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Ten things to know about voting

August 20, 2021October 12, 2022 Adminelection checklist, issues and candidates, election information, voter registration status, before I vote0 comment

An election checklist for voters before and as they vote Study the issues and candidates using nonpartisan resources: Make use of fact check organizations who seek to offset inaccurate, misleading, or false claims by politicians and partisan political groups. The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, is a good source for election information. Know your rights and responsibilities before heading out to the polls: To vote in many states, voters must provide a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or government document that shows the name…

News outlets sue Trump over White House press ban

October 4, 2026 News, Over, House, Press, White, Trump, Outlets0 comment

A trio of news outlets is suing the Trump administration following their ban from the White House, citing First Amendment violations. The Washington Times stories: White House

Pulte’s FHFA slashes mortgage fraud watchdog’s budget

October 4, 2026 slashes, Pulte’s, budget, Fraud, FHFA, mortgage, watchdogs0 comment

Under a last-minute budget cut, the FHFA inspector general’s office will have to cut up to 80% of its staff and cease investigations into mortgage fraud. Congress – Federal News Network

A Reckoning in Springfield

October 4, 2026 Springfield, Reckoning0 comment

Photographs by Carol Guzy This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. He kept going over the details. “I run this route every day, like clockwork,” the trucker was saying, heading west to where he had first seen the man on the side of the highway. Now it was a Sunday morning, his day off, and Jack Buhring was driving his mother’s minivan, retracing the route, trying to make sense of what had happened less than a week before. His girlfriend, Renee…

Vance defends White House press ban, says outlets can still report

September 30, 2026 Vance, Outlets, Report, says, House, Press, still, White, defends0 comment

Vice President J.D. Vance said Monday that President Trump is not banning media outlets, saying the three outlets barred from the White House campus can still report but will no longer have special access to deliver propaganda. The Washington Times stories: White House

OMB violated Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act with $1 billion rescission

September 30, 2026 Impoundment, rescission, budget, congressional, Control, Billion, violated0 comment

GAO says OMB’s actions subvert both the constitutional process and Congress’s power of the purse. Congress – Federal News Network

The Great Data-Center Rebellion

September 30, 2026 Rebellion, great, DataCenter0 comment

Clinton, Iowa, is topographically flat and economically declining. The sawmills that made the city rich in the late 19th century have been repurposed as a museum. One of the Victorian mansions long since abandoned by the old lumber barons is open for tours, but tourists are scarce. Clinton has shrunk to about 24,000 people, and the town center, along the Mississippi River, feels nearly empty. On the west side, miles of deep-green corn and soy fields are crisscrossed with transmission wires and zoned for heavy industrial use. The city’s economic…