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Weekly Brief: The issue Democrats and Republicans agree on

Oct 22, 2026

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Weekly Brief: The issue Democrats and Republicans agree on

Plus: Whitmer’s $200,000 Asia trip and Georgia’s spy truck handoff

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Weekly Brief: What 2,527 voters said about democratic socialists

Oct 15, 2026

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Weekly Brief: What 2,527 voters said about democratic socialists

Plus: Federal gun rules shift and twelve Illinois counties vote on splitting

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Weekly Brief: Five governors’ offices. One response.

Oct 8, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Five governors’ offices. One response.

Plus: Seattle's vanishing jobs and a milk aisle pricing mystery

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Weekly Brief: Who stops $304 billion in tax fraud?

Oct 1, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Who stops $304 billion in tax fraud?

Plus: Three states move on fuel taxes and Maryland's $1.3 million legal bills

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Weekly Brief: Why 3 states reined in data centers

Sep 24, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Why 3 states reined in data centers

Plus: Georgia's foster care costs jumped $71.1 million and Missouri's map is back on for November

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Weekly Brief: Trump demanded cuts. The Fed voted 12-0

Sep 17, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Trump demanded cuts. The Fed voted 12-0

Plus: Record $6.06 diesel and New York's fight over green cards

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Weekly Brief: What $1 trillion bought after 9/11

Sep 10, 2026

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Weekly Brief: What $1 trillion bought after 9/11

Plus: Pennsylvania data center NDAs and the Supreme Court's Missouri map ruling

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Weekly Brief: Why taxpayers in 44 states could be on the hook

Sep 3, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Why taxpayers in 44 states could be on the hook

Plus: A judge strikes down New York's climate superfund law and federal agents seize Chinese hacking tools in San Diego

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Weekly Brief: The concern most voters agree on

Aug 27, 2026

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Weekly Brief: The concern most voters agree on

Plus: SpaceX's $100 billion Louisiana bet and cities scale back Flock cameras

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Weekly Brief: Inside the political spending of America’s teacher unions

Aug 20, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Inside the political spending of America’s teacher unions

Plus: A data center U-turn in Pennsylvania and Meta's trial over child safety

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Weekly Brief: Where did $319 billion in tax dollars go?

Aug 13, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Where did $319 billion in tax dollars go?

Plus: Meta shields Louisiana records and and Illinois' vaccine defiance

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Weekly Brief: 22 AGs coordinated on Trump

Aug 6, 2026

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Weekly Brief: 22 AGs coordinated on Trump

Plus: A Michigan Senate upset and Newsom's $347 million donor network

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Weekly Brief: Swing states set up fight for Congress

Jul 30, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Swing states set up fight for Congress

Plus: Illinois' $47M phone ban and and Fauci's contempt vote

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Weekly Brief: $1B Medicaid freeze hits 2 states

Jul 23, 2026

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Weekly Brief: $1B Medicaid freeze hits 2 states

Plus: WA budget up 230%, a 14-state grid order, and Mamdani's reversal

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Weekly Brief: The $1.8 trillion student loan question

Jul 16, 2026

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Weekly Brief: The $1.8 trillion student loan question

Plus: A Senate race tightening in North Carolina and Pennsylvania's $50.8 billion budget

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Weekly Brief: Who's checking on daycare money?

Jul 9, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Who's checking on daycare money?

Plus: Feds buy California detention centers and Wisconsin's Microsoft data center lawsuit

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Weekly Brief: Bodycam contradicts former NFL reporter's story

Jul 2, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Bodycam contradicts former NFL reporter's story

Plus: Statehouses wrestle with budgets and the Supreme Court rules on birthright citizenship

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Weekly Brief: 70% fear AI could take their jobs

Jun 25, 2026

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Weekly Brief: 70% fear AI could take their jobs

Plus: LA bans screens for young students and the DOJ sues Philadelphia

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Weekly Brief: 43% now call inflation a top worry

Jun 18, 2026

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Weekly Brief: 43% now call inflation a top worry

Plus: A new poll hands Democrats a midterm edge, and a PA town fights a data center

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Weekly Brief: The data center boom hits a wall

Jun 11, 2026

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Weekly Brief: The data center boom hits a wall

Plus: Social Security cuts looming in 2032 and Pennsylvania's ICE facility standoff

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Weekly Brief: K-12 spending nears $1 trillion while test scores decline

Jun 4, 2026

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Weekly Brief: K-12 spending nears $1 trillion while test scores decline

Plus: Seattle's $200M homeless agency faces dissolution deadline

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Weekly Brief: Inside Sanders' $608K travel budget

May 28, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Inside Sanders' $608K travel budget

Plus: Washington whistleblower texts and a Senate race upset in Texas

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Weekly Brief: California's $1.1B secret building project

May 21, 2026

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Weekly Brief: California's $1.1B secret building project

Plus: Eight of America's fastest-growing cities are in Texas, and Minnesota charges a second ICE agent

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Weekly Brief: Why the next month could reshape Congress

May 14, 2026

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Weekly Brief: Why the next month could reshape Congress

Plus: Minnesota fraud estimates reach $20B, and California has $1.3B in Medicaid funds frozen

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Weekly Brief: The redistricting battle spreads across the country

May 7, 2026

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Weekly Brief: The redistricting battle spreads across the country

Plus: Midwest drivers see gas prices jump 83 cents in a single week

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