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A $100 million ICE intelligence program would hire agents to identify threats and investigate relationships, described as a domestic secret police agency in the making.
Source: ACLU News (aclu.org)
An analysis of federal policies on healthcare, jobs and equality describes the feminist stakes of the midterms, citing federal workforce reductions that undermine economic security for Black women.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
Sen. Ted Cruz blamed transgender witches for tight Senate polls ahead of a midterm election for Republicans, in an interview with Fox News.
Source: them (them.us)
Beth Osborne is working to convince Nevadans to approve Question 6 on November ballots, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
Source: Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)
A new ACLU documentary, 'Wilder Raids,' features stories of families caught in a violent immigration raid at a horse race in Wilder, Idaho.
Source: ACLU News (aclu.org)
LGBTQ+ teens too young to vote organize through Queer the Ballot to influence decisions about their lives amid attacks on rights, including headlines about transgender people.
Source: them (them.us)
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)