Sep 11, 2026

The Trump Administration Will Let Armed ICE Agents Into Polling Places Over Noncitizen Voting. The Heritage Foundation Could Only Find About 100 Cases Since 2000.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says ICE officers may enter polling sites during the midterms. Latino civil rights groups, Common Cause and the city of Denver sued on September 10, pointing to a Civil War era law that bars armed federal agents from polling places unless they are repelling armed enemies of the United States.

Voting RightsImmigration

Sep 11, 2026

Brinker Harding Put Warren Buffett in an Ad About Doing Things Honestly. Buffett's Daughter Says He Never Asked Permission, and Harding Kept Running It for a Week.

Susie Buffett asked the Omaha Republican on September 2 to pull an ad using her father's image, saying it implies an endorsement he never gave. The ad stayed on the air until the following week. Harding's public statement never mentioned her request.

Controversy Nebraska

Sep 11, 2026

Mike Rogers Is Running a 9/11 Tribute to a Firefighter Who Got Cancer at Ground Zero. He Voted Twice Against the Law That Treats Responders Like Him.

Days before the 25th anniversary of September 11, Michigan's Republican Senate candidate posted a tribute to a Monroe fire captain who developed cancer after driving to Ground Zero. In 2010, Rogers voted against the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act twice, warning that guaranteed care for sick responders would 'jeopardize the financial health of the United States of America.'

Healthcare Michigan

Sep 10, 2026

ICE Opened a Tip Line Asking Americans to Report Truck Drivers They Suspect Are Undocumented. At the Hearing Josh Brecheen Chaired, the Government's Own Count Was 17 Fatal Crashes Out of About 4,000 a Year.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin launched the tip line on September 9. At the March hearing Josh Brecheen chaired, the federal count came to 17 fatal crashes against roughly 4,000 a year, and 200,000 drivers had already begun losing their licenses.

ImmigrationJobs Oklahoma

Sep 10, 2026

Trump Left the Labor Board Without a Quorum for Nearly a Year and Moved to Turn Employees Into Contractors. Workers' Share of the Economy Just Hit Its Lowest Level Since 1947.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts labor's share of GDP at 52.8% for the second quarter of 2026, the lowest since it started measuring in 1947. Corporate profits rose $400.9 billion in the same three months.

JobsBillionaires & Big Business

Sep 10, 2026

Byron Donalds Promises Florida the 'Most Transparent' Government in America. He Won't Say Whether He Still Backs His Bill to Let Officials Meet in Secret.

As a state lawmaker in 2017, Donalds filed a bill critics said would make Florida's Sunshine Law meaningless. Axios asked him whether he stands by it. He did not answer.

Checks & Balances Florida

Sep 10, 2026

John James Pitched Repealing Michigan's Marijuana Tax at a Fundraiser the Industry Threw Him. It Raised Nearly $90,000.

The 24% wholesale tax was supposed to send $420 million a year to Michigan roads. James told marijuana executives at their own fundraiser he wants it gone, then said so publicly weeks later. He has not said how he would replace the road money.

Billionaires & Big BusinessTaxes Michigan

Sep 10, 2026

Gabe Evans' New Ad Says He's Spent 15 Years 'Ranching.' His Own Disclosure Shows $345 in Farm Profits From Livestock — Below the Rancher Standard His Spokeswoman Named.

Evans owns three cows. His campaign ad shows him hauling hay and calls it ranching. His spokeswoman said the USDA counts anyone earning over $1,000 from agriculture as a rancher — and his latest disclosure reports $345.

LiesFarmers Colorado

Sep 10, 2026

Sarah Sanders Hasn't Called the Session That Would Clear Arkansas' Disability Waitlist. Her Republican Predecessor Zeroed Out the Same List for $37 Million.

Asa Hutchinson put more than $37 million into zeroing out the CES waiver waitlist in 2021. Four years into Sanders' term it is back above 2,400 people. A Little Rock lawmaker puts the cost of clearing it at $35 to $50 million; her voucher program costs more than $367 million this year.

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