House Republicans asked the AFT for documents after filings flagged union spending and royalty payments tied to Randi Weingarten’s 2025 book. The union denies wrongdoing and says proceeds are shared with the union.

The House approved H.R.2478 to let funds briefly pause suspicious redemptions, aiming to stop scammers from stripping seniors’ savings as reported losses surge.

Amanda McGonigle and the ACLU sued federal officials after she says Secret Service agents barred her from a vice‑presidential event in Bangor, alleging viewpoint discrimination.

SCOTUS scrapped caps on party‑candidate coordination, letting national committees funnel bigger coordinated spending into midterm races — and Washington is already recalibrating.

Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux accused ICE of publicly trying to shame his office after a federal social-media post about a detainee. He says Massachusetts law prevents holding people on detainers.

At the Ankara NATO summit, Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen told leaders Greenland "is of course not for sale" after President Trump revived calls for U.S. control. The row clouded a meeting meant to show rising European defense spending.

Karla Silvestre declared victory in a razor‑thin Montgomery County at‑large primary, edging Fatmata Barrie by roughly 1,175 votes in a race decided as mail‑in and provisional ballots were tallied.

Chicago's ethics committee advanced an ordinance to bar city employees and elected officials from using nonpublic information to bet on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.

A D.C. lawsuit alleges U.S. officials shared confidential asylum applications for Iranians with Tehran; plaintiffs want the practice stopped and an independent monitor appointed.

The D.C. Council meets Tuesday at 11 a.m. to take up the season’s final budget votes; agenda and livestream details are posted by the Council.

At a Trump Accounts rollout the president joked that nominating Sen. Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court would win unanimous Senate support because senators want him out.

CME swapped out Jenner & Block after the firm moved to withdraw from its D.C. lawsuit against the CFTC, and Zuckerman Spaeder’s Aitan Goelman has appeared for CME. The change comes as the case targets the agency’s approval of perpetual crypto futures.

Salem says new DHS/FEMA grant terms that bar DEI and demand immigration cooperation threaten more than $1M in storm-recovery funding and could stall urgent repairs.