# joe biden (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover joe biden. Page: Feed: --- ## [Trump Just Used a $500 Million Clean Steel Grant to Fund a Coal Furnace](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/trump-clean-steel-grant-coal-biden-inflatiion-reduction-act-miallocation-congressional-funding/) _2026-08-26 · Maria Gallucci · Mother Jones_ This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A $500 million Biden-era grant to decarbonize steelmaking has been refashioned by the Trump administration to upgrade a coal-fueled blast furnace in southern Ohio. On Friday, Cleveland-Cliffs confirmed that the US Department of Energy had changed the scope of the previously awarded… ## [Memes and Machine Guns: How Brandon Herrera Built a Path to Congress](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/memes-and-machine-guns-how-brandon-herrera-built-a-path-to-congress/) _2026-08-26 · Kiera Butler · Mother Jones_ If you want to get acquainted with Brandon Herrera, the gun influencer currently favored to win a tight congressional race in South Texas, his YouTube channel offers many opportunities. You could feast your eyes on his most-watched video, with 13 million views, wherein he uses a rifle and head and torso ballistics models to recreate \[…\] ## [Did the Lindsay Clancy Trial Need to Happen?](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/lindsay-clancy-trial-prosecution-motivations-mental-health/) _2026-08-26 · Inae Oh · Mother Jones_ Over the course of nearly a month, Lindsay Clancy has stood trial for the January 2023 killings of her three young children, a catastrophic tragedy that has riveted the country. The scenes unfolding in Judge William Sullivan’s courtroom in Plymouth, Massachusetts, have been excruciating. “I can’t do this,” Clancy sobbed at one point, as testimony \[…\] ## [The Supreme Court’s Security Upgrade Fits the World It Helped Make](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/supreme-court-security-police-us-marshals/) _2026-08-26 · Pema Levy · Mother Jones_ The Supreme Court may be deferential to President Donald Trump and the legal arguments put forward by his Justice Department. But when it comes to their own physical safety, the justices seem to view the administration with appropriate skepticism. The court is now ditching the longtime protection of the executive branch’s US Marshals Service, and \[…\] ## [The Cult and Corruption of Cryptocurrency](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/ben-mckenzie-cult-corruption-cryptocurrency-sbf/) _2026-08-26 · Reveal · Mother Jones_ Ben McKenzie might seem like an unlikely choice to launch an investigation into the complicated world of cryptocurrency. But the television actor known for shows like The O.C. and Gotham did exactly that. Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. His documentary film, Everyone Is Lying to You for \[…\] ## [Trump Just Lowered Every Flag in America for Dolly Parton, and for One Day Even Washington Agreed with Him](https://politicalanimalnews.com/trump-just-lowered-every-flag-in-america-for-dolly-parton-and-for-one-day-even-washington-agreed-with-him/) _2026-08-25 · editor · Political Animal News_ Dolly Parton died Tuesday at 80, and within hours the President of the United States did something he almost never does for anybody: he ordered every American flag lowered, and... ## [Canada Is Spending Billions to Help Its Workers Survive Our Tariffs](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/canada-us-trump-carney-tariff-aid-package-small-business/) _2026-08-25 · Alex Nguyen · Mother Jones_ On Tuesday, Canadian officials announced funding to back businesses, workers, and industries, as they implement dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on the US in response to the Trump administration’s newly imposed 50 percent tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian imports. Senior members of Canada’s government announced a support package worth $7.5 billion Canadian dollars, or about \[…\] ## [Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Wants to Abolish the Agency Built to Stop Another 9/11](https://politicalanimalnews.com/michigan-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-wants-to-abolish-the-agency-built-to-stop-another-9-11/) _2026-08-25 · editor · Political Animal News_ Ilhan Omar just told her constituents that Democrats aren't just done with ICE - they want to tear down the entire Department of Homeland Security. A Michigan Senate candidate stood on... ## [Deal/No