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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 1h
Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden received a cease-and-desist letter from the Democratic challenger for Wisconsin’s 3rd District over his use of AI deepfake videos. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/van…
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Van Orden Hit with Cease-and-Desist Letter Over AI Deepfake Videos
Attorneys for Democratic candidate Rebecca Cooke say the Wisconsin representative’s campaign used the technology to “falsely attribute” statements to his opponent.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 1h
The head of the OIG for the Federal Housing Finance Agency is accusing the agency of an “unreasonable refusal to provide necessary resources” to conduct oversight over financial institutions. www.washingtonsun.com/housing/housi…
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Housing Finance Watchdog Says Funding Cuts Will Paralyze Its Work
The cuts, amounting to $35 million in funding, were announced by the agency earlier this week.
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Jesse Dougherty @jessedougherty.bsky.social · 6h
New with @reesegorman.bsky.social: Majority leader Steve Scalise tells @washingtonsun.com that, in spite of Ted Cruz's wishes, the House will not come back during campaign season to vote on the PCSA. Scalise also signaled amendments will be added by the House: www.washingtonsun.com/congress/ted...
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Ted Cruz’s Bid to Pass His College Sports Bill Soon Is Falling Short
Steve Scalise says the House game plan includes making changes — after the elections.
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 5h
News - Trump is set to attend another dinner at his resort for the biggest buyers of his meme coin You can probably get in to see the president for $1 million Trump has pocketed $635 million Investors down +$4 billion on Trump crypto www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/t...
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Want Dinner With the President? Buy His Meme Coin.
The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president.
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 2h
NEW: Sen. Jim Justice (R-W. Va.) sold off a massive stake in his Greenbrier Resort property, according to a congressional financial filing. Via @markalfred.bsky.social of @washingtonsun.com: www.washingtonsun.com/congress/jim...
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Sen. Jim Justice Sells a Massive Stake in The Greenbrier Resort: Document
A New York-based investment firm recently took majority ownership in the hotel.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 2h
The Interior Department is paying a Maryland landscaping company almost $3.4 million to repair turf damaged during the celebrations on the National Mall for America’s 250th birthday. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/nationa…
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Interior Department Is Paying $3.4M to Repair the National Mall’s Turf
The contract is described as being for "turf repair from A250."
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 2h
Sen. Jim Justice — one of Congress’ wealthiest members — sold a massive stake in The Greenbrier Resort in August, according to a new congressional financial disclosure. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/jim-…
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Sen. Jim Justice Sells a Massive Stake in The Greenbrier Resort: Document
A New York-based investment firm recently took majority ownership in the hotel.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 2h
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pushed back on President Trump’s assertion that Korea had agreed to commit hundreds of billions of dollars in new U.S. investments, including up to $54 billion for a natural gas pipeline project in Alaska.
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South Korea Disputes Trump’s Account of a Big Alaska Investment
One of South Korea’s top trade officials said Trump’s announcement this week “went far beyond what was agreed.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 3h
The crypto firm that runs President Donald Trump’s meme coin is promising to hold “the most exclusive dinner in the world,” raising new ethics concerns about the president’s personal financial entanglements.
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Want Dinner With the President? Buy His Meme Coin.
The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 3h
President Donald Trump wants the Oval Office declared a federal landmark so no one can take down the gilded accents he’s affixed to the walls.
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White House Renovations Dominate Trump’s Contentious Time Magazine Cover Interview
The president also complained about the tone of news coverage his presidency has garnered, at one point swearing at the reporters.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 4h
It turns out the U.S. House of Representatives will not jump through hoops to vote on Sen. Ted Cruz’s college sports bill during the campaign season.
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Ted Cruz’s Bid to Pass His College Sports Bill Soon Is Falling Short
Steve Scalise says the House game plan includes making changes — after the elections.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 5h
A judge in the nation’s capital agreed on Thursday to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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D.C. Judge Permanently Dismisses Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case Against Ex-Olympian
David Hearn's lawyers questioned whether prosecutors properly presented a grand jury with adequate evidence to support the charges.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 7h
The NHL now requires that every team have a full-time, traveling emergency backup goalie. Connor Leslie was up for the challenge.
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Meet the Capitals’ First-Ever Full-Time Emergency Backup Goalie
The NHL now requires that every team have a full-time, traveling emergency backup goalie. Connor Leslie was up for the challenge.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 6h
In this week’s Q&A with @tomsietsema.bsky.social: An ideal pre-theater spot on 14th street, where to eat in Charleston, and how long restaurants should hold tables for late arrivals.
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Talk to Tom: A Legendary French Spot in Great Falls Gets New Owners
Plus: An ideal pre-theater spot on 14th street, where to eat in Charleston, and how long restaurants should hold tables for late arrivals.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 5h
Congress’ best shot this decade at a stock-ban law died unceremoniously in the Senate during a party-line procedural vote. So why did such an uncommonly popular measure unravel so abruptly?
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Why a Popular Push to Ban Congressional Stock Trading Crashed and Burned
But is it only mostly dead?
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 5h
The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case that would determine whether the Trump administration can detain millions of immigrants without bond hearings.
