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Oversight 1 of 15

National Park Service awards a $389,355 engineering contract and posts a $49 million construction bid for Trump's East Potomac golf course overhaul without telling Congress, Rep. Huffman reveals.

Source: The Independent

September 16, 2026

Epstein Sex Crime Network 2 of 15

Federal judge gives Attorney General Blanche eight days to hand over Epstein interview notes and prove redacted names are victims or face contempt.

Rejected DOJ's privacy and workload excuses

Source: The Washington Sun

September 16, 2026

Health 3 of 15

Family of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia at 20 weeks after doctors denied an abortion, sues Texas Attorney General and Senate nominee Paxton over the ban.

Maternal mortality report delayed past election

Source: The Texas Tribune

September 16, 2026

Congress 4 of 15

Senate Agriculture Committee advances the farm bill on party lines, McConnell's return supplying the vote it lacked in August, as Democrats hold out over food stamp cost shifts.

Only nine states dodge cost sharing

Source: The Iowa Capital Dispatch

September 16, 2026

Culture 5 of 15

National Park Service finds Trump's 250-foot arch would harm views of the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Cemetery but says build it anyway with "mitigations."

Officers told to sign by Monday

Source: WUSA Washington

September 16, 2026

Fighting Back 6 of 15

Federal judge finds ICE likely violated the First Amendment when agents tracked a Rochester man to three locations over a scathing email calling its director a Nazi.

Warning notice served five months later

Source: NPR

September 16, 2026

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