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  • News
    Newsom slaps 25% tax on private detention centers in sweeping pushback against key Trump policy

    Oct 3, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill earlier this week that would impose a 25% tax on private detention centers, a policy that would apply to all the facilities that partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Golden State. "If we can’t kick out private facilities, we’ll go after their profits," Newsom said in a press release. The move, which Newsom hailed as a way to push

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    California voters to decide on controversial one-time tax on billionaires

    Oct 3, 2026 ·NPR(Lean left)

    California voters will decide whether the state will charge a one-time tax on billionaires. The idea that has split Democrats and labor unions.

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    Who's spending big, and where, in most expensive election cycle ever

    Oct 2, 2026 ·PBS NewsHour(Lean left)

    Spending for this year's midterms is accelerating as we get closer to Election Day. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins makes sense of the billions spent to influence who controls Congress next year.

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    Marines exceed 2026 recruiting goals

    Oct 2, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

    Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Marines exceed 2026 recruiting goals The U.S. Marines said they exceeded their fiscal year 2026 recruiting goals across every component and category, enlisting over 31,000 new recruits. U.S. Central Command via AP The Marines brought in 31,250...

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    How the West is preparing for a drier future as water supplies hit lows

    Oct 2, 2026 ·PBS NewsHour(Lean left)

    Mandatory cuts from the federal government on water from the Colorado River will soon take effect in Arizona, Nevada, and California. Now, some water managers in the region are spending billions to prepare for a drier future. Special correspondent Ben Tracy with Climate Central reports for our series, Tipping Point.

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    A Court Rules That San Francisco's Empty Home Tax Is Illegal

    Oct 2, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

    Against the increasingly mainstream view that housing costs are high because new supply is constrained by regulation is an alternative thesis: There are plenty of homes once vacant units deliberately held off the market are accounted for. To fix this problem, a handful of California cities have adopted vacancy taxes to try and force these allegedly hoarded homes back onto the market. Critics of em

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    Senate crushes House on congressional work days

    Oct 2, 2026 ·Axios(Lean left)

    Source: Ballotpedia, Congressional Record; Chart: Stef Kight/Axios The Senate is well on its way to claiming the congressional attendance trophy this year, spending 32 more weekdays in session so far than the House. Why it matters: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) have been torched by members for all the time off — not to mention Democrats, who taun

  • News
    I Asked the White House's New AI Chatbot About Tariffs. It Told the Truth.

    Oct 2, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

    In the days after the White House launched its new AI chatbot, America.gov , the Trump administration reportedly reprogrammed it to stop debunking some of the president's more outlandish claims—like who won the 2020 election . But that hasn't stopped the AI from telling the truth about tariffs: They are taxes, they are paid by Americans , and they have contributed to rising prices throughout the e

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    Newsom vetoes rail oversight bill after watchdog’s scathing audit

    Oct 2, 2026 ·Washington Examiner(Lean right)

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) vetoed legislation this week that would have strengthened oversight of the state’s troubled high-speed rail project. The decision comes less than a month after the project’s inspector general issued a scathing audit detailing hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable spending by rail consultants. A banner reading “Fast Track to California’s Future” is dis

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    GOP Money Group Ditches North Carolina In Bid To Save Deep-Red State

    Oct 2, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

    A top Republican spending group pulled out of North Carolina on Friday and shifted resources to Kansas as the party fights to defend Senate seats in traditionally Republican states. Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), the GOP super PAC tied to Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), has halted future spending in North Carolina and placed a seven-figure ad buy to support Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), Semafor fi

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    A national school choice tax credit is coming, but some states are opting out

    Oct 2, 2026 ·Straight Arrow News(Center)

    Some Democratic governors are joining teachers’ unions in calling the program an attack on the nation’s underfunded public schools.

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    Johnson Should Join With Aldermen, Insist on Fiscal Restraint

    Oct 2, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

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    Take the Money: MA Should Opt in to Federal Scholarship Tax Credit

    Oct 2, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

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    California Lawmakers Passed a Pension Bomb. Newsom Was Right To Veto It.

    Oct 2, 2026 ·Reason(Center)

    Jerry Brown took his share of indefensible positions in his final two terms as governor, but even Republicans acknowledged that he was the last adult in Sacramento—a backstop against the zaniest ideas in the Capitol. In an interview with NPR as he prepared to leave office, he touted his efforts at taming the budget, which provided insight into his mature priorities. He slammed Republicans for only

  • News
    Stop Spending Money on Smaller Classes

    Oct 2, 2026 ·RealClearPolitics(Lean right)

    We've spent decades raising teacher quantity when we should have been raising quality.

  • News
    Ron Wyden Wants To Root Out Corruption In Washington. He Can Start In His House.

    Oct 2, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

    Late last month, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) voted against advancing Chris Klomp’s nomination for deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, accusing him of “manipulating his tax payments.” But a Daily Wire review of the Oregon Democrat’s record suggests he may want to think twice before casting stones. Wyden has repeatedly called for a ban on congressional stock trading despite his household gen

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    Furor grows over Cornell rape allegations

    Oct 2, 2026 ·The Hill(Center)

    In today's issue: ▪ Backlash to Cornell controversy grows ▪ FCC OK with Trump’s taxpayer-funded ads ▪ CNN blocked from White House press pool ▪ Fallout from a botched execution Outrage over the handling of an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 has reached a fever pitch this week, with Democrats calling...

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    Americans Could Soon Face A New Question When They File Their Taxes

    Oct 2, 2026 ·The Daily Wire(Right)

    The Trump administration recently proposed a new way to crack down on illegal immigrants with a new requirement for tax filers to disclose their citizenship status. If put in place, the administration estimates the new requirement could save taxpayers almost $2 billion. A proposed question on the IRS draft Form 1040 asks filers to check “Yes” or “No” to indicate whether they — and their spouse, if

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    Inside the House GOP's 4-week battle plan to save its majority

    Oct 2, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

    FIRST ON FOX: House GOP leaders are quietly laying their battle plans for the final month ahead of the November midterm elections. A new memo being sent to Republicans across the country, first obtained by Fox News Digital, reveals four key topics that the House GOP is focusing on in the final four weeks before the election: the border, fraudulent use of taxpayer dollars, the economy, and public s

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    EXCLUSIVE: 128 GOP lawmakers call for federal probe into Planned Parenthood's taxpayer funding

    Oct 2, 2026 ·Fox News (Politics)(Right)

    FIRST ON FOX: A coalition of 128 Republican lawmakers is pressing the federal government to scrutinize Planned Parenthood's taxpayer funding and potentially launch an investigation into the organization and its affiliates. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., led the bicameral effort, asking Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General T. March Bell to rev