The complaint alleges that KRSM sold the fuel to stations in the Freedom Fuel Network — 14 of them, all in Pennsylvania, according to court documents — and was able to do so at a discount “because it never paid Plaintiff for such fuel.”
In other words, the complaint contends: Freedom Fuel gas at those stations is cheap because it’s stolen…
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/10/18/freedom-fuel-gas-affordability-issue-01104967
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/19/nx-s1-5982027/california-vote-counting-margins
“We recently reported that more than 500 American citizens have been detained by immigration agents. Now House members are moving to make it easier for those detained to seek justice through the courts…”
https://www.propublica.org/article/american-citizens-wrongfully-detained-ice-bill
In the Detroit suburbs, some Jewish Democrats are confronting deeply personal questions about faith and identity as they weigh whether they can support their party's nominee. Just miles away in Dearborn, Arab American leaders who backed President Donald Trump two years ago are growing increasingly alarmed by Republican rhetoric…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/us-disaster-survivor-payouts-fema
American voters across the political spectrum now assume most top tech CEOs are conservative, according to new results from The POLITICO Poll. And a plurality of voters say they believe tech is the biggest financial backer of the Republican Party.
The results, first revealed in Decoded by POLITICO, could complicate not only the prospects of Republicans trying to break from President Donald Trump in the midterms or 2028 amid rising backlash to Big Tech and AI. They could also spell trouble for the companies themselves next year, when Democrats are expected to control at least the House…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/19/poll-americans-big-tech-ceos-republican-01125853
A high-ranking Republican had wanted only to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s voucher program, not destroy it. In the ensuing backlash, three PACs — affiliated with the Koch family and Jeffrey Yass — helped defeat him at election time…
In the first year of the Hope program in West Virginia, it cost the state $9 million. Now, as 2026 was beginning, it was set to expand, with estimates that it could cost $200 million or more a year. And Criss was concerned that unchecked growth of the program, coupled with a spree of tax cuts, could put the state budget into a tailspin. The state and its lawmakers needed “to face the music,” as Criss would later say…
https://www.propublica.org/article/west-virginia-school-choice-billionaires-vernon-criss
This school year, the maximum U.S. Department of Agriculture reimbursement rate per meal for students eligible for free lunch is $4.85.
“So, for less than what you'd pay for a latte, schools have to put together a complete meal that includes milk and fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and protein,” said Diane Pratt-Heavner with the national nonprofit School Nutrition Association.
And it doesn’t just cover food. That $4.85 also has to pay for the kitchen staff, tools, culinary training and cooking equipment…
https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-10-19/school-lunch-strains-high-food-costs
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/melting-ron-desantis-statue-climate-crisis
U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI 6) cited estimates from paid leave supporters that around 76% of Michiganders do not have access to those benefits.
“That means three out of every four people have to choose between putting food on the table or caring for themselves or their loved ones,” Dingell said…
An Unusual Request: Political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security wanted the agency that protects election systems to get and hack a voting machine, which shocked staffers.
Undermining Election Security: President Donald Trump has said voting is vulnerable even as his administration has undermined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is supposed to protect it.
On Their Own: Election officials across the country say the Trump administration’s attacks on CISA have left them to solve security issues with the midterms approaching...
https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump
Over nearly five minutes at the town hall, El-Sayed pointed to how the question shouted by Tommy carried an implication of “dual loyalty”, comparing it with the doubts once raised about John F Kennedy’s Catholicism, and told the room he was running for the Senate and “happen[s] to be Muslim”.
He then asked Tommy whether he would disavow any attempt to read religious doctrine into American law. Tommy said he would not. El-Sayed answered that it was Tommy who needed to understand the constitution, drawing cheers, and the man left the room…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/abdul-el-sayed-heckler-tommy
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/19/g-s1-148731/trump-endorses-netanyahu
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/19/gop-lawmakers-scramble-to-spare-ukraine-from-trump-01127353
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/ice-broke-us-citizen-arm-california
When a town hall attendee asked Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed if he would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, El-Sayed said, “Sure, yeah, absolutely.”
El-Sayed then challenged the question, saying it implies that his Muslim faith makes him disloyal to the U.S. Constitution…
