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A federal judge orders the Justice Department to release unredacted Epstein files by July 2 or justify every withholding, after an independent journalist sued over redactions she calls illegal.
Half the 6 million pages still withheld
Source: Newsweek
June 25, 2026
FCC Chairman Carr opens a proceeding that could shrink or end E-Rate, the $2 billion program connecting schools and libraries to the internet, citing student screen time.
Carr kept option to end program entirely
Source: Ars Technica
June 25, 2026
Rep. Kean (R-NJ), who hasn't voted or appeared in public since March 5, won his primary in absentia and returns June 30 to hold a fundraiser the same day.
112 days absent so far
Source: Politico
June 25, 2026
The Supreme Court rules 7-2 that federal pesticide law bars consumers from suing Monsanto for failing to warn that Roundup may cause cancer, ending tens of thousands of state lawsuits.
EPA never required a cancer warning
Source: SCOTUS blog
June 25, 2026
The administration asks OpenAI to limit its next model to government-approved partners before any public release, the first time Washington has preemptively restricted an AI model's launch.
Two weeks after squeezing Anthropic's models
Source: Axios
June 25, 2026
The fired Stars and Stripes ombudsman sues the Pentagon, alleging she was dismissed days after a column criticizing its efforts to control the military paper's editorial independence.
Term ran through December, suit says
Source: The Washington Post [gift link]
June 25, 2026