Deal, Trump’s Iran Contradictions](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/deal-no-deal-trumps-iran-contradictions/) _2026-08-25 · David Ritsher · Mother Jones_ On March 9, President Donald Trump said the war in Iran was “very complete, pretty much.” That was Day 10 of the conflict. Now it’s nearly Day 180. After Trump and Israel launched “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran on February 28, the president predicted a quick military victory and said “there will be no deal \[…\] ## [Supreme Court Blocks 23 Blue States From Killing Trump’s Mail-In Voting Crackdown](https://politicalanimalnews.com/supreme-court-blocks-23-blue-states-from-killing-trumps-mail-in-voting-crackdown/) _2026-08-25 · editor · Political Animal News_ Democrats spent six years mocking Trump's mail ballot fraud warnings. Monday, the Supreme Court stopped pretending those warnings were fiction. Justices just handed Trump the tool blue state attorneys general swore he'd... ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hvjMWAcwSsbL) _2026-08-25 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [Lisa Demuth Combed Through 1000 Klobuchar Press Releases and Found Total Silence on Minnesota Fraud](https://politicalanimalnews.com/lisa-demuth-combed-through-1000-klobuchar-press-releases-and-found-total-silence-on-minnesota-fraud/) _2026-08-24 · editor · Political Animal News_ Amy Klobuchar built her Senate career campaigning as Washington's fraud watchdog. A Minnesota Republican just pulled every press release her office sent since 2022. What Lisa Demuth found in Klobuchar's own paper... ## [SCOTUS Hands Trump a Temporary Win in His Crusade to Restrict Mail Voting](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/scotus-hands-trump-a-temporary-win-in-his-crusade-to-restrict-mail-voting/) _2026-08-24 · Ari Berman · Mother Jones_ The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily handed President Trump a key victory in his crusade to restrict mail-in voting. The unsigned opinion by the court’s conservative majority, issued over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, said it was too soon for states to challenge Trump’s executive order from March 2026 severely restricting mail-in voting because \[…\] ## [Maybe Trump’s Iran Sanctions Will Work This Time](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/bessent-trump-iran-sanctions-secondary-oil-d-day-uae/) _2026-08-24 · Alex Nguyen · Mother Jones_ On Monday afternoon, President Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the US would impose all-encompassing sanctions on countries and institutions that conduct business with Iran, in an apparent attempt to end the war after most viable military options have failed. Bessent described the plan, dubbed Operation Economic Outcast, as an “economic D-Day,” in reference \[…\] ## [It Just Got Way Easier to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change](https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/it-just-got-way-easier-to-sue-fossil-fuel-companies-over-climate-change/) _2026-08-24 · Rachel Santarsiero · Mother Jones_ Deadly heatwaves in May smashed records in the UK, France, Spain, and parts of North Africa. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh saw April temperatures soar to 113-122 degrees Fahrenheit. A late spring heat dome in the US marked the hottest March on record, and in a 1,000-year July storm, parts of Texas were left reeling after \[…\] ## [Reno Is on Fire and the Left Spent Decades Making Sure This Would Happen](https://politicalanimalnews.com/reno-is-on-fire-and-the-left-spent-decades-making-sure-this-would-happen/) _2026-08-24 · editor · Political Animal News_ Gavin Newsom had $16.5 billion in surplus cash and spent it on electric cars while cutting the wildfire prevention budget in half. Now the Hawk Fire is burning 13,000 acres outside... ## [James Comey Told His Book Agent He Would Be Okay If The Seashell Case Sold Copies](https://politicalanimalnews.com/james-comey-told-his-book-agent-he-would-be-okay-if-the-seashell-case-sold-copies/) _2026-08-24 · editor · Political Animal News_ James Comey told his book agent the case would be fine if it sold copies. Now a Gambino hitman is telling the FBI that Comey knew exactly what he meant. Prosecutors just... ## [Sherrill’s Own Team Just Denied a New Jersey Voter Deal Mullin Already Announced](https://politicalanimalnews.com/sherrills-own-team-just-denied-a-new-jersey-voter-deal-mullin-already-announced/) _2026-08-23 · editor · Political Animal News_ New