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October 08, 2025A GOP push to restrict voting by overseas U.S. citizens continues before 2026 midtermsRepublican officials are pushing for more voting restrictions on U.S. citizens who were born abroad and have never lived in the country, after unsuccessfully challenging their ballots in 2024....more5minPlay
October 07, 2025Lawmakers slowly realize it’s easy to start a shutdown — but it’s hard to end one“I just can’t express to you how stupid I think this is,” Sen. Josh Hawley told NOTUS....more4minPlay
October 07, 2025‘The Librarians,’ banned books, and the future of literary accessA new film releasing in theaters this fall gives a close up view of the people at the center of this tug-of-war...more35minPlay
October 07, 2025The governor of Illinois is suing the Trump administrationThe president directed National Guard troops to Chicago for a “federal protection mission.”...more12minPlay
October 07, 2025What’s in the US-backed plan to end the war in Gaza?What does this plan mean for Israelis and Palestinians two years into this conflict?...more47minPlay
October 07, 2025Why some federal workers aren’t scared by the threat of shutdown layoffsSome federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs....more5minPlay
October 06, 2025WAMU’s Week Ahead: Leaders hear from workers on shutdown, green burials in Montgomery County and DC’s weed marketWAMU is following local reactions to the government shutdown, the growing popularity of environmentally-friendly burials, and D.C.'s evolving weed market....more5minPlay
October 06, 2025If You Can Keep It: Pete Hegseth’s new vision for the militaryFrom questioning women in combat roles, to deploying troops to our cities, the administration wants change....more47minPlay
October 06, 2025Cyber Monday: The secrets of scam farmsThese compounds look like call centers but operate more like prisons....more47minPlay
October 06, 2025Supreme Court term will tackle executive power, executive power and executive powerThe term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president....more10h 26minPlay