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PM News: Homeland Security Retreats on Mail Voting Data, Seattle Halts New Data Centers
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- Jun 10, 2026
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Summary
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has pulled back from a controversial plan to collect data on mail-in voters, a move that reflects the ongoing legal challenges surrounding Trump's executive order on mail ballots. Seattle has made a bold decision to impose a year-long moratorium on new data centers, a response to growing concerns over environmental impacts and energy consumption. Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters | Seattle | The Guardian Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters | News From The States Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/good-news-for-lefties-daily-news-for-democracy--6256627/support .