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Good Government
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San Francisco Mayor Lurie unveils $30 million rent-emergency package capping rent-controlled increases at 10% a year and replacing expiring federal vouchers for 650 households.
Rents up more than 25% in 1 year
Source: The San Francisco News
September 14, 2026
Grift
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Ohio Sen. Husted's political committee took $492,000 from state-regulated Heartland Bank after he joined its board while lieutenant governor, Ohio Capital Journal finds.
Donations continued into his Senate term
Source: The Ohio Capital Journal
September 14, 2026
Military
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Air Force Secretary Meink makes first public confirmation of US "space control weapons" in orbit, declining to say what they are or whether they've been tested.
Analyst: "too vague to be deterrent"
Source: Ars Technica
September 14, 2026
Data
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Police in dozens of jurisdictions searched Flock's license-plate camera network citing "LMAO," "idk" and keyboard mashing as reasons, an Electronic Frontier Foundation audit-log review finds.
One "LMAO" search spanned 19,000 cameras
Source: 404 Media
September 14, 2026
Oversight
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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) says HUD Secretary Scott Turner "maybe went for a high-five" after video shows him reaching for her backside at GOP convention.
Luna: "He played football, you know"
Source: Mediaite
September 14, 2026
Extremism
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) calls for public execution of Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, after a mistrial with jurors 11-1 toward an insanity acquittal.
Wants a "warning to women everywhere"
Source: The Hill
September 14, 2026