What Happened Today – September 14, 2026

Empty 18-square-foot metal mesh cage on artificial turf inside a fenced yard at the Alligator Alcatraz detention site in Florida

Homeland Security inspectors photographed this 18-square-foot cage at Alligator Alcatraz in January, where 79 detainees were caged in conditions the watchdog called unprecedented at ICE sites (DHS Office of Inspector General photo).

The Supreme Court won’t let Donald Trump’s post office decide who gets a mail ballot. A federal judge froze his Postal Service rule for this election, and Monday the Court refused to lift that freeze. The rule would have let the post office refuse any ballot from a voter the state had not first reported … Read more

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