Thursday, October 22, 2026
The US Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain)

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices

The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.

More than 400,000 immigrant children are facing deportation court without a lawyer

New federal data shows a majority of children in deportation proceedings have no attorney, and legal-aid groups say recent funding cuts have made the problem far worse.
The U.S. Capitol at night. Photo: Diliff (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends

Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.

New infographic shows how only 10 companies control every brand we know

Regardless of what the companies claim, the Big 10 do have the power and resources to address hunger and poverty within their supply chains.
Detention center fencing. Photo: David Stanley / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson

The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
Construction of the DraftKings Sportsbook at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Photo: Sea Cow / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Our Reporter Spent 10 Weeks Gambling on DraftKings. Here Are 5 Things He Learned.

ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson immersed himself in the world of online sports betting on DraftKings to test the limits of the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. Here are five things he learned.
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.

Trump removes election agency commissioners ahead of midterms

The firings leave the Election Assistance Commission without commissioners after it resisted Trump’s push to add proof-of-citizenship requirements to federal voter registration.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Photo: Ralf1969 / CC BY-SA 3.0

From Vienna to New York: Nuclear Governance Faces New Tests Ahead of First TPNW...

The IAEA's 70th General Conference highlighted strains on nuclear safeguards and security as attention shifts to the first review of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.
The Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Photo: DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI’s risks...

An AI Force would likely push China to create its own. That arms race could turn a technology already slipping out of human control into a weapon.