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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 02/10/2026
hMilwaukee County votes to remove Flock cameras from parks via @isiahholmes.bsky.social ttps://wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/02/milwaukee-county-votes-to-remove-flock-cameras-from-parks/
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Milwaukee County votes to remove Flock cameras from parks • Wisconsin Examiner
Milwaukee County has voted to remove Flock from its county park system; it's unclear if they will be replaced with regular security cameras.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 02/10/2026
An unprecedented increase in cooperation between local and state law enforcement and federal immigration officers through 287(g) agreements drove the highest arrest numbers since Trump returned to office wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Federal funds for local police enforcement accelerated Trump immigration crackdown • Wisconsin Examiner
Cooperation between local and state law enforcement and federal immigration officers through 287(g) agreements drove record numbers of arrests
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 02/10/2026
Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants this week as the Trump administration redirects dollars to state and local health departments. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Community groups lose HIV-prevention money as feds redirect dollars to states • Wisconsin Examiner
Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants this week as the Trump administration redirects dollars
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 02/10/2026
A new poll from The 19th and YouGov sheds light on how young men and women are shaped by certain historical moments and tend to diverge on issues of gender and reproductive rights. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Here's what's driving the Gen Z gender gap • Wisconsin Examiner
Gen Z men and women have divergent views on gender and reproductive rights, which affects their politics and voting patterns
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 02/10/2026
Bryan Steil is running for reelection as a congressional ethics watchdog in Wisconsin's 1st CD. His colleagues say his ethics bills are toothless. Donald Trump supports them 100% @rconniff.bsky.social writes in a commentary wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/02/c...
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Commentary: Congressional stock trading is not a good issue for Bryan Steil • Wisconsin Examiner
It says a lot that Steil’s ethics bills on stock trading and prediction markets have the full support of President Donald Trump
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 02/10/2026
The Wisconsin Elections Commission met Thursday to assess preparations for the midterm elections, review allegations of voter fraud and determine the outcome of two complaints against election officials. via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/01/w...
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Wisconsin Elections Commission meets ahead of midterms • Wisconsin Examiner
The Wisconsin Elections Commission held a meeting Thursday to discuss its preparedness for the November midterms.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 01/10/2026
As more polls and strategists indicate Democrats could take over congressional majorities in January, anti-abortion advocates fear the most serious threat to the Hyde amendment since the party nearly repealed it in 2022. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority • Wisconsin Examiner
As polls indicate Democrats could take over congressional majorities, anti-abortion advocates fear for the Hyde Amendment's future.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 01/10/2026
President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off a month-long blitz of campaign stops with a Thursday rally in deep-red Oklahoma before heading to other states with strong Republican leanings. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Trump launches campaign tour in GOP-friendly states ahead of midterms • Wisconsin Examiner
President Trump kicks off a month-long blitz of campaign stops in advance of the midterm elections in red states
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 01/10/2026
The Senate left significant tasks including a farm bill, defense spending and government funding to the lame duck session and possibly the last days of Republican control wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/01/r...
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US Senate leaves nation’s capital in advance of midterms with much still undone • Wisconsin Examiner
The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday night and won’t return until Nov. 9 for what might be the final days of Republican control.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 01/10/2026
A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors cannot, for a second time, charge former Olympic canoeist David Hearn with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/01/r...
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Judge blocks federal prosecutors from refiling charges in Reflecting Pool case • Wisconsin Examiner
A D.C. judge ruled that prosecutors cannot recharge a former Olympic canoeist with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 01/10/2026
A Milwaukee County Board committee voted to remove Flock automatic license plate reader cameras from county park property. The full board takes up the measure today via @isiahholmes.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/01/m...
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Milwaukee County Board committee advances resolution to remove Flock from parks • Wisconsin Examiner
The Milwaukee County Board will soon vote on whether to remove Flock cameras from county parks as the sheriff's office pushes back.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 01/10/2026
@isiahholmes.bsky.social reports on an immigration judge's ruling that the president of Wisconsin's largest mosque can be deported, despite dismissing the government's charges that he lied on his green card application wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/01/j...
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Judge rules Salah Sarsour is deportable • Wisconsin Examiner
An immigration judge ruled that Salah Sarsour can be deported, despite throwing out certain accusations made by the federal government.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 01/10/2026
@bspears.bsky.social reports on the WI governor's race, where Crowley is slightly up in the polls but lagging Tiffany in fundraising by millions wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/10/01/d...
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Democratic candidate David Crowley up in polls, down in fundraising • Wisconsin Examiner
Republican candidate Tom Tiffany’s September campaign finance report showed that he raised over $26 million between July 1 and Sept. 23.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 30/09/2026
U.S. Senate Republicans did not gain any support Wednesday from Democrats as they attempted to advance a bill that mashed together two hot-button midterm issues: requiring voter ID in federal elections and limiting stock trading for members of Congress wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/30/r...