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Supreme Court Will Review Trump’s Mandatory Immigrant Detention Policy
DHS wants to hold millions of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally, even those who have lived here for decades and haven’t committed crimes.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 6h
Renee Good’s family sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials Thursday, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis.
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Renee Good's Family Sues Immigration Officials Over Her Killing in Minneapolis
One lawsuit alleges a conspiracy to interfere with civil rights.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 6h
Republicans made a last-gasp bid Wednesday to answer simmering anger in the electorate, holding a pair of failed show votes on high costs and corruption, then recessing until after the midterms. Some lawmakers worry the moves were too little, too late.
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Senate Republicans Leave Town Wondering: Did We Do Enough?
“I hate to leave good bills on the table, but I understand that some of my colleagues want to get back and start campaigning again,” Sen. John Kennedy said.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 6h
Exciting news! We will work with Washingtonian to distribute an initial six-month run.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 6h
DoorDash says it is pulling its support for a Republican bill in Congress that would have limited D.C.’s ability to write its own tax laws, walking back a position that angered the city’s elected officials and prompted widespread calls for residents to boycott the service.
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DoorDash Apologizes for Siding With GOP Bill Targeting D.C.
The company still wants the D.C. Council to make changes to a new delivery fee taking effect Thursday.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 6h
Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett has found trying to sell his handmade skateboards frustrating, given Congress’ typically toothless ethics rules.
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A Lawmaker Wants His Longboard Sales to Be Aboveboard
Rep. Tim Burchett has found trying to sell his handmade skateboards frustrating, given Congress’ typically toothless ethics rules.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 7h
The Washington Sun is creating The Washington Sun Magazine, a monthly print publication featuring some of the most compelling journalism produced by The Sun’s newsroom, with an emphasis on longform storytelling, essays and local news.
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The Washington Sun launches The Washington Sun Magazine
The Sun will work with Washingtonian to distribute an initial six-month run of a monthly print publication.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 8h
In today’s newsletter: 🍽️ What it costs to feed the National Guard 🚌 The Circulator’s re-circulation 🦟 And a federal crackdown on D.C. … mosquitoes
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The Washington Sun Metro: The Very Hungry Guard
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 8h
Republican Rep. Tom Barrett is hoping to join an ever-shrinking club of incumbents in battleground districts who can hold off midterm challengers fueled by voters’ anger at the party in power.
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How One Republican Plans to Survive a Blue Wave
“I've kind of carved a little bit of an identity,” Rep. Tom Barrett said. Republicans know he’ll need luck, too.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 8h
The White House dropped CNN from the press pool covering President Trump’s trip to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday, a move that comes after a federal judge blocked the administration’s effort to more tightly control the media outlets that have access to the president.
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White House Drops CNN From Trump’s Travel Press Pool Again
The move comes after a federal judge blocked the administration’s effort to more tightly control the media outlets that have access to the president.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 8h
Today’s notice: 🏷️ Buy low and sell your credibility 🫏 A Democrat leads yet another poll in Kansas 🛹 And: You can buy a skateboard from Tim Burchett as long as he doesn’t sell it to you
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Morning Sun: They Love Stonks
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 10h
The perception of insider trading has prompted a wave of attack ads — and a last-ditch Senate vote.
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Stock Trading Emerges as a Brutal Weapon for Both Parties
The perception of insider trading has prompted a wave of attack ads, and a last-ditch Senate vote.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 18h
U.S. taxpayers funded another high-octane, government-sponsored ad across cable news channels premiering Wednesday night, this time promoting President Trump’s war with Iran.
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White House Premieres a New Taxpayer-Funded Ad Lauding the Iran War
The Trump administration has spent millions on campaign-style ad spots over the last week.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 20h
An overwhelming majority of Americans want members of Congress to stop trading individual stocks.
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Why a Popular Push to Ban Congressional Stock Trading Crashed and Burned
But is it only mostly dead?
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 21h
The Trump administration officially ended decades of global health aid to Zimbabwe, cutting off funding for HIV and infectious disease prevention efforts after Zimbabwean officials rejected an “America first” health deal.
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Zimbabwe Rejected a Deal With Trump. Cuts to Health Aid Followed.
The State Department proposed making aid conditional to the country’s ability to access sensitive data from the Zimbabwean government.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 21h
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called for a quicker certification process for new aircraft from Boeing and other manufacturers with U.S. production to more easily keep up with mounting competition from China.