Jersey admitted software errors let thousands of noncitizens onto its voter rolls. Weeks later Homeland Security said Trenton had finally agreed to help clean up the mess. Now Sherrill's own team... ## [Dickens Told a Voter to Shut Up Then His Own Party Shut Him Out](https://politicalanimalnews.com/dickens-told-a-voter-to-shut-up-then-his-own-party-shut-him-out/) _2026-08-23 · editor · Political Animal News_ Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens told a frustrated voter to shut up right there in his own Instagram comments this week. Hours later, his own Democratic Party delivered him an even bigger... ## [Feds Locked Up Hakeem Jeffries District’s Top Pimp and Nothing Changed](https://politicalanimalnews.com/feds-locked-up-hakeem-jeffries-districts-top-pimp-and-nothing-changed/) _2026-08-22 · editor · Political Animal News_ A Brooklyn pimp ordered a rival gunned down in a White Castle parking lot. Federal prosecutors just buried him for fifty years. But the street where he built his empire never stopped... ## [This Palantir Billionaire’s Passion Project is Criminalizing Homelessness](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/joe-londsdale-cicero-institute-homelessness/) _2026-08-22 · Sophie Hurwitz · Mother Jones_ Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of the weapons-tech company Palantir, is also a major force behind the Trump administration’s policy of pushing unhoused people toward incarceration. Lonsdale, a longtime critic of “housing first” policy—which proposes that homelessness be solved by supplying those in need of housing with somewhere to live—argues that fining and arresting people for \[…\] ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/auUU8HeyHOSI) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [Bellflower Thieves Stole Thirty Thousand Dollars and Deputies Never Caught a Single One](https://politicalanimalnews.com/bellflower-thieves-stole-thirty-thousand-dollars-and-deputies-never-caught-a-single-one/) _2026-08-22 · editor · Political Animal News_ Dozens of thieves stormed a Bellflower liquor store before dawn Saturday while deputies were still minutes away. A massive street takeover swallowed the surrounding intersection and kept help from arriving in... ## [Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/federal-judge-strikes-down-trumps-75-country-visa-ban/) _2026-08-22 · Sophie Hurwitz · Mother Jones_ This January, Secretary of State Marco Rubio directed consular officers to refuse to process immigration visas for people from 75 countries because, he said, those immigrants would be more likely than others to “extract wealth” or “take welfare and public benefits” from the US. Since January, people from those 75 countries—all located in Africa, Latin America, \[…\] ## [A Natalie Harp Conspiracy Theory (Not Really)](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/natalie-harp-donald-trump-rumors-conspiracy-theory-oan-russia/) _2026-08-22 · David Corn · Mother Jones_ A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. It’s very easy to be a conspiracy-monger. Let’s give it \[…\] ## [Kamala Donor Funneled Millions to Chuck Schumer Ally to Run Fake MAGA Ads Against a House Freedom Caucus Member](https://politicalanimalnews.com/kamala-donor-funneled-millions-to-chuck-schumer-ally-to-run-fake-maga-ads-against-a-house-freedom-caucus-member/) _2026-08-22 · editor · Political Animal News_ A California billionaire spent $11 million trying to elect Kamala Harris in 2024. Now he's running ads in a Republican primary calling a House Freedom Caucus member a "MAGA traitor."The firm... ## [In the Wake of a Toxic Disaster, Roseland Parents Still Struggle to Keep Their Children Safe](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/roseland-louisiana-smittys-toxic-disaster-explosion-families-children-health-safety-cancer-alley/) _2026-08-22 · Adam Mahoney · Mother Jones_ This story was originally published by Capital B and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As a young boy in the 1960s, almost every weekend Elbert McGee walked a half-mile with his father through the wooded streets of Roseland, Louisiana, to the Tangipahoa River. There, he learned to swim and fish for bass, crappie, and the \[…\] ## [40 Acres and a Lie Part 3](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/40-acres-and-a-lie-part-3-update/) _2026-08-22 · Reveal · Mother Jones_ The loss of land for Black Americans started with the government’s betrayal of its “40 acres” promise to formerly enslaved people—and it has continued