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US Senate Dems block bill curbing congressional stock trading, calling it too weak • Wisconsin Examiner
U.S. Senate Republicans got no support from Democrats on a bill that mashed together national voter ID and congressional stock trading limits
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 30/09/2026
Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts • Wisconsin Examiner
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats plan to block judicial nominees sent up by President Donald Trump
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 30/09/2026
A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Wednesday, highlighting the administration’s effort to keep election security a top issue wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Justice Department indicts 10 noncitizens in quest to prove Trump claims of election fraud • Wisconsin Examiner
A federal grand jury indicted 10 noncitizens for unlawfully voting in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 30/09/2026
The National Governors Association says says governors must defend state sovereignty, including through public criticism of federal overreach, legal challenges to federal action, and declining to use state resources to enforce federal laws. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Governors pledge to oppose federal overreach — even when their party runs Washington • Wisconsin Examiner
The National Governors Association says governors must defend state sovereignty, including through public criticism of federal overreach
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 30/09/2026
Spice importer Burlap & Barrel and rare watch importer Collective Horology will argue Wednesday that the Trump administration did not properly establish forced labor cases before imposing tariffs wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Trump used impossible foreign labor standards as tariff workaround, small businesses say • Wisconsin Examiner
Small businesses once again challenge President Trump’s tariffs in federal court as they continue to feel the squeeze of import taxes.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 30/09/2026
Advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of home equity. And now, many states are cracking down, Kevin Hardy reports. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/30/r...
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The signs offer quick cash for homes. But states want more oversight. • Wisconsin Examiner
Advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of home equity.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 30/09/2026
The Wisconsin Good Samaritan Coalition is advocating to change Wisconsin’s law so that calling 911 doesn't mean returning to jail for people on community release who offer life-saving aid to overdose victims. Frank Zufall reports. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/30/g...
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Good Samaritan Coalition says saving a life should take priority over punishment • Wisconsin Examiner
In 2009, Jennifer Olson was on parole, out of prison and under community supervision for a felony conviction, when she stopped at a friend’s house on the way to the mall. When Olson arrived, the frien...
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 30/09/2026
Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near • Wisconsin Examiner
Trump’s sprawling effort to purge noncitizen voters is unlikely to meaningfully affect the midterm elections.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 29/09/2026
Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find via Jonathan Shorman wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find • Wisconsin Examiner
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterms
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 29/09/2026
News orgs banned from White House accuse Trump of First Amendment violation wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/29/r...
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News orgs banned from White House accuse Trump of First Amendment violation • Wisconsin Examiner
CNN, MS Now and Politico asked a federal judge to extend an order allowing them in the White House after Trump tried to ban reporters.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 29/09/2026
Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M • Wisconsin Examiner
The Trump administration must spend $810 million that it planned to cancel, according to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 29/09/2026
US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/29/r...
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US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries • Wisconsin Examiner
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportations
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 29/09/2026
Appeals court poised to allow contempt probe of DHS deportation flights to El Salvador wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Appeals court poised to allow contempt probe of DHS deportation flights to El Salvador • Wisconsin Examiner
A federal appeals court seemed inclined to allow an investigation to continue of Trump officials for illegal flights of Venezuelans
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 29/09/2026
GOP senator bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/29/r...
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GOP senator bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing • Wisconsin Examiner
Sen. Eric Schmitt labeled former special counsel Jack Smith a “total dirtbag” and alleged he had perjured himself but confused his facts
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 29/09/2026
‘Dumbfounds us all’: Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development David Lightman reports. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/28/r...
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‘Dumbfounds us all’: Congress struggles with policies rippling from AI development • Wisconsin Examiner
The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week be...
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 29/09/2026
Hundreds of nurses at Dane County SSM clinics vote to unionize @henry-redman.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/28/h...
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Hundreds of nurses at Dane County SSM clinics vote to unionize • Wisconsin Examiner
Nurses at 10 SSM Health clinics across Dane County voted last week to form a union. Joining nurses at SSM St. Mary's doing the same in June.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 29/09/2026
Assembly GOP candidates in competitive seats try to distance themselves from their party via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/29/a...
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Assembly GOP candidates in competitive seats try to distance themselves from their party • Wisconsin Examiner
GOP Assembly candidates are highlighting moments when they have disagreed with their leadership to position themselves as independent voices.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 27/09/2026
Two fraternity members charged with hazing 30 pledges at UW-Madison via @isiahholmes.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/27/t...
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Two fraternity members charged with hazing 30 pledges at UW-Madison • Wisconsin Examiner
Police are looking into a hazing incident at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, involving a suspended fraternity.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 25/09/2026
The Trump administration Thursday made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow for rapid third-country deportations of noncitizens to continue wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/25/r...
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to permit quick third-country deportations • Wisconsin Examiner
The Trump administration made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to continue rapid third-country deportations of noncitizens
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 25/09/2026
Tom Tiffany, a Trump loyalist in Congress, has been distancing himself from the president during his campaign for governor. Then he banned reporters from an event and "the mask slipped" writes @rconniff.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/25/t...
