Weekly Wrap · 27 August 2026
Washington moved into the machinery of the vote.
Ballot-mail rules, voter-data demands and a much larger monitoring plan are moving at once.
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Event brief · Power
Mail voting is now the immediate test.
What the Supreme Court cleared, what remains contested, and what could change before November.
Event brief · Power
The Justice Department will not promise independence.
The new attorney general says the president’s views belong in individual prosecution decisions.
Money + Power recap
The money got larger. The safeguard got weaker.
Foreign licensing income surged while the line between the White House and federal prosecution narrowed.
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