over decades. Subscribe to Mother Jones podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Today, researchers are unearthing the details of Black land loss long after emancipation. “They lost land \[…\] ## [The Fight Over Spraying Roundup in California’s Forests Has Only Gotten Bigger](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/the-fight-over-spraying-roundup-in-californias-forests-has-only-gotten-bigger/) _2026-08-22 · Reported by Nathan Halverson, Video by David Ritsher · Mother Jones_ This video was created in partnership with PBS NewsHour. The record amounts of glyphosate being sprayed in California’s forests—revealed in a yearlong Mother Jones investigation in April—has continued to attract national attention and fuel public debate. In Lake Tahoe, community members have flooded meetings and organized rallies to stop the US Forest Service from spraying \[…\] ## [Obama Judge Cut Bessent’s Would-Be Killer’s Sentence Nearly in Half](https://politicalanimalnews.com/obama-judge-cut-bessents-would-be-killers-sentence-nearly-in-half/) _2026-08-21 · editor · Political Animal News_ Ryan Michael English told police he wanted to slit his wrists on the White House steps. A federal judge decided six years was punishment enough for a Cabinet secretary's attempted assassin. What... ## [Partisan’s Exit Suggests DOJ Is Getting Better at Politicized Prosecutions](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/ed-martin-blanche-doj-justice-department-political-prosecutions/) _2026-08-21 · Dan Friedman · Mother Jones_ Ed Martin, a trench-coat donning former “Stop the Steal” advocate whose work at various senior Justice Department jobs was charactered by brash, bumbling efforts to use the department to punish critics of President Donald Trump, is leaving DOJ, Trump announced Friday. “Ed is now leaving to go outside to fight Legal Battles for the upcoming \[…\] ## [Flock Execs Are Taking Credit For Catching Bad Cops Now](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/flock-camera-abuse-technology-license-plate-misconduct-sidhu/) _2026-08-21 · Sophie Hurwitz · Mother Jones_ Flock Safety is having a hard month. The surveillance technology company, which has sold more than 120,000 automated license plate reader cameras to some 6,000 police departments across the US, is up to its neck in cancelled contracts—at least 34 since the start of 2026—and public backlash. Dozens of police officers have lost their jobs \[…\] ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FcbiXz84dEpo) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Inkygate: The former prosecutor at the center of the Nancy Phillips case](https://newjerseyglobe.com/media/inkygate-the-former-prosecutor-at-the-center-of-the-nancy-phillips-case/) _2026-08-21 · Ralph Cipriano · New Jersey Globe_ Edwin Stier gathered information about George Norcross for the N.J. state A.G., including Phillips’s notes; he also met with the FBI on behalf of Mark Sheridan The post Inkygate: The former prosecutor at the center of the Nancy Phillips case appeared first on New Jersey Globe . ## [D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week](https://newjerseyglobe.com/section-2/d-c-dispatch-what-n-j-s-members-of-congress-did-in-washington-this-week-88/) _2026-08-21 · Jonathan D. Salant · New Jersey Globe_ Pallone wants to know why Trump rejected disaster aid for N.J., Smith announces anti-trafficking caucus, and Menendez wants to make it easier for fraud victims to get their money back The post D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week appeared first on New Jersey Globe . ## [Florida’s GOP Has a Very Short Playbook: Call Everyone a Socialist](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/florida-moody-donalds-nixon-senate-governor-gop-election-socialism/) _2026-08-21 · Laura C. Morel · Mother Jones_ In a bright red power suit, Ashley Moody, the former Florida attorney general who nabbed the state’s GOP Senate nomination in Tuesday’s primary, strolled onto the stage of Florida Republicans’ “Victory Rally” on Thursday and did not waste time attacking her opponent, state Rep. Angie Nixon. “If I told you last year that Florida would \[…\] ## [Sherrill accuses Van Drew, Republicans of using voter registration error as political weapon](https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/sherrill-accuses-van-drew-republicans-of-using-voter-registration-error-as-political-weapon/) _2026-08-21 · David Wildstein · New Jersey Globe_ In response to congressional inquiry, governor says her administration