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Fighting Back
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Fired member of the board that hears federal workers' appeals asks the Supreme Court to rule the president cannot remove officials whose only job is deciding cases.
Verdict could affect tax court, veterans appeals
Source: Government Executive
March 18, 2026
Grift
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Transportation lobbyists who never gave to prior candidates are donating thousands to Transportation Secretary Duffy's 26-year-old son-in-law's congressional campaign in Wisconsin, ProPublica finds.
Duffy appears at fundraisers
Source: ProPublica
March 18, 2026
Congress
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GOP senators defeat a third war powers resolution on Iran 53-47 as Democrats demand public testimony from Rubio and Hegseth before they stop forcing votes on the unauthorized war.
Fetterman only Democrat voting against
Source: CBS News
March 18, 2026
Criminal Justice
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FBI Director Patel confirms the agency is buying commercially available data that can track people's movements, the first acknowledgment since the bureau said it stopped the practice in 2023.
SCOTUS required warrants beginning 2018
Source: Politico
March 18, 2026
Disaster Relief
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Nebraska's largest wildfires in state history burn more than 800,000 acres across four fires as Gov. Pillen seeks a federal disaster declaration and ranchers scramble to relocate livestock.
Red flag warnings persist statewide
Source: Nebraska Public Media
March 18, 2026
Immigration
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Bronx high school student jailed by ICE at a court hearing last May is released after nearly 10 months in a Pennsylvania prison, with his attorneys saying he was in the country legally.
First NYC high schooler jailed under Trump's second term
Source: WABC New York
March 18, 2026