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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 12h
The Trump administration told an appellate court that a president could do whatever he wants with records that include the nation’s most guarded secrets — and potentially even sell them on eBay. www.washingtonsun.com/legal/trump-r…
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Could Trump Sell Presidential Records on eBay? DOJ Doesn’t Say No.
Attorney argues the Trump administration is concerned with the next president embarrassing the current White House.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 13h
The groups say the Trump administration’s policies give short notice for interviews of children who arrived in the U.S. without a parent. www.washingtonsun.com/legal/groups-…
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Legal Groups Are Suing to Stop ‘Fast-Tracking’ of Child Asylum Claims
Trump administration policies give short notice for interviews of children who arrived in the U.S. without a parent.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 14h
The groups say the Trump administration’s lawsuit over 20,000 potential noncitizens who received a mail-in ballot defies “basic standards of decency.” www.washingtonsun.com/legal/groups-…
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Voting Rights Groups Are Backing California Over DOJ’s Noncitizen Voting Lawsuit
The groups say the Trump administration’s lawsuit over 20,000 potential noncitizens who received a mail-in ballot defies “basic standards of decency.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 15h
The judge said the president has repeatedly disregarded court procedures in an already costly legal fight for the BBC. www.washingtonsun.com/legal/judge-t…
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Judge Threatens to Sanction Trump Over Skipped Deposition in $10 Billion BBC Suit
Judge Enjoliqué A. Lett said the president has repeatedly disregarded court procedures in an already costly legal fight for the British broadcaster.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16h
The Ukrainian president says the network’s reduced speeds have yet to be fully restored. www.washingtonsun.com/foreign-polic…
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Zelenskyy Calls Starlink Restrictions ‘Very Painful’ as Trump Denies Responsibility
The Ukrainian president says the network’s reduced speeds have yet to be fully restored.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 17h
They’re watching their odds dwindle as money evaporates. www.washingtonsun.com/influence/mic…
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Two Republican Senate Hopefuls Are Running Out of Cash
Battleground candidates in Georgia and North Carolina are watching their odds dwindle as money evaporates.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 17h
“I’m leaving everything I can on the field,” she said. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/aoc…
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AOC Puts $1 Million Behind El-Sayed in High-Stakes Michigan Senate Race
Her campaign holds nearly $17.4 million in cash on hand, recent financial disclosures show.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 17h
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez transferred $1 million to Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign on Friday, using her significant cash reserves to boost a battleground Senate race in Michigan as the party aims to regain control of the chamber.
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AOC Puts $1 Million Behind El-Sayed in High-Stakes Michigan Senate Race
Her campaign holds nearly $17.4 million in cash on hand, recent financial disclosures show.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 18h
Stephen A. Smith, the longtime sports commentator and recent critic of President Donald Trump, reportedly joined the president for dinner at the White House alongside musician Kid Rock and comedian Bill Maher on Thursday.
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Trump Critic Stephen A. Smith Has Dinner at the White House
Smith and Trump have traded public jabs this year, with the president calling him an “arrogant fool” and a “low IQ individual.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 18h
A lawyer for Eric Flores, who is running in a competitive House district, sent a cease and desist over a billboard it argues could “cause voter confusion.”
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A Texas Republican Wants a Billboard Featuring Trump's Endorsement to Come Down
A lawyer for Eric Flores, who is running in a competitive House district, sent a cease and desist over a billboard it argues could “cause voter confusion.”
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Less than a month before Election Day, residents in Alexandria neighborhoods found flyers, which cited federal laws barring immigrants in the country illegally from voting, stuck to their cars.
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Flyers Citing Immigration and Voting Laws Appear in Alexandria
Alexandria’s mayor said she was “deeply concerned” by “an apparent attempt to intimidate voters.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 19h
Costs for health insurance plans sold on healthcare.gov will rise by double digits next year, and Americans will have access to fewer insurers, according to government documents reviewed by The Washington Sun.
