The Supreme Court temporarily let DHS resume its expanded SAVE voter-verification system, which links Social Security data to immigration records. The Court says states can ask; the dissent says lawful voters may pay the tab.
A fresh lawsuit says Treasury gave Musk’s DOGE crew access to federal payment-system data without lawful safeguards. Because apparently every taxpayer’s private records are now fair game for a Silicon Valley joyride.
The nightly tally: fear, facts, and the kind of election administration that deserves more than a bumper sticker.
Wendy Wakeman is proud of her mansion and wants to take YOUR cannabis freedoms.
A quick, sourced barstool check on election-map chaos in Missouri and the grave accountability questions after an ICE shooting in Austin.
No consequential U.S. civil-liberties or democracy reporting we could verify cleared the last-12-hours bar. So no reheated leftovers, no invented panic, and no pretending Friday’s news is tonight’s fried clams.
CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters were turned away and had credentials deactivated after Trump said he was banning the outlets over coverage he called “fake news.” Tremendous system: criticize the boss, lose the building pass.
Trump said Friday he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House over coverage he calls “fake news.” No enforcement details emerged, and AP reported their journalists were still on the grounds late that day.
ICE officer Christian Castro was booked in Hennepin County after months of extradition wrangling over state assault charges tied to the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Federal prosecutors separately allege Castro lied to the FBI. Accountability: apparently it needed a tow truck.
