Score Congress. Read the record.

cpb

$1.1 Billion. 51-48. CPB Dissolved. The Map of the Cut.

The Senate voted 51-48 on July 17, 2025 to rescind $1.1 billion in public broadcasting funding. The CPB board then voted to dissolve a 58-year-old corporation. The cut is the service. The silence is the receipt.

Michael Starr Hopkins

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Jul 27, 2026

campaign-finance

$30 Million In Michigan. That Is The Endorsement Game Now.

AIPAC's super PAC spent $14.5 million to help beat Jamaal Bowman in 2024. AP now reports AIPAC and its affiliates have spent close to $30 million backing Haley Stevens in Michigan's 2026 Senate primary. The endorsement is the headline. The ad buy is the power.

Michael Starr Hopkins

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Jul 27, 2026

health-care

The Mystery Patient, the Denial, and the Fast Lane

STAT surfaced the mystery patient on June 23, 2026. The White House denied on June 24 that it was Trump. The bigger story is still who gets the private door in American health care.

Michael Starr Hopkins

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Jul 26, 2026

campaign-finance

The RNC Is a Legal Defense Fund in a Party's Clothing

The Trump 47 fundraising agreement put Trump's campaign first, Save America second, and the RNC after that. AP reported Trump's lawyers had received at least $76 million over two years. NOTUS later found Republican committees paid nearly $18 million to a convicted fundraiser's firm.

Michael Starr Hopkins

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Jul 26, 2026