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ACA Premiums Will Rise by Double Digits for the Second Year in a Row
The health insurance costs won’t spike as badly as last year but will still rise 11%, per documents provided to The Washington Sun.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 19h
Democrats are using Sen. Elizabeth Warren as a surrogate to close on their affordability message in the final weeks of the campaign. Warren will appear in Maine, Nevada and New Mexico in the coming days.
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Democrats Are Bringing in Elizabeth Warren to Close Their Affordability Pitch
The senator said she’s making the case that Democrats need control of Congress to pass more housing legislation.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
In today’s newsletter: 💰 Possible tax hikes 🎒 Bard and the Guard 🐾 And a red panda that needs a name
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The Washington Sun Metro: Representation Talks Taxation
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
On Friday, the D.C. Council will start debating a range of possible tax increases that could hit everything from investment income and second homes to law firms’ and lobbyists’ currently untaxed proceeds.
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With Budget Gap Looming, D.C. Council Starts Talking About Tax Increases
The revenue is tempting, but critics say the last thing the city’s weak economy needs right now is tax hikes.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 23h
As multiple sclerosis changed his relationship with his body and senses, painting opened up a new way for John Czwartacki to experience and interpret the world.
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MS Forced Him to Retire From Politics. He Found a New Voice by Painting.
John Czwartacki spent decades as a political communicator, but he said painting felt like he “learned every language in the world.”
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 22h
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is asking the public to vote on one of three name options for a red panda cub, including one that pays homage to the Queen of Country.
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The National Zoo Is Asking the Public to Name Its Red Panda Cub
The cub with a coat of many colors could be named after Dolly Parton.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 21h
L’Enfant Plaza has been the hub for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s trials and tests on the Metro system’s signage. Officials refer to it as the system’s “live laboratory.”
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How Metro Turned L’Enfant Plaza Into a ‘Laboratory’
Metro uses the station as a testing ground for new wayfinding tools. Are they working?
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 20h
President Donald Trump has fired Katie Zacharia from her post as White House press secretary after less than a week on the job, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Trump Fires His New Press Secretary After Disastrous First Week
Zacharia was beleaguered by bad headlines and questions about her qualifications from the start of her five-day tenure.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 20h
President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that he asked his new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, to consider stepping aside after a difficult first week on the job.
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Trump Says He Encouraged His New Press Secretary to ‘Reconsider’ the Gig
Trump did not say how long he intended to give her — or whether Zacharia had made a decision one way or the other.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 20h
The White House has again barred CNN from its traveling television pool Friday, preventing the network from accompanying President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One amid a legal battle over press access.
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Trump Again Bars CNN From Accessing Air Force One
The network was scheduled to cover President Donald Trump’s travels to Florida and Georgia this weekend.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 20h
There are seven families who currently have both a daughter in the WNBA and a son in the NBA. They shared some of the secrets to their success.
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The Habits of Highly Effective Basketball Families
There are seven families who have both a daughter in the WNBA and a son in the NBA this year. They shared some of the secrets to their success.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 21h
Over the last 20 years each party can point to times that investing in “reach” seats paid off. But recent history is filled with examples of the temptation to go bigger leading to the political equivalent of Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown, writes Paul Kane.
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The ‘Reach’ Seat Conundrum Facing Democrats
History rarely offers chances to flip some seats, but temptation sometimes distracts from core races.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 21h
Work requirements that are theoretical in other states have barred more than 1,000 Nebraskans from health insurance, and Democrats are taking advantage.
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Nebraska Went First With Its Medicaid Cuts. Now It’s Resonating in the Midterms.
Work requirements that are theoretical in other states have barred more than 1,000 Nebraskans from health insurance, and Democrats are taking advantage.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 22h
The campaign committee of Rep. Dan Crenshaw went globe-trotting, dropping thousands of dollars on foreign travel expenses from France and Italy to Croatia and the Philippines.
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Filipino Nightclub, Parisian Restaurant: Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s Campaign Went Traveling
Federal records indicate the Texas Republican, who lost reelection, made a series of uncommon international expenditures.
