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Voting rights advocates organize volunteers to track potential intimidation at the polls
Vote Safe volunteers will deploy in Ohio first, where Husted faces Brown and fears of ICE targeting Black and Haitian voters are running high.
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Top Democratic US Senate PAC commits to 9 states, eyes more Republican targets
The group is watching Kansas, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina as possible expansion states even as Republicans hold a massive cash advantage.
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Trump drops longtime aversion to mail-in voting with GOP trailing in polls
Despite his reversal, the Supreme Court already blocked his order restricting mail ballots, and the League of Women Voters says it still plans to sue.
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Poll: Dems open lead in two Ohio races
A GOP memo warns data center backlash is dragging down Husted, while 41% of Ohio voters say their midterm ballot is a statement against Trump.
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Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping.
Denver and voting rights groups have already sued over DHS claims ICE can serve warrants at polling sites, citing incidents in three states this year.
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5 Haitians from Springfield, Ohio, have been deported after Trump ended protected status
Deportees arrive in Haiti amid a State Department Do Not Travel advisory, as a 20-year-old Wright State student's death by suicide has shaken Springfield's community.
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How is Ohio doing amid safety-net cuts? Trump hasn’t released the data
Advocates say the Census Bureau's delayed poverty data and USDA's scrapped food-insecurity survey mask fallout from SNAP and ACA cuts that hit Ohio hardest.
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Millions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention
GAO found DHS wasted $2.85 million on unused Guantanamo tents and now plans to sell 7 of 11 warehouses bought for $1.07 billion in detention expansion.
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Federal judge orders White House must restore press passes to 3 banned news outlets
Hours after the order, journalists were still turned away at the gate until Secret Service confiscated badges were returned around noon, court filings show.
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Families of ICE victims tell panel that falsehoods, obstruction amount to ‘dual assassinations’
Democrats say they've documented over 1,000 abuses and 20 shootings by ICE, with no subpoena power to force administration officials to testify.
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Democrats, experts call for revocation of school voucher program under adoption by states
Treasury plans to release rules by month's end for the 2027 program, which at least 30 states have already joined despite Democrats' repeal push.
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Medical groups, patients sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements
Enrollees with cancer, HIV and mental illness argue a June rule narrows medical frailty exemptions, burdening cities that cover the uninsured.
