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Feb 21, 2026•18 questions
Democrats are outrunning 2024 margins by 32 points in special elections
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Republicans in 5 states launched mid-decade redistricting to redraw maps before 2026
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Trump's DOJ protects Epstein predators, deletes files, exposes survivors in selective document release
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Jan 30, 2026•18 questions
DOJ arrests Don Lemon, Georgia Fort over church protest coverage
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Mar 30, 2026
Pakistan hosts Saudi, Turkey, Egypt in Islamabad Iran war talks
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Mar 30, 2026
Trump's DHS shutdown hits 44 days, longest in U.S. history
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Mar 22, 2026
ACLU sues ICE over warrantless home entries in three states
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Mar 22, 2026
Judge strikes down Pentagon press policy as unconstitutional
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Mar 15, 2026
Senate confirms Gen. Rudd as NSA chief 71-29, ending 11-month vacancy
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Mar 15, 2026
DOGE used ChatGPT to cut 97% of humanities grants, depositions reveal
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Mar 15, 2026
Senate blocks DHS funding for fourth time as shutdown enters week 5
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Apr 15, 2026
Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution for fourth time in 47-52 vote
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Apr 14, 2026
Appeals court blocks contempt probe into Trump deportation flights
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Apr 13, 2026
Representative Chris Smith blocks Democrats' Iran war powers resolution in pro forma session
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Apr 10, 2026
Louisiana Republicans are abolishing the clerk's office an exonerated man won by 33 points
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Mar 31, 2026
Scholars called Trump's Iran desalination threat a war crime
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Mar 30, 2026
Trump's DHS shutdown hits 44 days, longest in U.S. history
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Mar 22, 2026
SCOTUS schedules Haiti and Syria TPS arguments, stays deportations
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Mar 22, 2026
ACLU sues ICE over warrantless home entries in three states
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Mar 22, 2026
Judge strikes down Pentagon press policy as unconstitutional
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Mar 15, 2026
NATO shoots down third Iranian missile over Turkey in 10 days
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Apr 15, 2026
Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution for fourth time in 47-52 vote
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Apr 14, 2026
Appeals court blocks contempt probe into Trump deportation flights
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Apr 13, 2026
US and Iran deadlock on nuclear enrichment terms as April 21 deadline looms
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Mar 31, 2026
Scholars called Trump's Iran desalination threat a war crime
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Mar 30, 2026
Pakistan hosts Saudi, Turkey, Egypt in Islamabad Iran war talks
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Mar 22, 2026
SCOTUS schedules Haiti and Syria TPS arguments, stays deportations
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Mar 15, 2026
Six Air National Guard airmen die in KC-135 crash over Iraq
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Mar 15, 2026
Record 400M barrel oil release fails to stop $100 crude amid Iran war
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Mar 15, 2026
NATO shoots down third Iranian missile over Turkey in 10 days
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Apr 15, 2026
Senate votes 40-59 to keep $447M Israel arms sales despite Democratic opposition
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Apr 14, 2026
Treasury won't renew Iran oil sanctions waiver, ending legal crude sales
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Apr 13, 2026
US and Iran deadlock on nuclear enrichment terms as April 21 deadline looms
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Apr 13, 2026
Representative Chris Smith blocks Democrats' Iran war powers resolution in pro forma session
+30
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Mar 31, 2026
Scholars called Trump's Iran desalination threat a war crime
+19
Mar 30, 2026
Pakistan hosts Saudi, Turkey, Egypt in Islamabad Iran war talks
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Mar 30, 2026
Trump's DHS shutdown hits 44 days, longest in U.S. history
+7
Mar 15, 2026
Senate confirms Gen. Rudd as NSA chief 71-29, ending 11-month vacancy
+49
Mar 15, 2026
Six Air National Guard airmen die in KC-135 crash over Iraq
+31
Mar 15, 2026
NATO shoots down third Iranian missile over Turkey in 10 days
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Apr 15, 2026
Senate votes 40-59 to keep $447M Israel arms sales despite Democratic opposition
Verifying sources
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Apr 15, 2026
Senate blocks Iran war powers resolution for fourth time in 47-52 vote
Verifying sources
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Apr 13, 2026
US and Iran deadlock on nuclear enrichment terms as April 21 deadline looms
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Apr 13, 2026
Representative Chris Smith blocks Democrats' Iran war powers resolution in pro forma session
+30
Apr 10, 2026
Louisiana Republicans are abolishing the clerk's office an exonerated man won by 33 points
+12
Mar 22, 2026
ACLU sues ICE over warrantless home entries in three states
+12
Mar 15, 2026
Federal judge blocks Somalia TPS end, protecting 1,100 from deportation
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Apr 10, 2026
Trump fires judges who threw out student deportation cases
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Apr 9, 2026
HUD emergency housing voucher program will run out of funding by end of 2026
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Apr 9, 2026
BIA orders deportation of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
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Apr 9, 2026
James Strahler pleads guilty to cyberstalking and AI-generated child sexual abuse material
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Apr 9, 2026
ICE spent $1 billion on detention warehouses without notifying states or Congress
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Apr 8, 2026
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending deportation protections for 5,000 Ethiopians
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Apr 8, 2026
Federal judge gave FDA six months to respond before blocking mail-order mifepristone in Louisiana
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