When the moon is full in July, it feels heavier than other times. This could be because it’s hot, people are getting restless in the middle of the year, or they are slowly realizing that some things haven’t changed since the beginning of the year. No matter what the reason is, the full moon in Aquarius usually lands in a different way. This one, which peaks on July 29, 2026, is no different. For weeks now, astrologers have said that this one is important, and it’s easy to see why. At 6 degrees Aquarius, the moon is fully grown and…
Author: Sierra Foster
Sierra Foster
Born in Kansas City, Sierra Foster writes about politics and serves as Senior Editor at kbsd6.com. She was raised paying attention to this city, not just living in it. Sierra has a strong, deep connection to Kansas City, from the neighborhoods east of Troost to the discussions that take place in the city hall halls. Sierra, who is presently enrolled at the University of Kansas to pursue a degree in Political Science, applies the rigor of academic study to her journalism. She writes about politics in Missouri and Kansas as someone who genuinely cares about what happens to the people in these communities—the policies that impact them, the leaders who represent them, and the civic forces influencing their futures—rather than as an outsider watching from a distance. Her editorial coverage encompasses state-level policy, local government, and the national political currents that permeate bi-state regional life. Whether it's a city council vote or a Senate race, she has a special gift for turning complex policy language into writing that feels urgent, relatable, and worthwhile. Sierra seldom sits still off the page. She claims that playing soccer on a regular basis has sharpened her instincts for political reporting because of the sport's teamwork, strategy, and requirement to read a changing game in real time. She's probably somewhere in Kansas City with her friends when she's not writing or on the pitch, discovering new reasons to adore a city she already knows so well.
During most political disputes, there is a point at which the line is crossed. You can feel it, even if no one can agree on exactly where it was. For many people who follow the law, that moment came on a Thursday in late July, when James Percival, the general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security, put up a list of federal judges ranked from best to worst. Not comments on the decisions they made. A list. Titled “Worst of the Worst: District Court Judges.” There is more to Percival than meets the eye. He is the top lawyer…
At first, a $305 collection account showed up twice. In the summer of 2022, a Georgia woman checked her Equifax credit report and saw a duplicate entry. It wasn’t just annoying; it was a financial blow to the gut. Her credit scores dropped a lot, and she was turned down for a mortgage. One mistake on the part of the clerk cost her something real and palpable, like having the same debt counted twice. It turned out she wasn’t the only one. Equifax, one of the three main credit bureaus in the US, told thousands of people that the same…
It’s almost like it’s routine now. A federal judge throws out a lawsuit from the Department of Justice that asked a state to give them unredacted voter rolls. The DOJ is upset and says it will file an appeal. The lawyer general for the state says it’s a privacy win. After that, everyone moves on until the next ruling in the next state follows the same pattern. That’s exactly what happened when District Judge Zahid Quraishi threw out the DOJ’s lawsuit against New Jersey on Wednesday. He also turned down the federal government’s request to see full voter registration data…
There is a certain kind of heat that doesn’t make a big impression. It comes on slowly: the morning feels warmer than it should, the afternoon lasts longer than it should, and the night won’t get any better. It looks like that during a heat wave, and you never forget it after going through one. Most of the time, heat waves are periods of unusually hot weather that last for more than two days. But that medical description doesn’t really show how they feel on the inside. They settle over an area like a heavy lid on top of a…
The way the government thinks is so backwards that it almost takes a moment to fully understand. FBI agents sent Jessica Treviño, a 34-year-old mother of three from Alamo, Texas, back to Mexico in March 2026. For sure, she was eligible for DACA. The company gave her a work permit that was good until April 2027. She hadn’t done anything wrong. Still, she was gone. She was taken out of the country she has lived in since seventh grade. They then sent her a formal notice last week from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The reason they want to take…
There’s a scene that everyone who has ever worked in film acquisitions has probably seen before. Inside a studio office, a producer gives a drive to an employee, says something like “Delete it when you’re done,” and then leaves. It takes place in Hollywood many times a year. That same normal moment turned into the start of a $105 million lawsuit on June 15 at Netflix’s Sunset Bronson Studios in Los Angeles. Fortitude is the movie in question. It is a spy thriller set during World War II and stars Nicolas Cage, Matthew Goode, Ed Skrein, and Alice Eve. It…
There is a version of this story where Pete Hegseth doesn’t make the news. In the Pentagon, he keeps things pretty quiet, stays away from Sunday shows, and doesn’t campaign for congressional candidates in Kentucky primaries. There is no such thing as that version of Hegseth. And Democrats who have been paying close attention have begun to notice. Across the country, Democratic candidates with military experience are using Hegseth’s name a lot in their stump speeches, campaign videos, and TV appearances. For any previous secretary of Defense, this would have seemed strange, and maybe even risky. In the past, this…
The two companies signed a five-year, $500 million licensing deal on July 30, 2026. This gave Netflix and AMC+ co-exclusive global streaming rights to The Walking Dead Universe, which includes the original show and all six of its spin-offs. There are 371 episodes, which is more than a decade’s worth of TV. It’s a huge number, and the dollar amount that goes with it is hard to ignore. Since 2011, Netflix has been the only place in the U.S. to stream The Walking Dead. There have been on-and-off relationships for fifteen years, and it’s clear that they’ve worked out well…
If you want to win in a state that doesn’t want you, you have to be very humble in politics. The real kind, not the kind politicians use at town halls. The kind that makes a candidate step aside, shake hands with someone who isn’t even in their party, and call it strategy. In Idaho, this happened recently when David Roth, the Democratic candidate for the Senate, dropped out of the race against Jim Risch, the Republican incumbent. Roth kept his words calm and personal in his statement, talking about family and impact. But the underlying message was clear: in…