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Commentary: Tom Tiffany blocks reporters, taking a page from Donald Trump • Wisconsin Examiner
Tom Tiffany had been distancing himself from Donald Trump; the mask slipped when he started banning reporters he doesn't like
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 25/09/2026
Underly says it’s urgent to fix the school funding formula but timing will depend on the election via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Underly says it’s urgent to fix the school funding formula but timing will depend on the election • Wisconsin Examiner
Underly delivered the address less than six weeks before the elections when voters will decide who she will be working with.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 24/09/2026
Pilot for Tom Tiffany deeply involved in election conspiracy politics via @bspears.bsky.social and @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/24/p...
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Pilot for Tom Tiffany deeply involved in election conspiracy politics • Wisconsin Examiner
Records and public statements suggest an ongoing relationship between Tiffany and a Wisconsin election conspiracy theorist.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 24/09/2026
Millions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/24/r...
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Millions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention • Wisconsin Examiner
Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in its rapid expansion of immigration detention, the GAO reports.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 24/09/2026
Tiffany campaign blocks Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter from event via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/24/t...
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Tiffany campaign blocks Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporter from event • Wisconsin Examiner
Republican candidate for governor Tom Tiffany denied a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporter access to an event Thursday.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 24/09/2026
Wolf management expert Adrian Wydeven writes in a commentary that Tom Tiffany has actually hindered both delisting and responsible management of wolves in Wisconsin wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/24/w...
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Commentary: Wolf delisting in Wisconsin: Why Tom Tiffany has been a hindrance and not helpful. • Wisconsin Examiner
Tiffany has frequently made false claims about wolf attacks on people, exploding wolf population and depredations on pets and livestock.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 24/09/2026
The White House appeared to disregard a judge's order to allow news organizations banned by the president back on site Thursday wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/24/r...
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Federal judge orders White House must restore press passes to 3 banned news outlets • Wisconsin Examiner
The White House did not appear to follow a judge's order to allow news organizations banned by President Trump back on site Thursday
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 24/09/2026
Federal immigration policy may be worsening Wisconsin’s caregiver shortage, leaders say via Astrid Code, @wisconsinwatch.org wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/24/f...
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Federal immigration policy may be worsening Wisconsin’s caregiver shortage, leaders say • Wisconsin Examiner
An immigration crackdown is weakening an already struggling workforce that helps care for Wisconsin's older adults and disabled population.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/09/2026
Flock surveillance cameras raise constitutional questions, bipartisan US senators say wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/23/r...
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Flock surveillance cameras raise constitutional questions, bipartisan US senators say • Wisconsin Examiner
A vast network of Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/09/2026
US Senate Republicans spotlight trans athletes issue as midterms approach wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/23/r...
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US Senate Republicans spotlight trans athletes issue as midterms approach • Wisconsin Examiner
Republican Senators used a hearing Wednesday to continue voicing opposition to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/09/2026
Education experts and advocates urged Congress to repeal an incoming national school voucher program. Wisconsin U.S. Reps Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan authored legislation to roll back the program wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/23/r...
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Democrats, experts call for revocation of school voucher program under adoption by states • Wisconsin Examiner
A national school voucher program will divert critical funds away from public schools to private institutions, Democrats say
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/09/2026
Trump DOJ uses case of Utah letter carrier to highlight allegations of voting fraud wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/23/r...
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Trump DOJ uses case of Utah letter carrier to highlight allegations of voting fraud • Wisconsin Examiner
Federal officials charged a Utah letter carrier with throwing away 300 primary ballots, calling for stricter regulation of voting.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/09/2026
U.S. Senate Democrats believe they could pick up as many as six seats following this November’s midterm elections, despite Republicans having better fundraising numbers and break-even polling in several states. wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/23/r...
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GOP’s ‘rubberstamp’ of Trump puts US Senate in play, Dem campaign chair says • Wisconsin Examiner
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Kirsten Gillibrand said Trump's low approval ratings make flipping the chamber likely
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/09/2026
Data center debate hits 3rd Congressional District race via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/23/d...
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Data center debate hits 3rd Congressional District race • Wisconsin Examiner
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden and Rebecca Cooke are trying to tie each other to data centers in Wisconsin's 3rd CD race.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/09/2026
More Americans lose SNAP as Congress weighs food stamps’ future wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/23/r...
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More Americans lose SNAP as Congress weighs food stamps’ future • Wisconsin Examiner
Tens of thousands of Americans continue to lose access to food assistance each month, as Congress debates slowing down food stamp cuts.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/09/2026
Tiffany seeks to distance himself from Trump, rising gas prices and the Iran war via @bspears.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/23/t...
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Tiffany seeks to distance himself from Trump, rising gas prices and the Iran war  • Wisconsin Examiner
gubernatorial Republican candidate Tom Tiffany is taking some small steps to distance himself from President Donald Trump.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 23/09/2026
Federal wolf delisting would give management power to the next governor via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/23/f...
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Federal wolf delisting would give management power to the next governor • Wisconsin Examiner
The winner of Wisconsin's race for governor could have significant sway over the future of the state's wolf population.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 22/09/2026
Sen. Tammy Baldwin discusses election security with Dane County election officials who are preparing for possible voting challenges, federal agents at polls via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/09/22/s...
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Sen. Baldwin discusses election security with Dane Co. officials • Wisconsin Examiner
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin met with Madison-area election officials Monday to discuss the administration of the 2026 midterms.
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