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Maryland becomes the first state to ban grocery stores from changing food prices during the day or setting prices from shoppers' personal data.
Delivery apps covered too
Source: The Washington Post [gift link]
October 1, 2026
Justice Department sues Maryland the day its ban on masked officers, including federal agents, takes effect, citing the state attorney general's own warning.
Montgomery, Prince George's county laws also targeted
Source: Maryland Matters
October 1, 2026
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Pulte cuts his inspector general's budget 61%, ending its mortgage fraud investigations, a crime he claims to prioritize.
Layoffs of up to 80%
Source: Federal News Network
October 1, 2026
21 states sue EPA over repealing power plant climate rules, which it paired with a step to bar future administrations from regulating that pollution.
Agency claims $300 billion industry savings
Source: UPI
October 1, 2026
Trump plans a third gala for his memecoin's 185 biggest buyers, while the coin paid him $635 million and investors lost over $4 billion.
Top four buyers get gold watches
Source: Mediaite
October 1, 2026
Democrats sue Pentagon for dropping citizens who never lived in the US from overseas voter forms, as Republicans sue to block their votes.
Rushed through weeks before ballots mailed
Source: NPR
October 1, 2026
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