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ACLU trains volunteer poll observers across South Dakota as a "deterrent" after Trump says he doesn't "rule anything out" on an election emergency.
New law lets voters challenge citizenship
Source: The South Dakota Searchlight
October 5, 2026
New Mexico Senate Republicans post AI-generated images including a fake mugshot of the Senate's top Democrat, drawing an ethics complaint for lacking the required disclaimer.
She was never cited or booked
Source: Source New Mexico
October 5, 2026
North Richland Hills, Texas, bills privacy watchdog $2.3 million for Flock license plate camera records, as state police withhold search data they released in July.
Priced as 14-plus years of labor
Source: The Texas Tribune
October 5, 2026
Trump says The New York Times and other outlets "should be arrested" for reporting empty upper-deck seats at his Ohio rally.
DOJ subpoenaed Times reporters' records in July
Source: The Hill
October 5, 2026
Pennsylvania measles outbreak tops 1,000 cases with five dead, largest in a state since the early 1990s, as New York declares a disaster emergency.
3,869 US cases, most since 1991
Source: Deutsche Welle
October 5, 2026
Trump offers Russia help after Siberian plague institute worker's death, saying microbes got "stronger and smarter," as State Department calls plague treatable with common antibiotics.
200 under medical observation in Siberia
Source: The Hill
October 5, 2026
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