Headlines for September 4, 2026

The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited

Sep 04, 2026

Friday, September 4, 2026

Today, the Missouri Supreme Court has paused the Republican gerrymander netting Democrats 1 seat this November, ICE agent Christian Castro has been federally charged with false statements over his shooting of Sosa-Celis in Minnesota but not the actual shooting because the Justice Department blocked that, a federal judge has blocked Trump’s new order limiting birthright citizenship, ICE plans to spend $5M creating a national voter database, Speaker Johnson has canceled House votes for the next two weeks after Democrats propose a new Epstein files discharge petition, the House has rejected Mike Johnson’s amendment to keep the Supreme Court at 9 justices, the Pentagon has suspended the testosterone testing program but for worse reasons than you think, a whistleblower says ICE skipped basic standards in a rush to recruit, Mitch McConnell’s staff says they hope he’ll return to the Senate September 14th, Maria Bartiromo is leaving Fox News effective immediately, and the trailblazing journalist and activist Gloria Steinem has died at 92.

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