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NC’s Mark Meadows, who aided efforts to overturn 2020 election, pardoned by Trump ncnewsline.com/briefs/ncs-m...
Trump pardons NC's Mark Meadows after role in 2020 scheme • NC Newsline
Meadows, a former congressman, served as Trump's chief of staff during the attempt to overturn 2020 election results.
ncnewsline.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
NC judge freezes Medicaid rates for autism treatment, blocking DHHS cut ncnewsline.com/briefs/nc-ju...
NC judge freezes Medicaid rates for autism treatment, blocking DHHS cut • NC Newsline
NC judge prevents NC Department of Health and Human Services from cutting Medicaid rates paid to providers of autism therapy.
ncnewsline.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Pols, consultants mull last week’s Democratic sweep as a harbinger for Nevada nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/10/p...
Pols, consultants mull last week's Democratic sweep as a harbinger for Nevada • Nevada Current
Off-year elections are generally unremarkable. But the victories last week of Democratic candidates for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, a Democratic Socialist mayoral candidate in New York, and a...
nevadacurrent.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ukrainians honor Nebraskans for support during Russian invasion nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/10/u...
Ukrainians honor Nebraskans for support during Russian invasion • Nebraska Examiner
Members of the Ukrainian community in Nebraska honored dozens of neighbors at an event spotlighting direct support since Russia invaded.
nebraskaexaminer.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Questions remain over who drove a taxpayer-funded vehicle issued to an aide of Ryan Walters oklahomavoice.com/2025/11/10/q...
Questions remain over who drove a taxpayer-funded vehicle issued to an aide of Ryan Walters • Oklahoma Voice
Current and former Education Department officials have refused to explain who drove an agency vehicle to Texas, country clubs and stores.
oklahomavoice.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Virginia social studies leaders warn proposed testing shift could sideline critical thinking virginiamercury.com/2025/11/10/v...
Virginia social studies leaders warn proposed testing shift could sideline critical thinking • Virginia Mercury
Some Virginia social studies leaders are sounding the alarm over a proposed change to how student performance in history and social science is measured, warning it could swap critical-thinking assessm...
virginiamercury.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New Trump administration rule would override state medical debt protections ncnewsline.com/2025/11/10/r...
New Trump administration rule would override state medical debt protections • NC Newsline
A new Trump administration rule issued late last month would override state laws that prevent consumers’ credit reports from including medical debt, potentially weakening financial protections for mil...
ncnewsline.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Turnout was down 75% in Middle TN U.S. House special election, particularly in GOP strongholds tennesseelookout.com/2025/11/10/t...
Turnout was down 75% in Middle TN U.S. House special election, particularly in GOP strongholds • Tennessee Lookout
Turnout in the special election primary for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District race was down compared to the 2024 General Election.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Can't prove this but my strong sense is that the factional grifters have outsized sway with certain NYT reporters
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
This NYT framing is ludicrously overstated. Sure, there are primaries. But if anything, the results showed a lot of Dems that there's a way to unify the factions around anti-Trump and affordability politics (as I try to argue in the piece/thread below).
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Uncertainty over SNAP benefits hits home in Pa.’s coal region penncapital-star.com/food-insecur...
Uncertainty over SNAP benefits hits home in Pa.'s coal region • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The uncertainty over SNAP and other components of the social safety net is straining families in Pennsylvania's Coal Region.
penncapital-star.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
‘Washington need not apply:’ How Mainers are evaluating controversy-laden Graham Platner mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/07/w...
'Washington need not apply:' How Mainers are evaluating controversy-laden Graham Platner • Maine Morning Star
The daily headlines about the sexist, racist, homophobic and other offensive statements unearthed from Platner’s Reddit history and the candidate’s now-covered tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol — a ...
mainemorningstar.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Kansas House speaker punishes GOP colleagues for not supporting special session kansasreflector.com/2025/11/07/k...
Kansas House speaker punishes GOP colleagues for not supporting special session • Kansas Reflector
Kansas House speaker uses unilateral power to strip fellow Republicans of committee assignments for blocking a special session on U.S. House redistricting.
kansasreflector.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown
The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying wit...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Missouri anti-LGBTQ+ laws linked to population loss and decline in tax revenue, studies find missouriindependent.com/2025/11/07/m...
