Monday, September 28, 2026
Today, The US Supreme Court once again blocks Missouri Republicans from using their gerrymandered 2025 Congressional map, a Trump-appointed federal judge held the administration in contempt for twice deporting an asylum seeker, the White House is again blocking networks from certain press coverage, Kash Patel demoted two FBI agents for failure to investigate alleged threats against Steven and Katie Miller, a former Cornell student is suing the school and 7 of its students over rape allegations, Governor Mikie Sherrill is calling for the resignation of the Lieutenant Governor over sexual misconduct, the Supreme Court revived DHS’ flawed immigration database for voter purges, an error led to a backlog of tens of thousands of voter registration applications in Texas, AI systems went rogue again and meddled with federal government websites, Trump is using public money to run ads about how great he is, the UK arrested five people near a US base for a suspected terror plot, Trump has rejected a peace deal from Iran, and the Pentagon quietly increased the number of injured troops.
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Sources:
Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges - Democracy Docket
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/technology/openais-ai-us-government-websites.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/trump-midterm-election-ad-government-funding.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-araqchi-says-now-up-us-accept-7-day-plan-2026-09-25/
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-strait-of-hormuz-7-day-proposal/
White House blocks CNN from trip on Air Force One - The Washington Post
FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller’s Family
EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will - The Cornell Daily Sun
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/cornell-university-lawsuit-fraternity-rape-allegations/
Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war - The Washington Post
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