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1822 items · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
The Justice Department plans to send 1,000 election monitors to 50 states ahead of Election Day, expanding a practice that has spurred concern among Democrats and voting rights advocates.
Source: Stateline (stateline.org)
Truthout reports a long-awaited climate change case finally goes to court in Canada, saying the outcome could prove persuasive in other climate litigation.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Billionaires are fighting the Prop 40 California wealth tax; the New York Times calls a Silicon Valley billionaire club a $333 million political ad machine engaged in next week's elections.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Fox News's Laura Ingraham that he believes polls showing big leads for Democrats are underestimating Republicans with one week to go until the 2026 midterms.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Elie Mystal says in The Nation that an Alaska case is a red flag that Trump has no intention of accepting election results Republicans lose.
Source: The Nation (thenation.com)
Democrats asked a federal judge to halt the Trump administration from interfering in the midterms; the administration demanded California and Washington remove alleged noncitizens from voter rolls.
Source: Democracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com)
A SCOTUSblog analysis says the Supreme Court may soon see another clash over the Trump administration's attempt to prevent noncitizen voting.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
A localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia took effect in the Russian-occupied southern Ukraine city of Oleshky after first lady Melania Trump announced she secured a humanitarian agreement.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
UT HB 309, Juneteenth Observance Amendments: Governor Signed, latest action 2026-03-18.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Democrats hold an 8-point lead over Republicans 52-44 one week before the midterm elections, according to a Marist Poll conducted with NPR and PBS News.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Former Sen. Joe Manchin said the atmosphere is right for a 'complete tsunami' in the midterms, where the GOP is projected to lose the majority in the House.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
Tammy Duckworth, Ron Wyden, Ed Markey, and Jeff Merkley are pressing Trump officials to begin restoring billions of dollars in clean energy grants before a key vote on the permitting bill.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Ordinance 1899-2026 passed, authorizing up to $2,845,000 for a Tony R. Wells Foundation grant agreement modification funding the RHI program for residents facing eviction and homelessness.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Laura W Brill writes that twenty-two states and Washington DC let voters register on election day, a week away, and asks why politicians are not doing more to reach young people.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
The Los Angeles Times reports accusations of sexual misconduct have left Rep. Jimmy Gomez vulnerable to challenger Angela Gonzales-Torres, backed by the Democratic Socialists of America.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
A UN Commission of Inquiry finds Israel committed genocide in Gaza and war crimes in the West Bank.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
A Marist University poll released one week before the midterms found Sen. Susan Collins trailing Troy Jackson by 2 percentage points among likely voters in the Maine Senate race.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows Democrats holding a slight edge with Election Day a week away, and Israelis vote in an election that could change leadership.
Source: NPR Politics (npr.org)
SC H 5353, the Firearm Safety Pilot Program, was referred to the Committee on Education and Public Works on 2026-03-11.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Bill SC S 735 on sanctuary jurisdictions and the release of aliens had its latest action on 2026-01-21: a scrivener's error corrected.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators