as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old father from Colombia.
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This School District Will Bring a Humanoid Robot Into the Classroom This Fall
The district on the Seneca Nation reservation is set to be one of the first to put a humanoid robot in a classroom.
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MN Prosecutors Obtain Long-Withheld Evidence in Renee Good, Alex Pretti Killings
The evidence includes body camera footage, officer statements, and the Honda Pilot in which Good was killed.
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Trump Says Iran War Has Restarted, Potentially Resetting War Powers Clock
Democrats have said they may sue the president if he doesn't adhere to previous War Powers votes.
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ICE Reportedly Killed Maine Man in Second Fatal ICE Shooting in a Week
One witness said a little girl wearing pajamas, potentially the victim’s daughter, was present at the shooting.
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Marco Rubio Threatens to “Teach” the ICC the “Full Meaning of American Resolve”
The secretary of state announced what he characterized as a “campaign to dismantle” the International Criminal Court.
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After Controversial Egypt Match, Many Global South Fans Are Done With World Cup
Feelings of injustice around the international tournament are a symptom of geopolitics in 2026.
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Community Activism Forced Federal Government to Abandon Plans for ICE Warehouses
Activists are now watching to see whether the Trump administration will instead further privatize immigration detention.
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Trump Says He’s Taking Over Strait of Hormuz and Imposing Massive Fee
Just last month, Marco Rubio said that “no country is allowed” to charge fees on the strait.
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Corporate Media, Establishment Dems Use Platner to Attack Democratic Socialists
Democratic socialists are framed as naive, unqualified political actors who threaten to derail the Democratic Party.
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Will Colorado Voters Enshrine “Right to Natural Gas” in the State Constitution?
“This would be the first constitutional amendment to provide a right to a particular fossil fuel,” notes an expert.
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McConnell’s Been on Sick Leave for a Month. US Workers Aren’t Guaranteed a Day.
The US is the only wealthy country in the world that does not guarantee paid sick leave for workers.
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US Plans Embassy in Jerusalem on Land Stolen From Palestinian Families
Scholar Rashid Khalidi, who belongs to a family that has claims to the land, discusses why the embassy is illegal.
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Judge Won’t Bar Olympian David Hearn From Reflecting Pool During Trial
The White House is charging David Hearn with felony-level destruction of property for reaching his hand into the pool.
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The Trump Administration’s War on Disabled People Continues to Escalate
A new Justice Department memo undermines key aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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This SCOTUS Ruling May Make It Even Easier for Campaign Donors to Sway Elections
The court just struck down decades-old limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.
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Report Reveals Marco Rubio Is Acting as Imperial “Viceroy” of Venezuela
Rubio has near total control of the nation's finances, resources, and government, reported The New York Times.
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An LGBTQ Rights World Cup Stunt Revealed the Cracks in SF’s Queer Movement
Scott Wiener and Dr. Nasser Mohamed staged a World Cup LGBTQ rights moment. But who was it for?
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NextEra’s Acquisition of Dominion Energy Would Result in Corporate Mega-Utility
The utility merger seeks to exploit the data center boom for profit and political clout, at ratepayers’ expense.
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Fatal Houston ICE Shooting Follows Agency’s Turn to Increased Street Arrests
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo killing was the result of the kind of operation ICE increasingly relies on to meet quotas.
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Texas Is Fast Tracking AI Data Center Construction Using a Permitting Loophole
Texas regulators are using permit regimes usually reserved for gas stations and dry cleaners to open the door to AI.
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Mamdani Unveils New Rule to Crack Down on Junk Fees and Subscription Scams
Advocates say the move, a part of the mayor's affordability agenda, will save New Yorkers up to $162.5 million annually.
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Labor Leaders’ Disconnect From Workers on Palestine Is Showing Up in Elections
Union leadership’s fealty to the Democratic Party puts it on the losing side of NYC’s historic primary elections.
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The FBI Has Deputized Local Cops as Federal Agents. Communities Are Resisting.
Organizers are fighting the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, gaining momentum from the broader anti-ICE movement.
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Senators Urge Colleagues to Block NDAA Until Pro-Israel Provisions Are Debated
A provision to greatly expand the US’s military coordination with Israel was quietly added to the bill this year.
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Bipartisan Housing Bill Could Speed Up New Construction After Major Disasters
Trump said he won’t sign the bill set to become law today, but Congress has enough votes to override a potential veto.
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