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US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump’s order to create a federal voter listJul 26, 2026 5:31 pm - A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that halted President Donald Trump's executive order in nearly half of U.S. states to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list.
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Brazil denies visas to US delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials sayJul 25, 2026 5:37 pm - Brazil has denied visas to two senior State Department officials that the Trump administration planned to dispatch on a mission to cast doubt on the fairness and integrity of the country’s electoral system before millions of Brazilians vote in a presidential election on Oct. 4, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
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Maine Democratic delegates choose Troy Jackson as new nominee to face US Sen. Susan CollinsJul 25, 2026 5:08 pm - Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine on Saturday and will face longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins in November in a race that could decide which party controls the chamber.
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‘We were shovel ready’: A Minnesota forest hit by DOGE cuts is now ablazeJul 25, 2026 1:08 pm - Last year, the Trump administration delayed a $10 million grant that was supposed to help Minnesota thin out about 4,000 acres of dense, dry forest at high risk of burning. Most of that work never got started, according to five people familiar with the situation and a document reviewed by The Washington Post. And now, some of those areas are on fire.
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Trump orders warning signs near Smithsonian, escalating fight over historyJul 25, 2026 12:49 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the installation of signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History that warn people that the museum does not accurately reflect American history while pointing them to material that does — a dramatic escalation in his campaign to wrest control of how the nation’s story is told.
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District 214 board pushes to trim renovation referendum ask below $300 millionJul 24, 2026 4:43 pm - Most Northwest Suburban High School District 214 board members prefer keeping a potential referendum below $300 million - less than Superintendent Scott Rowe’s $318 million recommendation - in what would be the district’s first referendum in more than a half-century.
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Bartlett Library board approves two referendum questions for November on building’s futureJul 24, 2026 11:02 am - A majority of Bartlett Public Library trustees voted in favor of putting two referendum questions on the Nov. 3 ballot — one to renovate and expand the existing building and the other to replace it altogether.
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US intelligence agency quietly cut about 200 jobs since June 1Jul 23, 2026 8:25 pm - The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has shrunk more than is publicly known in recent weeks, losing about 200 personnel to firings and reassignments since June 1, according to data the Trump administration shared with Congress this week.
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Education Department rescinds disparate impact rule, a key tool used to assess school discriminationJul 23, 2026 8:08 pm - The Education Department will no longer consider school policies that disproportionately harm one group of students as discriminatory unless the discrimination is intentional, rescinding a decades-long standard for civil rights enforcement.
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House Republican says Smith may have lied about Trump probe and refers him for possible prosecutionJul 23, 2026 5:22 pm - A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have made false statements to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him. Lawyers for Smith deny the allegation and say he testified truthfully.
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