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 23h
Starting around 11am ET, I'll be live on NPR's 1A discussing the news of the week - pressing concerns from Ukraine to Gaza. Tune in if you can!
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 22h
President Donald Trump could go down as the sole winner of the FIFA Peace Prize. On Thursday, the FIFA Council decided that the social responsibility committee for soccer’s governing body will be assigned with evaluating the award.
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FIFA Is Deciding on the Future of the Peace Prize It Gave to Trump
Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s president, gave Trump the award last December without going through the organization's decision-making body.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 22h
There’s an overlooked factor boosting Mary Peltola ahead of November’s election.
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Alaska Is Becoming a Swing State
This year’s tight races are part of a decades-long trend. “I believe it is turning purple. I can feel it,” Mark Begich told The Sun.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 23h
Kristi Noem is no longer serving as special envoy to the Shield of the Americas, the State Department announced this week.
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Kristi Noem Is Out of a Job Once Again
Noem was appointed to a role as special envoy to the Shield of the Americas initiative shortly after her tenure at DHS ended.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 23h
The Washington Sun is launching a new editorial project about the 2028 presidential election that captures sentiment around which candidates are surging and which are floundering. Welcome to The Presidential Vibes Index.
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The Washington Sun Launches ‘The Presidential Vibes Index’
The Washington Sun is launching a new editorial project about the 2028 presidential election.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 23h
With House Republicans facing the prospect that they could be in the minority next year, and Trump himself entering the back end of his own lame-duck period, some believe the president’s influence won’t close the deal for Mike Johnson if he runs to remain the top elected leader.
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Trump’s Endorsement May Not Matter in the Next House Republican Leadership Race
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate in Alaska’s Senate race, directly addressed allegations of mistreatment of former staffers for the first time on Thursday, calling them “outright fabrications” and “mass exaggerations of the truth” in a debate.
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Mary Peltola Dismisses Reports of Angry Outbursts as ‘Gossip’ During Debate
For the first time, the Democrat running in the high-stakes Alaska Senate race publicly addressed the reporting by The New York Times.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Save America PAC — President Donald Trump’s preferred vehicle for paying legal bills — spent more than $5.1 million on legal bills during the third quarter, or around $56,000 per day.
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Donald Trump’s Legal Fund Is Flirting With Insolvency
Save America PAC is $1.9 million in debt after heavy summer spending.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Republican Kari Lake’s 2024 Senate campaign loss to Democrat Ruben Gallego is long behind her — except for the over $1 million in debt her campaign still owes two years later.
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Kari Lake’s Old Senate Committee Is Still Stiffing Campaign Creditors
Lake awaits confirmation as U.S. ambassador to Jamaica. Her former campaign vendors together await more than $1 million.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Mitch McConnell has nearly $7.4 million to part with before leaving office in January. So far, he’s sitting on it.
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Mitch McConnell Is Denying Republicans His Massive Cash Stash
The outgoing senator has nearly $7.4 million to part with before leaving office in January. So far, he’s sitting on it.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Today’s notice: 🗣️ Debate night in Alaska 📌 The final Maine Senate match 🩺 And: Nebraska implemented Medicaid changes early, and Republicans are feeling the heat
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What the Money Says
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell has nearly $7.4 million to part with before leaving office in January. So far, he’s sitting on it.
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Mitch McConnell Is Denying Republicans His Massive Cash Stash
The outgoing senator has nearly $7.4 million to part with before leaving office in January. So far, he’s sitting on it.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell has nearly $7.4 million to part with before leaving office in January. So far, he’s sitting on it.
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Mitch McConnell Is Denying Republicans His Massive Cash Stash
The outgoing senator has nearly $7.4 million to part with before leaving office in January. So far, he’s sitting on it.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Graham Platner announced July 8 he was dropping out of the race for Senate in Maine. Nine days later, his campaign paid his wife, Amy Gertner, $20,246 for “severance payroll.”
