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From tax reform to National Guard intervention, here's what City Council Pos. 8 candidates want for Seattle

This November, Seattle voters will be casting ballots for the city attorney, three City Council seats, three school board positions, and the mayor. Here's where the two candidates facing off for City Council's Position 8 — Rachael Savage and Alexis Mercedes Rinck — land on the top issues facing Seattle.
- Jason Burrows
A record number of congressional lawmakers aren't running for reelection in 2026. Here's the list

NPR is tracking the record number of lawmakers in Congress who have already announced they don't plan to run for reelection ahead of the 2026 midterms.
- Stephen Fowler
The California redistricting measure cites Texas, highlighting the partisan stakes

A ballot measure in California will ask voters if they OK a new congressional map. In a sign of how rare the proposal is, it specifically cites Texas Republicans' new districts in the measure's title.
- Ashley Lopez
33 million voters have been run through a Trump administration citizenship check

Tens of millions of voters have had their information run through the tool — a striking portion of the U.S. public, considering little has been made public about the tool's accuracy or data security.
- Jude Joffe-Block
Michigan judge dismisses charges against 15 pro-Trump 'fake electors'

A Michigan judge has dismissed criminal charges against 15 people who signed false certificates saying Donald Trump won the state's electoral votes in 2020.
- Benjamin Swasey
Trump administration blocks groups from voter registration at naturalization events

Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.
- Ashley Lopez
See how new voting maps in Texas and California would shift the political landscape

The major parties' redistricting battle escalated this week, with lawmakers in the country's two most populous states each taking a notable step toward a new congressional map.
- Benjamin Swasey
Sara Nelson, Dionne Foster differ on how to tackle substance use in Seattle City Council race

Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson is facing a tough race to keep her at-large seat this November. Nelson has made addressing substance use disorder a central issue in her campaign — and while she and her challenger Dionne Foster aren't polar opposites on the issue, there are some clear differences between the candidates.
- Amy Radil
DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money

The Trump administration has tied new requirements to election security grants. Some states told NPR they're passing on the grants as a result.
- Stephen Fowler
Texas and California near new partisan voting maps in a battle prompted by Trump

California and Texas, the country's two most populous states, are getting closer to redrawing their congressional districts in a political fight sparked by President Trump.
- Andrew Schneider

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