Missouri anti-LGBTQ+ laws linked to population loss and decline in tax revenue, studies find • Missouri Independent
Researchers and business leaders warn that discriminatory laws are pushing LGBTQ+ Missourians and employers to leave the state.
missouriindependent.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
State of New Mexico says FEMA denied ‘indispensable’ aid for Ruidoso flood recovery  sourcenm.com/2025/11/06/s...
State of New Mexico says FEMA denied ‘indispensable’ aid for Ruidoso flood recovery  • Source New Mexico
The mitigation program enables the state to prepare for future disasters and prevent so-called “cascading events” from causing repeated damage or undoing progress in disaster areas.
sourcenm.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
MDOT protest rules raise eyebrows, First Amendment concerns among lawyers, political advocates michiganadvance.com/2025/11/07/m...
MDOT protest rules raise eyebrows, First Amendment concerns among lawyers, political advocates • Michigan Advance
A slate of proposed regulations put forth by the Michigan Department of Transportation have activists and political advocacy groups up in arms, as the department mulls broad restrictions on political ...
michiganadvance.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sullivan votes to block Senate measure intended to preempt American bombing of Venezuela alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/06/s...
Sullivan votes to block Senate measure intended to preempt American bombing of Venezuela | Alaska Beacon
Murkowski was one of two Republicans in favor of taking up the issue, saying she's not convinced by the Trump administration's justifications.
alaskabeacon.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Three of the nation’s most SNAP-dependent counties are in South Dakota southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/11/06/t...
Three of the nation’s most SNAP-dependent counties are in South Dakota • South Dakota Searchlight
Three South Dakota counties have some of the highest percentages of federal food assistance participation in the country.
southdakotasearchlight.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Indiana AG sues Indianapolis Public Schools for ‘thwarting’ federal immigration enforcement indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/07/i...
Indiana AG sues Indianapolis Public Schools for 'thwarting' federal immigration enforcement • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The lawsuit accuses the district of lawbreaking, but school board members panned it as "silly" and "gratuitous."
indianacapitalchronicle.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Ohio Senate approves bill requiring absentee ballots arrive by Election Day to be counted ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/07/o...
Ohio Senate approves bill requiring absentee ballots arrive by Election Day to be counted • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Senators voted Wednesday to require absentee ballots arrive by Election Day to be counted. In 2022, ballots postmarked before Election Day had 10 days to show up to be counted. Lawmakers changed ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New Trump administration rule would override state medical debt protections newjerseymonitor.com/2025/11/07/r...
New Trump administration rule would override state medical debt protections • New Jersey Monitor
A new Trump administration rule issued late last month would override state laws that prevent consumers’ credit reports from including medical debt, potentially weakening financial protections for mil...
newjerseymonitor.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
With Democrats in charge, Spanberger targets lower energy bills — and higher costs for data centers virginiamercury.com/2025/11/07/e...
With Democrats in charge, Spanberger targets lower energy bills — and higher costs for data centers • Virginia Mercury
Fresh off a decisive election night, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is promising a sharp turn in Virginia’s energy policy.
virginiamercury.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Feds form ‘Homeland Security Task Force’ in Nashville, among several other major U.S. cities arkansasadvocate.com/2025/11/07/r...
Feds form 'Homeland Security Task Force' in Nashville, among several other major U.S. cities | Arkansas Advocate
Federal officials on Thursday announced the formation of a Nashville-based Homeland Security Task Force to combat gangs and drug trafficking.
arkansasadvocate.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A state public lands commissioner grapples with shifting federal policies stateline.org/2025/11/07/a...
A state public lands commissioner grapples with shifting federal policies • Stateline
The Trump administration has proposed significantly shifting management of the nation’s public lands toward producing more revenue.
stateline.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Uthmeier files $354 million lawsuit against Planned Parenthood for alleged racketeering, deception floridaphoenix.com/2025/11/07/u...
Uthmeier files $354 million lawsuit against Planned Parenthood for alleged racketeering, deception • Florida Phoenix
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a $354 million lawsuit Thursday against Planned Parenthood, accusing the reproductive organization of driving profits by "misleading" women into believing...
floridaphoenix.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM