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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 11m
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 · 15m
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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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 · 30m
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 · 45m
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 · 1h
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 · 2h
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 · 2h
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 · 2h
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 · 2h
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 · 4h
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 · 12h
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 · 14h
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 · 14h
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 · 15h
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 · 15h
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 · 16h
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 · 16h
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 · 17h
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 · 17h
“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 · 17h
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 · 18h
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 · 18h
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 · 19h
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 · 19h
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 · 20h
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 · 20h
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 · 21h
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 · 22h
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 · 22h
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 · 22h
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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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
Democrats appear closer than ever to winning the House majority, and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ is already working to corral — and connect with — a growing chorus of progressive dissenters.
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How Hakeem Jeffries Is Courting the Left
House Democratic leaders are trying to connect with a group of progressive candidates who have refused to support Hakeem Jeffries’ speaker bid, sources told The Washington Sun.
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The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In today’s newsletter: 🏛️ Trayon’s next steps 🤔 A reckoning for DCHA 🏀 And why the Mystics won’t play at Cap One today
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The Washington Sun Metro: Trayon, Take Two
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
Today’s notice: 🤖 Data centers’ day in the Senate 🗣️ Inside Jeffries’ effort to turn his Democratic haters 📢 And: At the MAHA Summit
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Republicans Make Their AI Move
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
The DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General “declined further action” on an undisclosed matter involving Attorney General Todd Blanche’s cryptocurrency trades, according to a new federal financial disclosure document reviewed by The Washington Sun.
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DOJ Inspector General ‘Declined Further Action’ on Todd Blanche Cryptocurrency Matter
The attorney general has faced questions over scuttling crypto investigations while invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
ICE plans to hire 5,000 employees before year’s end to bolster President Trump’s deportation campaign, even as thousands of earlier recruits await background checks.
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ICE to Launch Another 5,000-Person Recruitment Surge This Year
The expansion would boost ICE’s workforce by about 17%.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
It’s common for busy government officials to pop into a D.C. event, give their speech, and leave. That wasn’t the case at Tuesday’s MAHA summit, where senior Trump administration officials mingled for hours with health and wellness industry officials and MAHA activists.
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A Biological Age Test and Russell Brand: How Trump Officials Spent a Day With MAHA
Many media outlets were denied entry. But Russell Brand was there. And Bryan Johnson was leading biological age tests.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
A federal appeals court refused to reverse a federal judge’s decision to punish President Trump and his lawyers for engaging in “bad faith” conduct and collusion in the president’s lawsuit, and subsequent out-of-court agreement, over an IRS contractor leaking his tax returns.
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Appeals Court Rejects Trump Effort to Stay Sanctions in IRS Lawsuit
Three appellate judges sided with a lower court’s finding that the president colluded with the IRS and the Treasury Department.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 30/09/2026
Some federal appeals court judges signaled they were open to restarting a contempt probe into whether senior officials deliberately defied a judicial order last year on deportation flights to El Salvador. www.washingtonsun.com/judges-restar…
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Some Judges Sound Open to Restarting Contempt Probe in El Salvador Deportation Case
An appeals court heard oral arguments Tuesday over Judge James Boasberg’s review of whether Trump administration officials defied his court order.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 29/09/2026
Lithuania’s prime minister said that the country is “ready to pay the bill” for a permanent installation of U.S. troops. www.washingtonsun.com/foreign-polic…
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Lithuania ‘Ready’ to Foot the Bill to Permanently Host U.S. Troops, Prime Minister Says
President Trump has previously called for allies to pay the full cost of hosting U.S. troops abroad, with extra fees tacked on.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 29/09/2026
President Trump said the U.S. will allow tech companies to “self-regulate” their AI models. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/tr…
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Trump Says the AI Industry Will ‘Self-Police’ Under a New Accord
The “morally binding” agreement seeks to help U.S. companies outpace China and adversaries without government regulation.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 29/09/2026
A new ethics disclosure shows Karoline Leavitt’s family investments included stock in Trump’s social media company, defense contractors, oil companies and tech giants. www.washingtonsun.com/money/karolin…
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Karoline Leavitt Discloses Family Investments in Trump Media and Tesla
An ethics document shows the former press secretary’s family holdings contain Trump’s social media company, defense contractors, oil companies and tech giants.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 29/09/2026
The artist who sings the song “Love Me” is threatening legal action against the White House after the Trump administration began using the song in a taxpayer-funded ad promoting the president. www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/tr…
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‘Love Me’ Artist Threatens Legal Action Over Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ad
The artist publicly objected after the ad began airing last week, saying he “would never authorize my music to be used for ANY political agenda or campaign.”
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 29/09/2026
Republicans blocked the measure, which would have terminated Trump administration changes to the ACA marketplace. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/sena…
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Senate Democrats Force an Uncomfortable Vote on Health Care Costs
Republicans blocked the measure, which would have terminated Trump administration changes to the ACA marketplace.
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Dave Levinthal @davelevinthal.com · 29/09/2026
NEW: During her time in public service, WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s private family investments included stock in: 🇺🇸 Trump’s social media company 🪖 Defense contractors 🛢️ Oil companies 🤖 Tech giants 🔌 Tesla In @washingtonsun.bsky.social: www.washingtonsun.com/money/karoli...
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Karoline Leavitt Discloses Family Investments in Trump Media and Tesla
An ethics document shows the former press secretary’s family holdings contain Trump’s social media company, defense contractors, oil companies and tech giants.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 29/09/2026
The Supreme Court again backed the Trump administration’s removal of migrants to countries where they have no ties, allowing DHS to continue the deportations without advance notice. www.washingtonsun.com/courts/suprem…
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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Continue Third-Country Deportation Push
The justices agreed to hear arguments over the speedy deportation policy in December.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 29/09/2026
The GAO says the Trump administration’s $800 million “pocket rescission” violates Congress’ constitutional control over government spending. www.washingtonsun.com/congress/cong…
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Congressional Watchdog Says Trump’s ‘Pocket Rescissions’ Violate the Law
The GAO has the power to sue the Trump administration over the Impoundment Control Act.
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