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Thunder Valley CDC will release 50 bison across 40,000 acres in Badlands National Park on Oct. 6, restoring native prairie ecology and Lakota stewardship.

While most GOP-enacted cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs won’t happen until 2027, Democrats are speaking to the voters already feeling the squeeze.

Given the intense scrutiny of Maine's U.S. Senate race, voters are particularly on edge about the possibility of election interference from President Donald Trump.

DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.

Levin’s involvement in election monitoring could offer a hint of the kind of personnel who will staff the operation this fall, when the DOJ has said it will send 1,000 monitors to the polls.

High invoices and challenges to accessing data on how departments use the surveillance cameras have hindered requests by privacy advocates and journalists.

And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda

US lawmakers revive a broader biometric surveillance moratorium that would require explicit congressional authorization for federal biometric systems.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduces bill to regulate AI industry with public charters, aiming to protect public interest and prevent harmful practices.

Two of the Defense Department’s biggest contractors will help lead a project that could directly benefit them.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he did not discuss the US sel...

President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.

U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said Sunday that President Trump proposed selling weapons to China during recent meetings with the country’s president Xi Jinping. “President Trump continues t…

Cameron Sexton implied Monday that death row inmate Christa Pike may have deliberately dehydrated her veins before her botched execution. The post GOP Official Implies Christa Pike May Have Deliberately Made Her Veins Hard To Find Before Botched Execution first appeared on Mediaite.

The whistleblower who brought to light Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's ties to Jeffrey Epstein reportedly died by suicide in late September. The post Whistleblower Who Outed Howard Lutnick’s Epstein Ties Dies first appeared on Mediaite.

President Barack Obama will join Abdul El-Sayed on the campaign trail in Michigan on Oct. 24, the Senate candidate announced on social media Monday. The post ‘Honor and Privilege’: Barack Obama to Join Abdul El-Sayed on the Campaign Trail first appeared on Mediaite.

"CNN poll numbers are fake, and your whole outfit is fake, and so are you," Trump told CNN's Kristen Holmes. The post Trump Scolds CNN’s Kristen Holmes After She Presses Him on His 27% Approval With Latinos: ‘Your Whole Outfit is Fake and So Are You!’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Abdul El-Sayed slugged it out with Fox News's Martha MacCallum in a fiery marathon interview that tackled terrorism and the Iran war. The post ‘Could You Answer My Question?’ El-Sayed Slugs it Out With Fox News Anchor Over Iran in Fiery Marathon Interview first appeared on Mediaite.

The Palm Beach County Republican Party endorsed Mike Caruso in this year's elections, despite the fact that he was arrested in August for molesting a young kid. The post Florida County GOP Endorses Candidate Arrested for Molesting a Young Child first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN's Jake Tapper confronted Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) for painting Democrats "with a rather broad brush" in his comments on Monday's The Lead. The post Jake Tapper Confronts GOP Senator For Calling All Democrats ‘Socialists and Antisemitic’: ‘You’re Painting With a Broad Brush’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Jesse Watters compared voting for Ken Paxton to listening to Michael Jackson, arguing that sometimes “you have to compartmentalize.” The post ‘You Have to Compartmentalize’: Jesse Watters Compares Voting for Paxton to Listening to Michael Jackson first appeared on Mediaite.

The news outlet was supposed to travel with the president to Nebraska on Monday.

The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

Since September 2025, the U.S. Southern Command has carried out nearly 60 air strikes against boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, killing at least 196 people so far

The Pentagon intends to address what Hegseth calls a loss of religious community within the military after an era of “political correctness.”

Republicans were fuming as they spoke on Monday, saying they were "blindsided" by the Trump administration's huge military purge and demanding greater transparency from the Pentagon.

GOP senators, blindsided by Hegseth, demand notice, transparency