US government foots bill for television advertisement featuring Trump's midterm messaging
A $14,000 spot on Fox News and Newsmax, marked "paid for by the U.S. government," tells viewers America will never be communist. Sen. Thom Tillis said it "feels like Viktor Orban," and Rep. Jamie Raskin called it a Hatch Act problem.
Posted on Sep 24, 2026
| ABC News / Associated Press
A Venezuelan man was shot by ICE in Austin while doing deliveries. Here's what we know
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot near the clavicle while making DoorDash deliveries; the bullet remains lodged near his spine, and his lawyer says ICE pushed the hospital to release him into custody.
Posted on Sep 22, 2026
| CNN
Man shot by ICE in Austin being held in detention center with bullet in his back, lawyer says
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was transferred from the hospital to a detention center in Pearsall, Texas with the bullet still lodged in his back; the ICE officer who shot him was not wearing his assigned body camera, and a federal judge has since halted his deportation.
Posted on Sep 22, 2026
| CBS News
Trump warns U.N. he might "annihilate" Iran as war overshadows diplomacy
Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, Trump asked whether he should "annihilate the Islamic Republic" and predicted Cuba's government would collapse, rhetoric critics say echoes authoritarian appeals to raw power over diplomacy.
Posted on Sep 22, 2026
| The Washington Post
White House launches Trump TV as three news outlets sue over White House access
The administration stood up its own in-house media operation the same week CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a First Amendment lawsuit over being banned from White House grounds.
Posted on Sep 22, 2026
| The Hill
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access
The three outlets filed a First Amendment lawsuit after Trump banned them from the White House over their coverage and revoked their press credentials with no notice; other networks halted pool coverage in solidarity.
Posted on Sep 21, 2026
| CNN
NAACP sues to block Trump administration from sending armed agents to polls
A coalition led by the NAACP argues deploying ICE, DHS and FBI agents near polling places for the midterms would violate the Voting Rights Act's ban on voter intimidation.
Posted on Sep 19, 2026
| The Hill
DHS Email Sparks Alarm About What Feds Will Do on Election Day
A DHS email obtained via a DNC lawsuit paired a list of counties offering non-English ballots with a DOJ voter-prosecution checklist, fueling fears about where federal agents may target on Election Day.
Posted on Sep 18, 2026
| The New Republic
How Democrats Are Mobilizing to Counter Potential Election Interference Amid Trump Concerns
Democrats are training volunteers and preparing legal challenges to counter possible voter intimidation and federal interference in the midterms.
Posted on Sep 16, 2026
| Time
Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding
House Oversight's top Democrat opened an inquiry after ProPublica found a Putin-linked oligarch secretly paid for part of Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebrations.
Posted on Sep 15, 2026
| ProPublica