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Epstein survivors join lawmakers calling for full release of documents. Advocates file an international legal complaint about Gaza genocide and the federal government is taking over train stations.

Trump says the National Guard will head to Chicago, despite a federal court ruling. Unions rally for a $15 minimum wage in Pennsylvania, while migrant communities in New York struggle with the presence of ICE.  

Aging Democrats may imperil a possible House majority next year, South Carolina requests the Supreme Court uphold its transgender bathroom ban in schools and the redistricting arms race is likely to reduce the power of people of color.  

Labor Day protests aim to give power back to the working people, Trump paints a rosey but questionable picture of the state of labor and research shows low wage workers are falling even further behind their bosses.

Labor Day protests target the political power of the very wealthy. Advocates press for childcare and education funding and Chicago leaders resist a possible federal troop deployment.

The Minneapolis school shooting again brings calls to address gun violence, while researchers offer some suggestions. Indiana protestors also call for the state to not get into the national redistricting fight.

Democratic-led cities vow to fight National Guard troop deployments, a judge rules Utah Republicans engaged in partisan gerrymandering and immigration lawyers warn of unsafe conditions for migrant children in federal detention centers.

Trump takes a tightrope approach on flag burning crackdown, and attacks cashless bail policies in Democratic cities and states. Federal employee unions sound the alarm on restrictions of union protections and collective bargaining rights.

A Maryland court strikes down an anti-DEI school policy, voter roll updates raise concerns in Arkansas, Nevada regulators probe utility overcharges, Trump threatens to send troops to Chicago and gerrymandering battles intensify nationwide.

California Democrats push through new congressional maps, as the party bleeds registered voters. President Trump is handed victories in court, as business owners and low-income households brace for impacts from his policies.

Vance doubles down on Trump takeover of D.C. Elections could decide the fate of Democrat controlled court in PA, while abortion access restrictions at the VA cause consternation from advocates.

Kentucky loses federal solar funds as households brace for higher costs, Colorado's immigrants run community trainings in the face of deportation sweeps, Montana service workers navigate the tax break on tips and Ohio's Sherrod Brown launches a comeback bid.

President Trump says he'll end mail-in voting before next year's midterm elections, Texas Democrats return home as GOP lawmakers advance new redistricting maps and more states send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.

Connecticut creates new rules for gun sales, Texas redistricting maps face pushback over minority representation, Nebraska advocates press Congress for immigration reform and ICE officers expand their role in Washington, D.C. crime enforcement.

CA Governor announces mid-decade redistricting plan. Economists worry inflation is rising due to Trump's tariffs and Social Security workers fight back against cuts on the agency's 90th anniversary.

A federal court hears an emergency petition for an Ohio imam in ICE custody. California weighs disaster relief for foster youth, Maine fights a federal move to bar undocumented children from Head Start programs and Arizona seniors rally to protect Social Security.

DC police are working with federal law enforcement after President Trump's takeover. TX Senate passes controversial redistricting maps and more states are volunteering to create migrant detention centers.

President Trump places D.C. police under federal control, Texas Governor Greg Abbott warns the redistricting process could drag on for years and new research shows an increasingly partisan split to views of science.  

Trump's meeting with Putin could impact Taiwan's security, as well as that of Ukraine. Iowa labor unions and faculty band together to defend academic freedom and two Texas cases could decide the fate of blue state abortion medication shield laws.

ICE plans a new detention center in Indiana. President Trump considers 'taking over' the DC police and Israel's PM says he'll take total control of the Gaza Strip.

President Trump again threatens a federal takeover of Washington, D.C., Texas Republicans say there's no way to stop their redistricting and GOP members of Congress work to sell the tax and budget megabill to angry constituents.

Trump weighs in on the Texas redistricting effort, as Democratic and Republican states across the country consider redrawing congressional maps and North Carolina's governor vetoes an anti-DEI bill.

States reject Department of Justice requests for voter records, the Texas Governor threatens to remove Democratic lawmakers who fled the state from office and new federal legislation would set minimum salaries for all public school teachers.

Texas Democratic legislators leave the state to block a GOP redistricting plan. Trump fires the head of labor statistics after a negative jobs report and mass immigration arrests aren't targeting the people they were said to be aimed at.

NC Sen. Tillis wants Republicans to bolster Medicaid, after cuts earlier this month. The economy blooms under President Donald Trump, though red flags loom and a new report examines state budget transparency.