Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Constitution Center at 400 7th Street SW in Washington, which houses the headquarters of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Photo by Tim1965 / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bank regulator clears a Trump family crypto venture to open a national trust bank

The OCC's own decision letter records four commenters raising conflict-of-interest objections involving the president and his family, and the agency placing most of those questions outside the scope of its review.
Abdul El-Sayed talking with voters at a campaign meet-and-greet

“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice

The label goes to candidates who back endless war and block Medicare for All, while a CNN poll now finds a third of Democrats calling themselves socialists. Scolding them as interlopers plays well with donors and nowhere else.
The Lorain County Administration Building in Elyria, Ohio, where the county commissioners meet and striking Job and Family Services workers have picketed. Photo by WeaponizingArchitecture / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lorain County caseworkers reach day 180 of a strike over a dollar an hour

Union officials told the bargaining chair the walkout may be the longest in Ohio public sector history, a claim the county's newspaper could not confirm. Commissioners point to an $11 million deficit.
The Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. A new Louisiana law lets courts fine parents up to $5,000 when a child aged 14 or older is convicted of making a school threat. Photo by Richard Rutter / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Parents are being held responsible for their kid’s crimes under new laws

When young children and teenagers get into trouble, the question often comes quickly: Where were their parents? That question is again shaping public policy in communities across the country, as state and local lawmakers and prosecutors increasingly look for ways to respond to concerns about youth crime and public disorder.
The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, where the legislature funds the state's private school voucher programs. Photo by Michael Barera / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reveals an opaque world with little oversight.
The United States Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, where the case against 15 protest defendants is pending. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Court filings describe a Homeland Security operation that infiltrated Minnesota unions and churches

Agents subpoenaed years of bank and payment records from the Sunrise Movement and two national unions, none of which has been charged with a crime.
The South Lawn of the White House. Photo: Daniel Schwen / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The sadistic MAGA Trump Death Spiral twists and turns – a fierce test for...

Motto for the Trump gang could well be J. Robert Oppenheimer’s chilling admission, “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
A National Park Service wayside exhibit sign. Photo: National Park Service, via Wikimedia Commons

National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the...

The Interior Department listed dozens of park sites where it pulled materials, and a group of government documents librarians is archiving what came down.
An election official and voters outside a voting location in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo: Lorie Shaull / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters

To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So far, the effort has produced meager results.
The Wall Street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan. Photo: Carlos Delgado / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities

A quarter of all individual giving in the U.S. is made through donor-advised funds. A ProPublica investigation reveals how these high-stakes decisions to cut off funding often leave charities, donors and the public in the dark.