acted quickly to correct the error and investigate how it happened, while challenging Republican calls for greater federal involvement in voter registration The post Sherrill accuses Van Drew, Republicans of using voter registration error as political weapon appeared first on New Jersey Globe . ## [Dads Caucus Founder Jimmy Gomez Faces House Ethics Probe Over Night at Swalwell’s](https://politicalanimalnews.com/dads-caucus-founder-jimmy-gomez-faces-house-ethics-probe-over-night-at-swalwells/) _2026-08-21 · editor · Political Animal News_ Jimmy Gomez turned carrying his baby onto the House floor into his entire political identity. Months later at a colleague's party Gomez did something he still refuses to fully explain. Now the... ## [A Massachusetts primary tests Democrats’ appetite to ‘change the culture’](https://rollcall.com/2026/08/21/a-massachusetts-primary-tests-democrats-appetite-to-change-the-culture/) _2026-08-21 · Daniela Altimari · Roll Call_ PEABODY, Mass. — The 2026 midterm primary cycle has been a year of tests — both ideological and generational — for Democrats across the nation. A race for a House seat north of Boston poses another question: Are voters looking for a candidate with powerful connections and a raft of experience or are they seeking \[…\] ## [Trump creates beef with ranchers over new import plan](https://rollcall.com/2026/08/21/trump-creates-beef-with-ranchers-over-new-import-plan/) _2026-08-21 · Savannah Behrmann · Roll Call_ President Donald Trump’s new plan to temporarily allow more tariff-free foreign beef into the U.S. in an effort to bring down prices has only ramped up tensions with domestic cattle ranchers, who warn the policy could hurt both U.S. producers and consumers. The backlash comes as Republicans face mounting pressure over the cost of living \[…\] ## [MAHA and the Midterms](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/maha-and-the-midterms-series-rfk-jr-glyphosate-maga-zach-lahn/) _2026-08-21 · Mother Jones and the Food & Environment Reporting Network · Mother Jones_ When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jumped on Donald Trump’s bandwagon in 2024, he brought with him the wellness-obsessed, vaccine-rejecting, food-label-reading Make America Healthy Again voters—who’ve been credited with helping Trump take back the White House. But there are signs the MAHA–MAGA alliance is wearing thin, from squabbles over inaction to a tense stand-off over regulating \[…\] ## [White House ballroom construction can proceed, SCOTUS says](https://rollcall.com/2026/08/21/white-house-ballroom-construction-can-proceed-scotus-says/) _2026-08-21 · Kelly Livingston · Roll Call_ The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to a Trump administration request to temporarily set aside an appellate court ruling that would have stalled above-ground construction on the planned White House ballroom. The one-sentence order, signed by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., did not provide any explanation for his decision, which he said is temporary \[…\] ## [HHS seeks input on kids vaccination changes called for by Trump](https://rollcall.com/2026/08/21/hhs-seeks-input-on-kids-vaccination-changes-called-for-by-trump/) _2026-08-21 · Lia DeGroot · Roll Call_ The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday outlined potential changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, suggesting kids shots should be spread farther apart in contrast to recommendations from pediatric groups. The request for information fulfills directives outlined in President Donald Trump’s executive order from Aug. 10 that seeks to stagger vaccine doses in childhood and asks \[…\] ## [Carty denies backing Mount Holly fire candidate, contradicting candidate’s wife](https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/carty-denies-backing-mount-holly-fire-candidate-contradicting-candidates-wife/) _2026-08-21 · David Wildstein · New Jersey Globe_ Suspended fire director facing petition fraud charges distances himself from Tom Rossell after Facebook post says he is helping his campaign The post Carty denies backing Mount Holly fire candidate, contradicting candidate’s wife appeared first on New Jersey Globe . ## [Trump tries to shrug off opponents’ rush to define him as lame duck](https://rollcall.com/2026/08/21/trump-tries-to-shrug-off-opponents-rush-to-define-him-as-lame-duck/) _2026-08-21 · John T. Bennett · Roll Call_ By continuing to tease a bid for a legally prohibited third term, President Donald Trump could delay what