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A federal judge in California restricted the Department of Homeland Security’s authority to send federal agents to question people at their homes about their immigration status and voting history, saying the department is using unreliable data to do so. washingtonsun.com/legal/judg…
Sen. Roger Marshall acknowledged in a debate Wednesday that his Kansas seat, typically a lock for Republicans, could end up swinging control of the Senate. washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
AIPAC PAC will stop donating directly to candidates, though the organization will continue to use its United Democracy Project super PAC. washingtonsun.com/foreign-po…
Senate Majority PAC and Senate Leadership Fund have disclosed pumping a collective $543 million into the chamber’s most competitive races since Sept. 1. washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
Update: Combined spending increased to $582 million as of Wednesday night.
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spent a lot of time crunching the numbers @washingtonsun @andrewvandam @emmaeruby — Senate GOP is now miles ahead in boosting candidates, long having erased Dems' early spending advantage.
$582M in spending since 9/1, 70% of that from GOP.
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State Sen. Mallory McMorrow is calling for polling and election reform after a fake polling firm revealed that it fabricated data throughout this election cycle. washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in the Big Bend border wall case.
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TikTok’s American-Owned Venture Ramps Up Its Lobbying Spending this quarter. Meanwhile, parent company ByteDance is scaling back.
More here: washingtonsun.com/influence/…
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NEW: Vance Tells Republicans to ‘Stop Whining’ About Ramaswamy’s Viral Attack Ad
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr warned broadcasters not to use “Fake Polls and Suppression Polls.”
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The DOJ is demanding two federal judges step aside from overseeing two immigration-related cases because of their public comments about the Trump administration’s enforcement surge.
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The Agriculture Department is making moves to cut down on one of the biggest fraud problems in its food benefits program, years after being instructed by Congress to do so.
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TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC has spent over $2.5 million on lobbying this year, including $1.2 million this quarter alone, according to new federal lobbying disclosures.
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NEW: Republicans are increasingly worried that NC-11 - a district Trump won by nearly 10 - is already lost.
Said a NC GOP operative: "The rating in the 11th District should be likely Democrat, not lean Democrat.”
Sign of how deep the Dem wave could go
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The number of people enrolled for federal food assistance has decreased by 13% since Republicans overhauled the program last July, to what one analysis says is the lowest number since 2009. washingtonsun.com/agencies/s…
The Trump administration announced it is moving to require all SNAP benefits cards to include new security features in order to stop skimming and card cloning.
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A year after her teenage daughter died while in the care of the state, a Maryland mother is suing the governor, the hotel chain and more than a dozen other defendants. washingtonsun.com/metro/kana…
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NEW: Lobbying on Venezuela issues is picking up, with the Trump-tied lobbying firms registering more clients and more spend.
BUT Venezuela got no mention in the latest massive disclosures from the big companies like Exxon, ConocoPhillips, and Occidental.
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Vice President JD Vance told Republicans to “stop whining” about a viral attack ad masterminded by Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign that featured his opponent’s estranged mother. washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…