October 14, 2026 -

A Lawyer Without a License, a Résumé Without Answers

Katie Zacharia has spent years calling herself an attorney, and Donald Trump repeated the claim when he gave her the podium. On her first day, asked where she passed the bar, she pointed to Beijing. The China story is murkier than the internet would like — but what it reveals about who vets the people standing beside the president is not murky at all.

The Watchers at the Ballot Box: ICE Turns Its Gaze on the People Who Help You Vote

Records pried loose by Democracy Forward show ICE’s investigative arm combing nearly 100 million voter records, reviewing hundreds of civic groups, and weighing undercover infiltration, with a 2020 election denier feeding it data. Three weeks before the midterms, the question is no longer whether this administration is preparing to contest the outcome. It is how, and whether the rest of us are ready.

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