USA Today
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“It's a high-tech attempt at deterring crime and catching criminals, championed by its creators and some local law enforcement, who say license plate readers are a big part of the future of policing.”
August 9, 2026 · see it in context →“A July 28 poll from the Texas Public Opinion Research showed Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa trailing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott by 3 percentage points — just outside the poll's margin of error.”
August 6, 2026 · see it in context →“RFK Jr. pushes measles vaccine and blames Fauci's COVID-19 handling”
August 3, 2026 · see it in context →“has missed more than three dozen roll call votes in the Senate, including on key measures such as the annual defense policy bill and ending the Iran war”
July 29, 2026 · see it in context →“The entire extreme right wing republican group in the House and Senate have completely sold their soul to the infinitely lying ex president trump”
July 28, 2026 · see it in context →“The battle to control Congress is heating up, as Sunday marks the final 100 day stretch to Nov. 3, with Democrats leading in the polls but the outcome still in doubt after Republicans gained more from redistricting battles.”
July 26, 2026 · see it in context →“Elon Musk says he 'got carried away' in politics, defends DOGE”
July 24, 2026 · see it in context →“'Got carried away, frankly.' But he says he stands by the department's work.”
July 24, 2026 · see it in context →“more than 800 Canadian wildfires rage on”
July 17, 2026 · see it in context →“The Trump administration revoked a U.S. waiver that authorized Iran to sell oil in the open market under a memorandum of understanding with Tehran, jeopardizing the preliminary peace deal between the two countries.”
July 8, 2026 · see it in context →Audits citing USA Today
- Trump says his approval numbers are the best ever — the pollster says this is the worstAugust 12, 2026
- The Letter That Never Says Infantino: three confederations wrote it, the coverage supplied the nameAugust 11, 2026
- The Decoy Plane: filmed boarding Air Force One in Ankara, reported absent when it leftAugust 11, 2026
- Patriots, Vandals, or Terrorists: who is cutting down Flock's camerasAugust 9, 2026
- A Dead Heat and a Six-Point Lead, the Same Week: the Texas governor's raceAugust 6, 2026
- Folded Like an Umbrella: Trump on his US Attorney and the Reflecting PoolAugust 4, 2026
- One Twenty-Minute Interview, Twelve Filings: RFK Jr. tells parents to vaccinateAugust 3, 2026
- Dead on Friday, Back on the Table by Saturday: Trump's anti-weaponization fundAugust 2, 2026
- A Third of Democrats Call Themselves Democratic Socialists, Filed Four WaysAugust 2, 2026
- Agreed, Inked, or Still Being Negotiated: one hour of a Hamas disarmament dealJuly 31, 2026
- Nine Outlets, One CENTCOM Sentence: the US strikes Iran and the agreement stops thereJuly 30, 2026
- Prove You Are Not Incapacitated, or Resign: Beshear to McConnell, in forty-one wordsJuly 29, 2026
- Two Primaries, One Week Apart, and No Agreement on What Either Race Is AboutJuly 29, 2026
- Twelve Newsrooms Requested the Same 1,141-Page Diary. Eleven Came Back With a Different Book.July 29, 2026
- Graham Eulogized at the National Cathedral, and Ten Newsrooms Buried Ten Different MenJuly 28, 2026
- Ten Previews of One Hearing, and No Agreement on What Kind of Hearing It IsJuly 28, 2026
- The Shooter Count Went From Two to Three Overnight in Seattle, and the Files SplitJuly 28, 2026
- A Corvette Signed in Michigan, and an Auto Industry Saved, Failing, or BothJuly 27, 2026
- Sanders Names Emanuel, and the Party Is Unified, at War, or NeitherJuly 27, 2026
- Three Dead at a Seattle Food Festival. Twelve Queries Out, Eleven Came Back Empty.July 27, 2026
- Both Sides Say They Are Pausing, and the Iran Hold Is All Any Two Accounts ShareJuly 27, 2026
- Giving Diplomacy Some Space, Told Four Ways on Four Sunday ShowsJuly 27, 2026
- Eight Outlets, One Hundred-Day Midterms Countdown, No Agreement on the PollingJuly 26, 2026
- Not Political, Then Solely Political: the Energy Department's grants in three filingsJuly 25, 2026
- The WHCA Preview Phrase That Could Not Describe One Thing, Proven Sixteen TimesJuly 25, 2026
- 2,318 Measles Cases, Fifteen Outlets, and One Number That Will Not ReconcileJuly 25, 2026
- Yes, Your Honor, to Every Question: Colt Gray pleads guilty in Winder, GeorgiaJuly 24, 2026
- Off the Charts: fourteen newsrooms wrote down the Secret Service threat numberJuly 24, 2026
- One Musk Interview Made Eleven Headlines Abroad and Near-Total Silence at HomeJuly 24, 2026
- Tariffs Expired at 12:01 and Were Replaced in the Same Minute Under a Different LawJuly 24, 2026
- The DOJ Subpoenaed Four Times Reporters Over Air Force One, Then WithdrewJuly 23, 2026
- Mamdani Promised to Arrest Netanyahu, Read the Law, and Conceded He CannotJuly 23, 2026
- More Than 100 Wildfires, or 800, or 896, or 3,500: the smoke over the MidwestJuly 17, 2026
- Before a Word Is Spoken: reviewing a Trump primetime election speech nobody has heardJuly 16, 2026
- The Ossoff and Warnock Claim Traces to a Single Anonymous TweetJuly 14, 2026
- Israel Told the US That Iran Plotted to Kill Trump. In a Day It Was Two Warnings.July 11, 2026
- Three Weeks Hospitalized, No Diagnosis: McConnell speaks by phone amid the rumorsJuly 8, 2026
- Iran's Oil Licence Pulled Within Hours of Three Tankers Burning Near HormuzJuly 8, 2026
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