Following major wins by Democrats in last week’s midterm elections, four higher-level Department of Justice (DOJ) officials have resigned from office, including Harmeet Dhillon, who had served as assistant attorney general overseeing the department’s Civil Rights Division. Dhillon, who was once a personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, is the first significant post-midterm resignation…
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The Supreme Court stripped immigration judges of the ability to pause certain deportation proceedings on Tuesday, declining to block a deal slammed as “egregious collusion” between the Justice Department and the state of Texas. The unsigned order on Tuesday halts the practice known as “administrative closure,” which allows judges to pause deportation cases. The practice affects thousands of…
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In the months leading up to the 2026 midterm elections, congressional Republicans and federal prosecutors have targeted dozens of local officials in cities and counties across the country that have adopted some sanctuary policies. The investigations have increasingly focused on prosecutors and law enforcement officers, many of whom have publicly announced plans to go after Immigration and Customs…
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President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has entertained the idea of reframing former President Richard Nixon as a victim of “deep state” persecution in the Watergate scandal, with allies likening Nixon to Trump as an unfairly maligned figure. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility — an internal watchdog that was created in…
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Update: After news organizations threatened to return to court to compel the White House to adhere to a recent judicial order to restore and honor their press passes, all three companies have reported that their journalists have been allowed to return to the building’s grounds. The original article appears below: A federal judge has ruled that media outlets suing the Trump administration over…
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a legal filing on Tuesday arguing that President Donald Trump has the right to ban media outlets from the White House, dubiously citing issues of “national security.” Trump announced the ban — which affects CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — in a Truth Social post on Friday, claiming he was banning the outlets as a “result of their constant ‘reporting’…
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