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Graham Platner’s Campaign Paid a $20,000 Severance to His Wife
The campaign also forked over payments to other staffers after the Democrat dropped out of the Senate race in Maine.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Former Republican Rep. Anthony D’Esposito could face criminal charges if he is found to have violated objectivity standards.
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Labor's Trump-Appointed Watchdog Gets His Own Ethics Audit
Former Republican Rep. Anthony D’Esposito could face criminal charges if he is found to have violated objectivity standards.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Elon Musk and his PAC have agreed to settle two lawsuits that accused them of misleading voters with promises of $1 million checks before the 2024 presidential election and in a 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
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Musk Settles Lawsuits Over His $1 Million Election Giveaways
The Tesla founder promised voters checks before the 2024 presidential election, which critics said constituted election bribery.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
The Senate Leadership Fund’s latest quarterly disclosure shows it spent $356 million between July 1 and Sept. 30, which included $158 million to the political committee’s Texas affiliate arm — money that appears to have come directly from Elon Musk.
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Musk Appears to Have Forked Over $158 Million to Help Paxton
Senate Republicans' top super PAC predicted it could cost up to $200 million to elect him in November.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Republican donor Eric Deters sued Kimberly Guilfoyle and her lawyers for defamation, escalating a falling-out inside President Trump’s political circle two days after the administration ousted the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Trump Donor Says His Guilfoyle Lawsuit Could ‘Bring Down’ the Administration
Eric Deters says his lawsuit, filed Thursday, may end the political careers of Vice President JD Vance and other Cabinet members.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hasn’t yet decided whether she’ll challenge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his seat in 2028. One thing is clear: She has a big cash advantage.
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Will AOC Challenge Schumer in 2028? She Certainly Has a Cash Advantage.
The congresswoman’s committee reported more than double that of the senior New York senator on Thursday.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
So far during the 2026 election cycle, only a fraction of Rudy Giuliani's legal defense fund spending has gone toward legal fees, according to the latest report filed this week with the FEC.
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Rudy Giuliani’s Legal Defense Fund Isn’t Spending on Legal Expenses
Retirees and other donors continue to pump big money into the fund, which is now mostly paying fundraising consultants.
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Jesse Dougherty @jessedougherty.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It’s been almost a year since the Nationals made Blake Butera the youngest manager since 1972. A few weeks ago, I sat down with him about his first season in the job. The blown saves came up a lot. So did his feelings. For @washingtonsun.com: www.washingtonsun.com/sports/blake...
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Blake Butera, One Year In
The Nationals’ young manager learned a lot in his first year — including the toll of repeated disappointment.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
Voting rights and privacy groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security to stop what they say is an “unlawful and secretive effort to compile voter records” in its hunt to uncover noncitizen voters.
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Groups Are Suing to Stop DHS From Compiling Voter Records
The lawsuit contends DHS has records from at least 47 states and “many of the nation’s 174 million registered voters.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/10/2026
The National Football League Players Association’s federal political-action committee is sidelining itself from the 2026 midterms cycle.
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The NFL Players Association is Stuck on the Political Sidelines
The NFLPA’s political committee is sitting on nearly $900,000. But it’s not spending a cent on the 2026 midterms.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 15/10/2026
Rep. Max Miller already faces a difficult re-election bid amid allegations of domestic abuse and calls from lawmakers to quit the race. The embattled Republican lawmaker from Ohio is almost $2 million deep in campaign debt, to himself.
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Max Miller’s Campaign Is Deep in Debt — to Miller Himself
The embattled Republican congressman’s re-election bid has grown increasingly competitive amid accusations of abuse.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 15/10/2026
Senate Republicans’ top super PAC predicted last year that it could cost up to $200 million to boost Ken Paxton in Texas — estimates that have proven to be remarkably accurate, according to new financial disclosures.
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Senate Republicans Have Dumped $148 million — So Far — to Help Paxton
John Thune's super PAC will likely spend $200 million before Election Day, as it predicted last year.
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