Thursday, FBI agents raided an Ohio voter registration group and walked out with its computers and phones.
The country is watching Washington this weekend, where Trump’s name came off the Kennedy Center on Saturday and a 92-foot fighting cage has risen on the White House’s South Lawn for Sunday’s mixed martial arts fights. Both have devoured the news cycle for days. The Ohio raid hasn’t, even though the FBI seized voter registration data without naming a crime.
The spectacle is loud on purpose, and there is a lot of it right now. The decisions that shape whether your vote counts in November get made quietly, while the country watches the cage. Don’t let them distract you.
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Source: CBS News
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Source: The Ohio Capital Journey
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Source: Axios
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Trump picks his own hush-money appeal lawyer James McDonald to run the powerful Manhattan federal prosecutor's office.
Source: NBC News
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Source: Wired
June 13, 2026
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Source: WUSA Washington
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New York breaks ground on a subway extension to East Harlem after the Trump administration released the federal funding it had withheld for a year.
Source: Smart City Dive
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The Kennedy Center removes Trump's name from its façade after losing two court bids to keep it past Saturday's deadline.
Source: The Associated Press
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