A new lawsuit says federal officers stationed near polling places would count as illegal voter intimidation. It targets repeated suggestions from the Trump administration that agents could show up on Election Day.
— via NPR, Jude Joffe-Block
A bill meant to show patients exactly where their generic drugs are made just lost its two toughest provisions before heading to a full Senate vote. Gone: a factory ID code tying labels to FDA inspection records, and a one-year deadline, now stretched to five.
— via ProPublica, Naisha Roy
A weekly news quiz that shows up whether or not the robots take over. Test how much actually stuck from the last seven days.
— via NPR, Holly J. Morris
Two Trump-aligned super PACs are pouring more than $150 million into ads, and most of it is going to House and Senate races Republicans once considered safe. The spending spree signals how much the political map has shifted against the party.
— via NPR, Tamara Keith