every second-term president resists: becoming a lame duck. Any president approaching the final two years of their second term eventually becomes that weakest of political birds. Lawmakers, foreign governments, political donors, journalists and potential successors start looking \[…\] ## [To Miami’s Chagrin, Warming Seas Are Driving a Bumper Crop of Sargassum](https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/miami-beaches-sargassum-seaweed-algae-caribbean-mexico-warming-oceans-climate-change/) _2026-08-21 · Sara Sneath · Mother Jones_ This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Dealing with seaweed is the bulk of Chris Bumpus’s job during the summer. As chief of conservation for Miami-Dade county’s parks, recreation and open spaces department, Bumpus is in charge of cleaning sargassum off 17 miles \[…\] ## [Why Cancer, Not Affordability, May Be the Biggest Issue in Iowa’s Midterms](https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/cancer-rates-iowa-maha-pesticides-herbicides-glyphosate-farming-agriculture-midterm-elections-issues/) _2026-08-21 · Chris Stein · Mother Jones_ This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In Iowa, one of the key battleground states in November’s midterm elections, just about every political candidate agrees on one thing: Something must be done about the state’s rising rates of cancer. The midwestern state has the second-highest rate of cancer nationwide \[…\] ## [Native American Leaders Denounce Record Glyphosate Spraying on National Forests](https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/maidu-native-groups-denounce-record-glyphosate-spraying-national-forests-california-bayer-forest-service/) _2026-08-21 · Nate Halverson · Mother Jones_ As Stephen Young stepped into the woods about an hour drive from Mt. Lassen volcano in northeast California, the forest began communicating to him in an unspoken language learned from his years collecting plants. The tree-shaded March air felt cool against his cheek, and he could sense the moisture of the forest’s understory hanging in \[…\] ## [Adventures in Unplugging](https://www.motherjones.com/media/2026/08/digital-detox-golden-door-brick-meta/) _2026-08-21 · Paula Mejía · Mother Jones_ I’m not sure when my smartphone began to feel like an albatross, when my unease about relying on it devolved into full-blown anxiety that I was ­frittering away my life on this tiny screen. As if reading my mind, ­purported solutions to this digital malaise began ­appearing on the very device that caused my angst, \[…\] ## [Education commissioner vouches for September school elections amid voter-roll crisis](https://newjerseyglobe.com/education/education-commissioner-vouches-for-september-school-elections-amid-voter-roll-crisis/) _2026-08-21 · David Wildstein · New Jersey Globe_ Six districts will seek approval for more than $385 million in school spending The post Education commissioner vouches for September school elections amid voter-roll crisis appeared first on New Jersey Globe . ## [Progressive Aisha Wahab wins California special election for Swalwell’s seat](https://rollcall.com/2026/08/21/progressive-aisha-wahab-wins-california-special-election-for-swalwells-seat/) _2026-08-21 · Nick Eskow · Roll Call_ California state Sen. Aisha Wahab has won the special election to succeed Democratic former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April amid allegations of sexual misconduct. With more than 95 percent of the vote counted, Wahab was leading fellow Democrat Melissa Hernandez, the president of the Bay Area Rapid Transit board, 53 percent to 47 \[…\] ## [NJGOP says probe of noncitizen voter registrations should extend beyond MVC glitch](https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/njgop-says-probe-of-noncitizen-voter-registrations-should-extend-beyond-mvc-glitch/) _2026-08-20 · David Wildstein · New Jersey Globe_ Hanlon calls for statewide audit after records show registrations outside one-year window The post NJGOP says probe of noncitizen voter registrations should extend beyond MVC glitch appeared first on New Jersey Globe . ## [Mike Rogers Ford Truck Video Triggers Bizarre Attack From El-Sayed Staffer](https://politicalanimalnews.com/mike-rogers-ford-truck-video-triggers-bizarre-attack-from-el-sayed-staffer/) _2026-08-20 · editor · Political Animal News_ Democrats spent the summer defending a Senate candidate who partied poolside with a man who said America deserved 9/11. Now one of that candidate's own staffers just handed Republicans their next...