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Today: Democratic National Committee Passes Resolutions Targeting ICE Today: Milwaukee Election Commission Reviews Absentee Ballot Delay After Human Error in Primary Today: FBI Documents: Alleged Chinese Spy Sold Access to Rep. Eric Swalwell Today: USCIS Backlog Lets Visa Applicants Remain Years While Cases Pend, Ex-ICE Official Warns Today: California Says It Does Not Track Noncitizens Removed From Voter Rolls Today: Federal Prosecutors Charge 11 in Decade-Long Marriage Fraud Scheme as Supreme Court Locks In Birthright Citizenship Today: Ballot Language Disputes Intensify Ahead of Major State Referendums Today: Trump Administration Launches 'Treatment First' Homelessness Strategy in California

Monday, August 17, 2026Truth in Journalism · Independent, Daily

Democratic National Committee Passes Resolutions Targeting ICE

Immigration · Lead Story

Democratic National Committee Passes Resolutions Targeting ICE

The Democratic National Committee approved resolutions urging the abolition and reform of ICE, drawing sharp criticism from Republican leaders ahead of the November.

Oliver Brown · Aug 17

Trump Administration Launches 'Treatment First' Homelessness Strategy in California

FDA Official Urged Fauci to Study COVID Vaccine Side Effects, Email Shows No Action Taken

Obama Expected to Campaign for El-Sayed After Michigan Senate Primary Win

Democratic Socialists Target Labor Unions to Expand Influence Within Democratic Party

Colonial North Carolina’s Unrest Set Stage for Revolution

Elections · Story of the Day

Milwaukee Election Commission Reviews Absentee Ballot Delay After Human Error in Primary

Milwaukee officials are reviewing a human error that delayed counting 28,000 absentee ballots in the primary, renewing scrutiny of city election procedures.

April Clark · Aug 17

Milwaukee Election Commission Reviews Absentee Ballot Delay After Human Error in Primary

Courts & Law

FBI Documents: Alleged Chinese Spy Sold Access to Rep. Eric Swalwell

FBI Documents: Alleged Chinese Spy Sold Access to Rep. Eric Swalwell

Liam Walker · Aug 17

Federal Prosecutors Charge 11 in Decade-Long Marriage Fraud Scheme as Supreme Court Locks In Birthright Citizenship

Liam Walker · Aug 17

Abbott Proposes Mandatory 10-Year Sentences for Texas School Predators

Liam Walker · Aug 15

Study Finds Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Speaks Most During Supreme Court Arguments

Liam Walker · Aug 15

Heidi Beirich, Former SPLC Official, Arrested on Fraud and Money Laundering Charges

Liam Walker · Aug 15

21 States Sue to Block Trump Administration’s Request for Commercial Driver Data

Liam Walker · Aug 15

Federal Judge Strikes Down Suppressor Regulations, Leaving Uncertainty for Gun Owners

Liam Walker · Aug 14

Nebraska Families Sue State Over Public School Funding Limits

Liam Walker · Aug 13

The Primer

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Free Speech in America

The First Amendment fights defining the moment — from campus to Congress.

Election Integrity

How U.S. elections are secured, audited, and contested.

Immigration Enforcement

ICE, the border, and how enforcement actually works.

The Legal Landscape of Abortion

Where the law stands, state by state, after Dobbs.

The Transgender Debate

The policy, the science, and the legal battles explained.

Redistricting, Unveiled

Maps, gerrymanders, and the fight for the House.

Politics

California Says It Does Not Track Noncitizens Removed From Voter Rolls

California Says It Does Not Track Noncitizens Removed From Voter Rolls

April Clark · Aug 17

Ballot Language Disputes Intensify Ahead of Major State Referendums

April Clark · Aug 16

Trump Administration Launches 'Treatment First' Homelessness Strategy in California

April Clark · Aug 16

Obama Expected to Campaign for El-Sayed After Michigan Senate Primary Win

April Clark · Aug 16

Democratic Socialists Target Labor Unions to Expand Influence Within Democratic Party

April Clark · Aug 16

Colonial North Carolina’s Unrest Set Stage for Revolution

April Clark · Aug 15

Georgia Secretary of State Launches Bipartisan Election Integrity Task Force

April Clark · Aug 14

Trump Signs Order to Expand U.S. Shipbuilding, Boost Navy Readiness

April Clark · Aug 14

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Culture & Media

Top Tennis Players Back WTA Rule Barring Men From Women’s Competition

Top Tennis Players Back WTA Rule Barring Men From Women’s Competition

Theo Ramirez · Aug 9

White House Report Criticizes Smithsonian’s American History Museum for Omissions

Theo Ramirez · Aug 9

WNBA Faces New Tensions Over Player Treatment and Transgender Athlete Debate

Theo Ramirez · Aug 8

PBS and NPR Remain Operational After Federal Funding Cut, Rely on Surge in Private Donations

Theo Ramirez · Aug 1

Poynter to Honor Chuck Todd Amid Fauci Diary Revelations

Theo Ramirez · Jul 28

Trump’s Joke Comparing Kaitlan Collins to Dylan Mulvaney Draws Media Criticism

Theo Ramirez · Jul 27

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