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Duffy Calls for Quicker Aviation Certifications to Keep Up With China
The FAA proposed a new rule in June that would make the certification “faster, simpler, and less expensive while maintaining the highest safety standards.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 21h
A coalition of housing groups has sued to stop the Trump administration’s attempt to cancel $56 million in HUD funds. www.washingtonsun.com/courts/housin…
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Housing Groups Sue to Stop Trump From Canceling HUD Funds
The lawsuit argues the administration unlawfully blocked $56 million that Congress appropriated for nonprofits.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 22h
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon is slashing the military’s senior ranks by 20%. www.washingtonsun.com/defense/pete-…
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Hegseth Is Cutting the Number of Generals and Admirals by 20%
The defense secretary significantly expands his push to reduce the number of senior officers across the military.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 22h
Top DOJ officials filed a misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota over comments they made to The New York Times related to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. www.washingtonsun.com/courts/doj-fe…
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DOJ Wants Federal Judges Sidelined for Criticisms of ICE Crackdown
A misconduct complaint wants Minnesota jurists who spoke to the media to step aside from cases involving immigration.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 23h
The legislation faces an uphill battle. With the House gone from Washington until after the midterms, only a few short legislative weeks remain before January. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/sena…
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Senators Have a Bipartisan Permitting Reform Deal but Little Time to Pass It
Lawmakers have been negotiating for months on the bill, which nearly fell apart several times.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 23h
“Now, if somebody said that that’s wrong, I’ll gladly pay the money,” Trump said. The president defended a recent slate of campaign ads that say they were paid for by the U.S. government. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/tr…
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Trump Defends His Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ads
“Now, if somebody said that that’s wrong, I’ll gladly pay the money,” the president said Wednesday.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 23h
Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn is seeking a symbolic sum of $1 in nominal damages from former special counsel Jack Smith. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/mars…
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Marsha Blackburn Sues Jack Smith for $1
The Tennessee Republican is seeking a symbolic sum in nominal damages from Smith.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
A federal judge rejected key Trump administration arguments for keeping secret a DOJ memo used to justify its lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific. www.washingtonsun.com/courts/judge-…
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Judge Rejects Trump Administration's Effort to Keep Its Boat Strike Memo Secret
The Justice Department has 14 days to turn over the memo for the judge to decide if part can be made public.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
Attorneys for the man accused of being the 2021 D.C. pipe bomber say his autism played into a confession and should not be used against him. www.washingtonsun.com/courts/pipe-b…
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D.C. Pipe Bomber Suspect Challenges His Statements to the FBI
Attorneys for Brian Cole Jr. say his autism played into a confession and should not be used against him.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
President Trump told the mostly Latino audience that enforcing his immigration policies has been “the hardest job” he’s had. www.washingtonsun.com/immigration/t…
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Trump Says the Fallout From His Immigration Crackdown Has Been ‘Tough’
The president told the mostly Latino audience that enforcing his immigration policies has been “the hardest job” he’s had.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson apologized on Wednesday for any “pain” caused by a comment he made about Jewish residents’ views on the war in Gaza. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/tro…
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Troy Jackson Walks Back His Comment on Jewish Mainers Views on Gaza
The Democratic candidate for Senate said he had made a “generalization” about residents’ views.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
The investigation stems from trades that former Rep. Adam Kinzinger made in December 2024, the month before he received a presidential pardon, according to a source familiar with the investigation. www.washingtonsun.com/money/adam-ki…
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Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger Under Investigation for Kalshi Trades
The Illinois Republican has not responded to the prediction market’s attempts to contact him about the probe, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
The Senate failed to advance a bill aimed at protecting electricity customers from new costs associated with data centers. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/sena…
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Senate Democrats Block Republicans’ Data Center Consumer Protection Bill
Sen. Martin Heinrich called the bill “all message and no substance.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
Senate Republicans are preparing to extend the debt ceiling through the end of President Trump’s term should they lose control of Congress this November. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/sena…
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Senate Republicans Are Preparing to Extend the Debt Ceiling Until 2029
Senate leaders are looking to remove a key point of leverage for Democrats in case of a divided government.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
The Senate rejected the House-approved Stop Insider Trading Act that would have banned federal lawmakers from trading individual stocks. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/bill…
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Bill Banning Lawmakers From Trading Stocks Dies in the Senate
Democrats largely opposed the Republican-backed effort, citing loopholes and voter ID “poison pill.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
Leaked audio captures Ken Paxton criticizing Trump’s midterm convention. “Everybody’s numbers dropped,” the Texas Republican Senate nominee reportedly said. www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/lea…
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Leaked Audio Captures Paxton Dumping on Trump’s Midterm Convention
“Everybody’s numbers dropped,” Paxton reportedly said at a private fundraiser.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Happening now! Ask @tomsietsema.bsky.social anything in r/WashingtonDC.
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From the washingtondc community on Reddit: I’m Tom Sietsema, the James Beard award-winning food correspondent for The Washington Sun. AMA!
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
No one wants to be a poster child for data centers anymore, least of all Sen. Jon Husted. He will get a chance to avert that fate with a vote to pass a largely symbolic bill aimed at protecting consumers from the facilities.
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Republicans Confront a Data Center ‘Shitstorm’ in the Midterms
They hope a vote in the Senate Wednesday on a Jon Husted bill will provide an umbrella.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
“Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” Sen. Eric Schmitt is brushing off his viral mix-up with former special counsel Jack Smith during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.
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Sen. Eric Schmitt Downplays Viral Jack Smith Hearing Gaffe
“Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?” Schmitt told CNN on Tuesday.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
Because of legal battles over district lines, some of Missouri's voters will cast a ballot in a different district in November than they did in the primary.
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Missouri Is a Nightmare Come True for Redistricting Opponents
Because of legal battles over district lines, some of the state’s voters will cast a ballot in a different district in November than they did in the primary.
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