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High schoolers in Culver City, California are pushing for a November ballot measure to let 16- and 17-year-olds participate in city council and school board elections.
Source: Bolts (boltsmag.org)
An analysis of where the Supreme Court favors Trump on the emergency docket, including its refusal to lift injunctions on Title IX regulations expanding sex discrimination protections.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
Axios reports President Trump's moves to avoid new penalties on Russian energy are sparking diplomatic tensions and exposing divisions within his own party.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Masked Israeli settlers backed by IDF soldiers assaulted Palestinian olive farmers in Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and a Washington Post journalist was nearly killed.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Volunteers collected more than 110,000 signatures across Idaho's 35 legislative districts for Proposition 1 as the abortion debate has gone quiet amid US midterms.
Source: The Guardian: Abortion (theguardian.com)
Voters in seven states will weigh more than half a dozen ballot initiatives affecting LGBTQ+ people, disproportionately transgender youth, in November's midterm elections.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
The 19th reports women are baring their souls to make the midterm elections feel personal.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)
Votebeat reports voters face a flurry of ballot measures that could transform elections across the country.
Source: Votebeat (votebeat.org)
Ken Paxton's anti-abortion influence already extended beyond Texas, and he could take it further in the Senate.
Source: ProPublica (propublica.org)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about the crisis between the countries and U.S. efforts to resume peace talks with Russia.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
President Trump's top aides offered different explanations of his Russian diesel deal amid bipartisan criticism, with rifts within the GOP just ahead of midterm elections.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Axios reports Democrats are running competitive races in traditionally Republican territory this midterm cycle, putting decades-old GOP winning streaks at risk.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Axios reports that in red states and blue, unconventional candidates in midterms are downplaying or disowning party labels to tap into voters' disdain for Washington.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
The Los Angeles Times reports that Carl DeMaio, a California Republican, wants to make his party relevant again, with Proposition 39, the voter ID measure, as his vehicle this election.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
Aging coal plants have become a midterm campaign fight over energy costs, with climate and energy battles running through campaigns in Michigan, Colorado, Indiana, and beyond.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
President Trump waived new sanctions on Russia late Friday night, saying it was in the national interests to hold off on sweeping levies under the Graham Act he signed last month.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Organizers are pushing to reach Black voters, including college students, first-time voters, and the formerly incarcerated, ahead of the midterms.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The Trump administration has moved to eliminate legal protections for more than 1 million immigrants with TPS, including immigrants from Ukraine and Sudan.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
The Trump administration changed a rule so fossil fuel companies can unintentionally kill polar bears and walruses, a priority for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
As the WNBA finals begin in San Francisco, players and fans are pushing back against anti-trans attacks with a message of inclusion.
Source: The Guardian: Gender (theguardian.com)