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Courts 1 of 13

Appeals court restores DOGE access to Social Security data despite government admitting its associates may have improperly accessed and shared sensitive records.

DOGE employee agreed to share data with election group

Source: NextGov

April 10, 2026

Voting Rights 2 of 13

Trump calls on Alaska voters to repeal ranked choice voting ahead of 2026 ballot measure, calling the system "very fraudulent."

2024 repeal effort failed by 737 votes

Source: The Alaska Daily Beacon

April 10, 2026

Fighting Back 3 of 13

Surprise congressional visit finds Arizona ICE holding facility packed to five times its 157-person capacity, with detainees sleeping on concrete floors for days.

At peak, 777 held in same day

Source: The Arizona Mirror

April 10, 2026

Censorship 4 of 13

Federal grand jury subpoenas Reddit to unmask anonymous user who criticized ICE online after the agency's earlier court attempt to identify them failed.

Posts included song lyrics and "TSA sucks"

Source: The Intercept

April 10, 2026

Grift 5 of 13

FAA chief held multimillion-dollar airline stock for seven months past his ethics agreement deadline while overseeing the industry he invested in.

Ethics office flagged noncompliance in December

Source: NOTUS

April 10, 2026

Congress 6 of 13

Rep. Raskin asks White House physician to perform cognitive assessment of Trump after threats to destroy Iranian civilization, citing signs "consistent with dementia."

80+ Democrats urge Cabinet to invoke 25th

Source: The Independent

April 10, 2026

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